Engaging Communities to Evaluate Social Change

Winning does not always mean you get the prize.  Sometimes you get progress and that counts.  - Stacy Abrams  More information can be found at www.socialchangeleaders.net What is evaluation?  Why is it important for social change leaders to incorporate evaluation into their work?  We dive into these questions and more in this episode where we talk with Ann Price, President of Community Evaluation Solutions, an evaluation consulting firm. Much of Ann’s work involves supporting community coalitions and nonprofits to measure and evaluate projects with a focus on systems change. She has a podcast, Community Possibilities and her book with co-author Dr. Susan Wolfe, Community Consulting: A Practical Guide to Collaborating with Communities is due out in 2023. In this episode we:  Hear about Ann’s background in working with adolescent addiction, prevention and community psychology Discover what Ann has learned about how social change leaders can best measure their impact and be good stewards of resources  Hear Ann’s thoughts on why evaluation and creating community strategies is important  Learn about how nonprofit leaders can best know if they are making a difference  Understand the importance of having the right questions and the right people at the table when starting to evaluate a program or project Discover how and when an organization can begin measuring and evaluating its work Understand the importance of engaging a coalition  Hear Ann’s perspective on how to understand and address root causes to today’s challenges     More about Dr. Ann Price Dr. Ann Price is President of Community Evaluation Solutions, an evaluation consulting firm she founded in 2004. Much of Ann’s work is with community coalitions and nonprofits with a focus on systems change. Ann and her team conduct evaluations in many areas including youth substance abuse prevention, youth development, foster care advocacy, education, and public health. She conducts training throughout the country on coalition development, coalition evaluation, evaluation use and evaluation capacity. She has a podcast, Community Possibilities and her book with co-author Dr. Susan Wolfe, Community Consulting: A Practical Guide to Collaborating with Communities is due out in 2023.  Learn more about Community Evaluation Solutions here.