An Interactive Teleconference on Using Multiple Methods to Demonstrate Program Impacts

CYFERnet is pleased to present an opportunity for you to learn more about the use of multiple methods to demonstrate program impacts. All you need is a telephone plus a computer with web access. This training is one of a series of live interactive training sessions that use the web and telephone conference calls that are being sponsored by CYFERnet throughout 2002.

Listen to the presentation (RealAudio player needed)

Increasingly, Extension educators are being asked to demonstrate that they are making a difference - that their programs are having an impact. We need to go beyond asking people if they liked the refreshments to finding out if they are doing things differently as a result of participating in Extension programs. This teleconference will give participants an overview of multiple evaluation methods, and explain the benefits and drawbacks of each type, and the value of using more than one method in order to have more confidence in the results that are achieved. Utah's Youth and Families with Promise program evaluation, recognized as an exemplary evaluation model by CYFAR, will be explained to illustrate the use of multiple methods in a particular project. Copies of questionnaires and interview protocols will be available on the website along with the slides and handouts for the presentation.

Event Summary

Telephone Conference Call Program

Tom Lee
Professor, Extension Specialist, and Interim Head
Human Development, Family, and Consumer Sciences
Utah State University

Janet Cox
Project Evaluator & Research Associate
Human Development, Family, and Consumer Sciences
Utah State University

Part 1 - (5 minutes)
Welcome and Introductions

Part 2 - (5 minutes)
Overview of Youth and Families with Promise (YFP) Program

Part 3 - (50 minutes)
Description of Methodologies Used by YFP
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Various Methodologies
      Pre-Post Testing and response Shift Bias
      Post-then-Pre Testing
      Focus Groups
      Interviews
      Dosage Data and Quarterly Reports

Part 4 - (10 minutes)
Outcomes and Findings

Part 5 - (5 minutes)
Conclusion

Part 6 - (15 minutes)
Question and Answer Period and Wrap-up

Timeline to assist in your planning

1. Register online.

2. Download the following PowerPoint presentation and have it on screen at your computer during the call:

• Evaluation: Using Multiple Methods to Demonstrate Impacts

3. Download and print the following electronic handouts:

• Guidelines for Parent Focus Group Interviews
• Parent Survey
• Youth Interview Script
• Youth Survey
  

Monday, November 18: Participate in call.
2:00-3:30pm Eastern
1:00-2:30pm Central
12:00-1:30pm Mountain
11:00-12:30pm Pacific

On the day of the call you will need to be at a computer that has access to the internet and have downloaded the PowerPoint presentation and electronic handouts.

After November 18: Begin to use some of the new information you learned about on the conference call.

Questions or discussion regarding this CYFERnet sponsored project should be directed to Donna Peterson at pdonna@ag.arizona.edu.

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