I hope the Grants Retrospective comes up as one possible model for evaluation. Its output had some useful features and side effects.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:48 AM, ENWP Pine <deyntest...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:31:57 -0700 >> From: Frank Schulenburg <frank.schulenb...@gmail.com> >> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Tomorrow: Office hour inside out (program >> evaluation) >> Message-ID: >> <cakoobqbk6rcui1bthp41mbvjtdzdqvvsjrlgsfywxuuogap...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Tomorrow at 17:00 UTC, I will be holding an office hour about program >> evaluation on #wikimedia-office. The target audience for this office >> hour will be chapter representatives and volunteers who are currently >> running (or planning to run) programs and programmatic activities. >> You'll find some background information about why program evaluation >> might be worth talking about in my most recent blog post on the >> Foundation's blog: >> >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/01/lets-start-talking-about-program-evaluation/ >> >> As we all know, most office hours follow a certain rule: there's one >> poor staffer who is getting grilled by the people on the IRC channel – >> people ask a variety of questions and the staff person tries to answer >> every question in a limited amount of time. It's a lot of fun (I >> guess, at least for the people who're asking the questions) and it has >> been a good way of direct communication between WMF employees and the >> community. >> >> Now, this office hour will be different. Not that I don't enjoy being >> grilled for one hour :-) I've done IRC office hours several times >> before and I always enjoyed answering questions. The reason for this >> office hour to be different is that I want to _listen to you in the >> first place_. I would like to learn more about >> >> * _your_ thoughts about why evaluation might be important >> * _your_ experiences with making evaluation a part of program design >> * _your_ hopes and fears when it comes to increasingly evaluating >> programs and programmatic activities in the future >> * _your_ ideas and feedback on evaluation practices >> >> Ideally, we would have some people in the room tomorrow who have done >> some kind evaluation in the past or who are planning to embark on >> evaluation work in the near future. With that said – if you have no >> idea about what program evaluation is and you'd like to learn more >> about it, you're invited as well! Or maybe you're just curious to see >> if this "office hour inside out" is going to play out well ;-) >> >> I'm looking forward to meeting you tomorrow at 17:00 UTC, >> >> Frank >> >> >> > > I'd encourage people who are interested in this subject > to read up on program management and related subjects. > This sort of management has been studied extensively in > academia and in business, and in some ways I feel that > WMF has catch-up work to do and lacks expertise, > although I'm hopeful that WMF is trying to improve > in this area. > > I'd also suggest that people read the report about > projects that encountered significant problems at > WMF, particularly the IEP, and a more recent example > is the mixed reception to AFT5. I hope that program > managers at WMF learn both good practices and what > to avoid. I also hope that WMF ties program metrics > to evaluations for the responsible supervisors when > considering whether to continue or renew > employment contracts, as well as when > considering promotions. > > Cheers, > > Pine > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l