Meaningful Evaluation Workshop: a ‘Right-brain’ approach to understanding & assessing outcomes

Meaningful Evaluation (ME) is an approach to understanding social impact that uncovers the extent to which participants in any given program experience its activities and outcomes as ‘meaningful’ in terms of personal growth, connection, reciprocity, and creativity. ME acknowledges the importance of focusing on the subjective experience of participants, enables the identification and assessment of the sustainability of any outcomes, captures the inner process of change and any unintended consequences from participation in a program. ME can complement existing evaluation frameworks to ensure a more systemic and holistic approach to social impact assessment.

The workshop will be conducted by Dr Gianni Zappalà, Associate Professor and Professional Fellow at the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion UTS.

Topics discussed in this workshop include:

Limitations of current approaches to outcomes measurement
An introduction and overview of ME
The key assumptions underpinning ME
Measuring meaning within ME
Program design using ME
ME in practice: case studies of how ME has been used

This session is run as part of the Network for Community Engagement and Carnegie Classification Australia offerings. If you work, study, or partner with a member institution of the network you can access discounted tickets. Please get in touch with your Carnegie representative at your University or email carnegieengagement@uts.edu.au for more information.

*Please note that this workshop has limited seats.

*Please note that if the event is full you can still join the waiting list or email carnegieengagement@uts.edu.au. If there is enough demand, we can potentially organise a second workshop.

Contact us

If you have any questions about the session or the Network for Community Engagement and Carnegie Classification, please contact carnegieengagement@uts.edu.au