W1: Evaluation Basics for the Impact Eager, Resource Meager
Session Designer
Sara Beggs. Association of Small Foundations
Session Description
Once your foundation decides where it’s headed, evaluation can be a powerful way to assess progress toward your goals, improve your work and obtain results more quickly. Join this introductory evaluation session to learn about a simple, five-step framework to start your foundation on a path to implementing its own evaluation plan and incorporating learning into your everyday work — even if you’re short on time, staff or money. Explore the framework and its uses, engage in round table discussion with peers and apply the concepts to your own foundation’s work.
Session Learning Goals
Through this session participants will have:
--Understanding of the many benefits of evaluation and its critical role in your foundation’s impact.
--Familiarity with the 5 simple steps of an evaluation process and tools for taking the process home.
--Inspiration to learn more so that you can start on the pathway to incorporating evaluation into your foundation’s work.
Session Type
Workshop
Speakers
![[photo]](https://8ca84662c5b8f0cff50d-4baaaf97d63fd7b01243e1b1c57f0cc1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/300/profile_a70ad941a1c2a230dd740f62710fd728.png "Ms Sara Beggs, Association of Small Foundations")
Ms Sara Beggs, Association of Small Foundations
Biography
Sara Beggs has held a range of senior positions within the Association of Small Foundations over her 13 years with the organization. Currently, she focuses her energy on helping members make the greatest difference possible through the Getting to Impact series. Prior to the impact work, she authored several publications including The Foundation Guidebook, Trustee Handbook, and Primers such as How to Avoid Self-Dealing and Filing the 990-PF. Sara’s prior work was in the field of community and economic development, after receiving her B. S. in economics from Boston College. Sara now telecommutes for ASF from Bloomington, IN where her family resides.
![[photo]](https://8ca84662c5b8f0cff50d-4baaaf97d63fd7b01243e1b1c57f0cc1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/301/profile_159cee61da92392f98d3ad7407d1df88.png "Ms. Catherine A. Gura, The Children's Guild Foundation")
Ms. Catherine A. Gura, The Children's Guild Foundation
Biography
Cathie is president of The Children’s Guild Foundation, a long-standing Western New York philanthropic organization which seeks to effect change, provide opportunities, and promote inclusion & diversity for children with special needs and their families. By advocating on behalf and funding organizations in Western New York, The Children’s Guild Foundation supports programs and services in the areas of healthcare, research, education and therapeutic recreation. Before joining the Foundation in 1996, she served as Vice President of St. Francis Hospital of Buffalo, where she was involved in the transition of the private hospital to an outpatient and long term care facility.