Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program

Events

Upcoming Events:

Check back soon for our 2012 events.

Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast Series:

The Aspen Institute has over 60 years of experience facilitating dialogue on challenging public policy issues.  Through our Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast Series, we bring together innovative experts who are reshaping and redefining the growing field of advocacy evaluation.  Explore past events in this collaborative series.

Recent Trainings and Presentations:

11.05.2011

Learning as we go, but are we Going far Enough?

Even the best benchmarks tell us nothing unless we have reliable data about progress. At this panel, part of the American Evaluation Association's 2011 conference, David Devlin-Foltz presented on the challenge of identifying and using benchmarks that are both meaningful and measurable. .

11.03.2011

Using Developmental Evaluation for Better Coalition Advocacy on Disability and Reproductive Health Issues

As part of a panel at the American Evaluation Association's conference in Anaheim, CA, David Devlin-Foltz drew on various examples from APEP consulting work, particularly our projects on reproductive health - all in their relatively early stages - to discuss how a developmental evaluation approach can contribute to coalitional advocacy.

11.03.2011

The Advocacy Progress Planner: A Planning and Evaluation Tool for Advocates and Funders

Lisa Molinaro demonstrated the APP tool, highlighted new features from the 2011 re-launch, and discussed examples of how funders and advocates have benefited from incorporating the tool into their work. This presentation was part of the American Evaluation Association's annual conference.

04.07.2011

The New - and Improved - Advocacy Progress Planner

David Devlin-Foltz demonstrated the latest version 2.0 of the APP, building on three years of user feedback. This presentation was a coffee break webinar of the American Evaluation Association.

12.10.2010

From Evidence to Influence: The Sequel

Carlisle Levine (CARE), Lisa Molinaro (Continuous Progress Strategic Services), and Veena Pankaj (Innovation Network) updated participants on a collaborative evaluation effort to help CARE use its field experience to influence policy change.

11.12.2010

American Evaluation Association Annual Conference

David Devlin-Foltz and Lisa Molinaro, Panelists: How Does Evidence Influence Policy Change? Examining Two Complementary Approaches With Two Complementary Evaluations
 
11.6.2010

Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights
David Devlin-Foltz Presentation: Impact Evaluation: From a Culture of Lying to a Culture of Learning
 
9.21.2010

CFED Pre-Conference Workshop
David Devlin-Foltz Presentation: Challenges of State Coalition Advocacy

08.18.2010
InterAction Outreach Communications Working Group
David Devlin-Foltz presentation: Champions and “Champion-ness” 

3.23.10
American Evaluation Association
Lisa Molinaro "coffee-break" webinar featuring the Advocacy Progress Planner

3.5.10
CFED Annual Staff Summit
David Devlin-Foltz presentation on Advocacy: So What?

11.20.09
Spitfire Strategies workshop for foundation program officers
David Devlin-Foltz presentation on measuring champions for policy change

11.13.09
The American Evaluation Association
Advocacy Evaluation: Identifying and Using Interim Outcomes to Tell the Whole Story

11.13.09
Body of Evidence or Firsthand Experience? Evaluation of Two Concurrent and Overlapping Advocacy Initiatives

11.10.09
Grantmakers East Forum
David Devlin-Foltz: Prioritizing Advocacy versus Service Delivery

10.21.09
US-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership
David Devlin-Foltz on Measuring advocacy impact on cross-border challenges

9.18.09
KnowHow2GO Policy Day
Lisa Molinaro, Advocacy Progress Planner demonstration