[OSList] OST for evaluation

[Chris Corrigan via OSList]

OST is a very good method for evaluation, especially as one aspect of a developmental evaluation framework. Times I have used it this way I have been sure to build it a "meaning making" phase with a small group to make sense of what was learned. This would be alongside if or in lieu of action planning depending on your purpose. 

One thing that will help you is if you encourage people to capture a higher granularity of data during the discussions. For me this means giving everyone in the room a pad of post it notes for example and asking them to capture small insights or lessons. Through the day people can post these micro harvests on a wall and participants can group and cluster them to see what is emerging. 

That's one way to do it. The principles here are giving people the ability to record their own thoughts, letting the group itself doing the pattern finding and sense making. 

So be deliberate and make sure it's used as a coherent part of a developmental evaluation framework. OST like all Dialogic processes has value for this work in that context.

Chris

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> On Oct 1, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I was asked to facilitate an annual meeting (3 hours) which purpose is the evaluation of a series of events taking place every years. The evaluation concerns the organization of the events and the events itself, in order to know what went well, what did not and have some hints for the following season. The events are festival districts sponsored by the city but mainly organized by volunteers with some fundings of the city. They take place all around the city, with second hand good sales, music, cultural events, food. They are very popular but were downsized this year due to a diminished budget allocation. 
> 
> I wonder if any of you has ever used OST for the purpose of making such evaluations. I really would love to use OST in this context, but I am not sure if it would bring the desired outcomes. Moreover an evening is a really short amount of time for an OST...  
> 
> Thanks for any hints,
>  
> Anne-Béatrice Duparc
> 00 41 76 378 69 98
> Accompagnatrice de processus participatifs
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