PROJECT EVALUATION

LETS’ CONNECT KWARA | BUKOLA JAMES

How to measure impact

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About Us

The Let's Connect Peer Learning Program in Kwara is aimed at training selected Wikimedians on specific Wiki skills and program tactics and also provide assistance for them to help them attend learning clinics. 

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• BUKOLA JAMES
• Facilitator, Lets Connect Kwara

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• BLESSING LINASON
• Facilitator, Lets Connect Kwara

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• BARAKAT ADEGBOYE
• Project lead, Lets Connect Kwara

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• RHODA JAMES
• Facilitator, Lets Connect Kwara

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Let’s take a quiz.... True/False

• Evaluation is an optional task.
• The only reason for doing evaluation is to write a final report for the funders
• Evaluation should be done at the end of the project.
• You need to develop an evaluation plan!
• evaluation is done by an outsider!

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What is evaluation?

A planned action or process of information gathering that is used to measure the value of our action.

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What is evaluation?

• Evaluation means collecting, analysing and sharing information about your project to find out weak and strong points in your project
• To measure the value of our action we will learn:
• Why evaluation is important.
• How to evaluate projects.

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�“Why should I bother with evaluation? ”�

Let's read about this 2 project lead;

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Project Lead 1

• My project idea was to collect some pictures of my city and exhibit them at school and in the local library. I had a handful of friends working on taking and collecting pictures and a few teachers selecting the best shots.
• At the beginning, things went well and we were able to get some good pictures. But at the end of the project, we found out that most of the pictures focus on similar areas of the city.
• We end up with many good pictures but little variety of scenes! I guess I should have conducted some evaluation in the middle of the project. I'm sure it would have helped us recognise the problem!

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• I joined my friends on conducting a campaign to sensitise young people about the dangers of riot in the sport sites. We got the impression that the activities we planned and did were a success but we didn't think of tracking them in terms of the number of participants, their opinions and what they learned from the activities.
• Worse, not even a picture was taken which documented the huge effort we spent in the campaign! We had no idea about the need for the documents that proved our actions till we reached the stage of reporting on the campaign for the funders! I Collect information for the final report couldn't explain why not many people show up.

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Project Lead 2

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How to evaluate projects

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Review your project goals

• “What is the problem I am trying to solve?
• “What is needed for change to happen?
• “What do I plan to make change happen?
• “What results I expect my project to reach?
• “How can I evaluate progress?

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Review your project goals

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Let’s develop an evaluation plan!

Try to review the project you developed this morning and complete this chart:

Problem…………..

Change…………...

Tool of Change……….

Expected results……….

Now let’s review your project goals!

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Collect information

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Information you already have;

• Project proposal
• Abstracts of activities
• Program of the project
• Lists of participants
• Administrative documents
• Fund documents

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Information you need to collect;

• Number of activities.
• Number of participants.
• “ Number of resources used
• “Number of meetings held.
• Number of good stories in the press.

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Information you need to collect;

• People’s stories.
• People’s opinions.
• Photos of the activities .

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Tools for collecting Information

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• Ask a few focused questions related to the impact of your activities; use Likert Scale questions.
• Think of a hook.
• Would you be happy to fill in this questionnaire?

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Questionnaires

Interviews

• List people who are deeply involved.
• Prepare questions and make sure they target the impact of your project.
• Limit the number of the interviewees.

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 Feedback forms

What did you like about this activity?

Make sure you ask a few questions.

Hand them out before the end of the activity.

Make them look inviting!

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Add a footer

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Now that you decided on the type of results you want to evaluate, make a list of quantitative and qualitative information you will collect to carry on your evaluation plan!

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Share your Findings

• Things to think of........How to make all the people around know about it?
• Things to think of.....The people and bodies you have to share your findings with….
• Things to think of.......How to write the report?
• Things to think of…..How to use clear simple language and follow a logical order.
• Things to think of........Hold a special meeting for those involved
• Don’t forget to.......Celebrate Success

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Thank You

BUKOLA JAMES

+2347035043204

bukolajames2017@gmail.com

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