W3: Pre-Conference Session: Building Capacity for Evaluation and Learning
Session Designer
Jessica Wechter, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Session Description
In 2011, Innovation Network and GEO's Scaling What Works initiative presented this workshop with several regional associations of grantmakers across the U.S. If you missed the traveling series, now is your chance to attend!
High-performing nonprofit organizations seek and use data and feedback to continually assess and improve their work. And, behind these efforts are supportive grantmakers who embrace the role they can play in helping grantees make effective use of information. These grantmakers acknowledge that before nonprofits can expand their impact, they must understand what works. They also realize that a prerequisite to identifying what is working in their own philanthropic efforts is helping grantees learn what is working for them on the ground. Join us for a workshop on how grantmakers can support nonprofits in their efforts to evaluate, learn and grow impact. Participants will discuss evaluation readiness, culture and practice on the behalf of grantmaker and grantees, and explore approaches and tools for building evaluation capacity.
Conference Theme
Evaluation and Learning
Speakers
![[photo]](https://8ca84662c5b8f0cff50d-4baaaf97d63fd7b01243e1b1c57f0cc1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/91/profile_990e6c4188f36666445892ccdbbc098b.png "Johanna Morariu, Innovation Network")
Johanna Morariu, Innovation Network
Title
Director
Speaker Biography
Johanna Morariu is a director with Innovation Network, an evaluation consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. Morariu directs consulting projects with foundations and nonprofit organizations, specializing in environmental evaluation, influence/advocacy evaluation, and data/information visualization for decision making. Current and past clients include the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, and The Atlantic Philanthropies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international politics and history from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in comparative politics from George Mason University.
![[photo]](https://8ca84662c5b8f0cff50d-4baaaf97d63fd7b01243e1b1c57f0cc1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43/profile_fd9a5dede4a1d17112f7595d9af085eb.png "Ehren Reed, Innovation Network")
Ehren Reed, Innovation Network
Title
Director
Speaker Biography
Ehren Reed is a director with the evaluation firm Innovation Network. He brings over ten years of experience managing research and evaluation projects for grantmakers and grantees in the fields of human services, human rights, and advocacy. He is a diehard promoter of evaluation use and a firm believer in the power of evaluation and learning as a support for effective strategy. A practiced trainer and facilitator, he leads workshops regularly on topics including advocacy evaluation, evaluation planning, evaluation capacity building, and the intersection of evaluation and strategy.