Make to Measure: Evaluation Methods and Plans
This workshop is the second in our Let’s Evaluate! programme. Participants will benefit most if they attend all 3 ‘Let’s Evaluate!’ workshops in their intended order.
| Date/time | 15/09/2026, 9.30am- 4.30pm |
| Location | Online (Zoom) |
| Cost per ‘Let’s Evaluate!’ workshop | £138 incl VAT |
| Cost when booking all 3 ‘Let’s Evaluate!’ workshops together | £378 incl VAT |
Workshop Description
This creative workshop follows on from ‘Getting Started: Outcomes and Indicators.’
Explore the questions and processes involved in choosing fit-for-purpose evaluation methods; those that will help you measure your outcome indicators in a way that suits your project and its service users. You will also consider how to keep evaluation proportionate to your work and resources.
At this workshop you will:
- Understand the steps and principles to follow when choosing or developing evaluation methods
- Use different methods and tools to collect information about your outcomes
- Put in place a monitoring and evaluation plan for your project /organisation
Who is this event for?
Staff or volunteers from third sector organisations
Note: You must have attended our workshop Getting Started: Outcomes and Indicators before attending this workshop or you should have a strong understanding of outcomes. To check the strength of your understanding please read this page on setting outcomes and indicators before booking onto this workshop.
Some funders will pay for evaluation support so third sector organisations should always ask their funder if that’s an option. Click here for more information.
How our workshops run:
There will be a mixture of PowerPoint presentation and trainer guided exercises. We’ll help you learn from other participants and apply the learning to your work. There will be an icebreaker exercise at the start of the day to get to know each other. Participants will be placed in small groups to complete group activities.
For an engaging learning environment, we expect all attendees to actively participate in our workshops and to commit their full attention to the whole session. Please read our digital etiquette and best practice for online events.
We are running this workshop using Zoom. We’ll email in advance with a link, password and all the materials you will need for the workshop. For more information, please read our Participant guide for using Zoom.
This workshop is the second in our Let’s Evaluate! programme.
Participants will benefit most if they attend all 3 in their intended order.
The other 2 workshops are:
| Workshop name | date/time | |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop 1 | Getting Started: Outcomes and Indicators | Tuesday 8th September 2026, 9.30am – 4.30pm |
| Workshop 3 | Telling my Story: Analysing and Reporting on Outcomes | Tuesday 22nd September 2026, 9.30am – 4.30pm |
About ESS workshops:
Evaluation Support Scotland are accessible. We use plain English. We work in a way that meets the different needs and abilities of people and organisations. We ask you if you have any access needs when we work with you and ensure that, as far as possible, we meet them. Please ask us if you want to see our equalities policy.
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