Upcoming events

Workshops

We run various open workshops throughout the year to support those involved with third sector organisations with their evaluation needs. Scroll down to see our upcoming workshops, or click to find more information about our:

Events

We run a variety of one-off events to share our learning on specific topics. Scroll down to see our upcoming events, or click for more information:



Virtual workshop 

Telling my Story: Analysing and Reporting on Outcomes

Date/Time

This is one workshop that will be delivered over 2 days. You must attend both parts of the workshop on both dates for the full learning.

Part 1: Tuesday 20th June 2023, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Part 2: Tuesday 27th June 2023, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

If you do not attend part 1 of this workshop, you will not be allowed to join part 2.

Venue Information

We are running this workshop using Zoom video conferencing.  You’ll need a stable internet connection (and preferably a webcam and microphone).  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.

Who is this event for?

Staff or volunteers from third sector organisations in Scotland

Note: Participants must have a strong understanding of outcomes. We would recommend reading this page on setting outcomes and indicators before booking onto this workshop, the third and final in our Let’s Evaluate! programme.

Cost

£120.00 inclusive of VAT

Some funders will engage us to provide support to their funded organisations. If you are funded by RS MacDonald Charitable Trust or The National Lottery Community Fund, get in touch with your funder as you may be eligible for funding under an evaluation support account.

Workshop Description

This informative workshop investigates how to pull together evidence and make sense of it, even though it might be coming from different places and consist of different types of data!

You will gain the latest understanding of best practice in reporting and explore what a positive funder relationship looks like.

Using evaluation for learning is just as important as using it to provide outcome evidence for your funders and this workshop examines how your evaluation practice can achieve both of these and more.

This event 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 using Google Jamboards in breakout rooms.

At this workshop you will learn how to:

  • Analyse information collected to evidence the achievement of your project outcomes 
  • Report on the achievement of project outcomes to funders and stakeholders
  • Learn from the analysis to improve project delivery

For an engaging learning environment, we expect all attendees to actively participate in our workshops. Please read our digital etiquette and best practice for online events.

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.

Enquiries

To enquire about this workshop please contact us.

By completing the booking form below, you are agreeing to attend part 1 and part 2 of this workshop.  You do not need to complete an additional booking form for part 2.

Form

  • By entering your organisation's charity number this will makes it easier for us to check that the booking organisation is a third sector organisation based in Scotland.
  • Your booking will be confirmed by email within 5 working days of submission. Please check your inbox and/or junk mail. If you have any issues in receiving this email, contact us immediately.
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  • If your place is not funded by an Evaluation Support Account, you will be invoiced after part 1 of the workshop. Cost of attendance will be payable by BACS (bank transfer). To include a PO number on the invoice, please inform us in advance of the workshop.
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    To help us evaluate the effectiveness of our workshops, please can you tell us about your skills and knowledge now. We'll ask you the same questions again after the workshop. Please read the statements below and decide how confident you are about each statement. On the scale of 1-5, 1 means ‘I still really need help’ and 5 means ‘I know about this’ Choose the number that applies to you.
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