Seminars

CKI / EPIC Events – Semester 2 – 2013

CKI Workshops

List of CKI Workshops available on the EPIC section of the CKI website

 
 
Seminar “Making the Most of Festivals”

Dr. Eric Jensen from Warwick University

With 70 attendees Eric discussed his research on successfully involving volunteers in your festival and tools for measuring the impact of your festival.

Please see the Slides from Eric’s presentation.

Audio of the seminar is available here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/academicstaff/jensen/ericjensen

Full Description:

Many universities are involved in festivals, which can be an effective opportunity to engage with the public, making the most of the knowledge and talents of staff and students. This includes: universities organising their own festivals; universities participating in other festivals; and students working with organisations at music festivals and creating their own festivals.

Dr. Eric Jensen will share his research findings on successful student engagement in festivals as well as tools to measure the impact of your festival. There are a number of challenges to evaluating festival impacts, and this seminar will discuss creative solutions to these challenges. This seminar will be based on discussion and will offer a space to share experiences and opportunities for reflection and development.
 

 
Seminar “Building a Framework for Evaluation in Community Settings”
In this free open public seminar, Dr. Eylin Palamaro Munsell spoke on the topic of evaluation with particular reference to its place in the work of community and voluntary sector organisations with over 60 attendees. Please see attached the seminar slides. 

Seminar Details

Carrying out evaluation is an effective way to enhance the work of groups and organisations. In this seminar, Dr. Eylin Palamaro Munsell discussed the topic of evaluation with particular reference to its place in the work of community and voluntary sector organisations.  The seminar provided an overview of evaluation and addressed issues such as: what is evaluation?; who conducts evaluations?; common fears and concerns about evaluation and things to consider after the evaluation process

Dr. Eylin Palamaro Munsell has wide experience in the area of evaluation. She is a researcher at University College Dublin’s Geary Institute where she coordinates the evaluation of Preparing for Life, an early childhood intervention. Her main research interests include child and adolescent resilience, family well-being, sense of community in adverse circumstance, and mixed-methods approaches to programme evaluation.

Links to some relevant sources:

http://ctb.ku.edu/en/default.aspx
http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework/index.htm
http://www.effectiveservices.org/

Further resources:

Community Toolbox is: http://ctb.ku.edu/en/default.aspx