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CIRCLE offers a range of short-courses and workshops aimed at practitioners who have are involved in research, monitoring and evaluation. Each course is tailored to address the specific needs of the participants and their organisation.

We have particular expertise in delivering courses across the following program themes.

Program Logic, Program Theory and Realist Approaches to Evaluation

Using program logic to frame an evaluation and evaluation questions; building causal models in evaluation.
Systems Theory and Information Systems in Evaluation

Applying classical systems theory to evaluation thinking; evaluation in public sector organisations; and holistic evaluation approaches.
Management of Monitoring and Evaluation

Getting started in evaluation; evaluation as an intervention; professional values in evaluation; evaluation and organisational change, and building capacity in evaluation in organisations.
Data Collection and Analysis

Mixed methods; and integrating qualitative and quantitative data.

Some examples of the short courses and workshops that we deliver include:

    • 2006 – ‘Building evaluation capability’ (with Bron McDonald) Australasian Evaluation Society pre-conference workshop, Darwin
    • 2006 – ‘Introduction to programme theory’ and ‘Building evaluation capability’, Scottish Summer School
    • 2005 ‘Qualitative Data Analysis’. FASID (Foundation for Advanced Study on International Development), Tokyo.
    • 2005 ‘Addressing Different Dimensions of Performance’, FASID (Foundation for Advanced Study on International Development), Tokyo
    • 2001- 2006 ‘Qualitative Data Analysis’, The Evaluators Institute, San Francisco and Washington.
    • 2003-2006 ‘Using Program Theory in Evaluation’, The Evaluators Institute, San Francisco.
    • 2004 ‘Program theory in evaluation’. SAENet, Pretoria, South Africa
    • 2004 ‘Addressing Different Dimensions of Performance’, SAENet, Pretoria, South Africa.
    • 2004 ‘Using Monitoring and Evaluation Data for Decision Making’, SAENet, Pretoria, South Africa.
    • 2004 ‘Program theory in evaluation’ (with Dr Arunaselam Rasappan), Post-conference workshop, Malaysian Evaluation Society
    • 2004 ‘Building evaluation capacity’ (with Dr Arnold Love and Mr. Koshy Thomas), Post-conference workshop, Malaysian Evaluation Society
    • 2003 ‘The Logic of Evaluation’. Pre-conference workshop, Australasian Evaluation Society, Auckland, New Zealand.
    • ‘Traps in Program Theory Evaluation’. The Evaluators Institute. Washington.
    • ‘Introduction to Program Theory Evaluation’. The Evaluators Institute. Washington.
    • ‘Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop’. Public Service Commission, Republic of South Africa, Pretoria.
    • ‘Data Analysis for Managers’. The Evaluators Institute. San Francisco.
    • Question-Oriented Data Analysis. Australasian Evaluation Society Pre-Conference Workshops, Canberra
    • Needs Analysis. Australasian Evaluation Society Pre-Conference Workshops, Perth.
    • Project Evaluation Workshops. Agriculture Division, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria.
    • Meta-Evaluation: Evaluating Evaluation. Australasian Evaluation Society Pre-Conference Workshops.
    • Needs Analysis. Australasian Evaluation Society Pre-Conference Workshops.
    • Linking Organizational Learning and Evaluation American Evaluation Association Pre-Conference Workshops (with Bob Williams and David Turner)

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