FED Evalu-Con 2016

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FED Evalu-Con 2016

By U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Date and time

Monday, September 26, 2016 · 7:30am - 4pm EDT

Location

U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Training Center

1800 F Street, NW (Rooms 1459, 1460 & 1461) Washington, DC 20405

Description

FED Evalu-Con 2016

Monday, September 26, 2016 | 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM (EDT)

The primary objectives of this conference are to help Federal training practitioners with evaluation responsibilities to:

  • Increase knowledge of the diversity in evaluation terms and practices

  • Gain knowledge about evaluation principles, to include reliability and validity of data

  • Increase awareness of evaluation professionals within the collective federal evaluation community (whether or not those professionals work in “training”)

  • Increase capability in making effective decisions when hiring contractors to conduct evaluation training and perform evaluation work

  • Collect accurate and reliable evaluation data to use in making data driven decisions and in justifying training dollars spent



Conference Training:

There will be three (3) training tracks that address a wide array of topics regarding program evaluation -- Planning, Implementation and Reporting.

Training topics include:

  • Logic Models

  • Developing Evaluation Plans

  • Obtaining Vendor Support

  • Data Collection

  • Outcome Harvesting

  • Asking the Right Evaluation Questions

  • Making Meaningful Recommendations

  • Data Visualization

  • and more!



Registration:

Registration to attend Evalu-Con is only open to Federal employees, and is free for attendees. Registration is limited and first come, first serve – so, make sure you register as soon as possible!



Event Contacts:

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Cheryl Abram (Cheryl.Abram@opm.gov) or Tom Hendershot (Thomas.Hendershot@opm.gov).


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