Upcoming Conference Presentations and Workshops

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Past Conference Presentations and Workshops

Concept Mapping at the American Evaluation Association 2008 Annual Conference

Session 809 - Engaging Stakeholders in the Scientific Enterprise: Using Concept Mapping for Research Priority Setting and Participatory Evaluation

Kathleen Quinlan presented a seminar titled "Engaging Stakeholders in Evaluation - An Interim Evaluation of the NIAID Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease Research Program" (.ppt) at the Washington Evaluators Seminar on June 25, 2008. Washington Evaluators is a local affiliate in Washington, DC of the American Evaluation Association.
Dr. Kathleen M. Quinlan recently led a skill-building workshop at the April 2008 Eastern Evaluation Research Society Conference: Evidence-Based Evaluation: Balancing Rigor, Relevance and Reality. The workshop, which was co-authored by CSI President and CEO Mary Kane and Client Services Consultant, Brenda Pepe, was entitled "Evaluating a Consortium's Process: Making the Most of Meeting Documentation (.ppt)".
Mary Kane, William Trochim and Kathleen M. Quinlan presented a full day workshop, "Concept Mapping for Evaluation: A Mixed Methods, Participatory Approach" (.pdf) at the American Evaluation Association's annual conference, Evaluation 2007: Evaluation and Learning in Baltimore, MD on November 7, 2007.

At the conference, they also presented, with Dr. Jonathan M. Kagan, Deputy Director for Program Development at the Division of AIDS, NIAD, "A Framework for Evaluating Large Scale Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Clinical Research Networks" (.pdf) which is based on work with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of AIDS.

For more information about AEA and the conference, please visit the AEA website.
Mary Kane presented a 1 hour interactive presentation entitled "Complementary Action Partnerships for Achieving Health Equity" (.pdf) at the Society for Public Health Educators (SOPHE) conference in Alexandria, VA, on November 2, 2007.

For more information about SOPHE and the conference, please visit: www.sophe.org

Related materials for this presentation include: "Application to your Work: Engaging Diverse Partners Exercise" (.pdf) and "Tools for Engaging and Assessing Partnership Potential" (.pdf)
Mary Kane and Kathleen Quinlan were invited to present a half day workshop, Concept Mapping for Planning and Evaluation, at the
30th Annual Conference of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society
Absecon, New Jersey - April 22-24, 2007
See more at: www.eers.org
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 10th Anniversary Conference "Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change"
Toronto, Canada - April 11-14, 2007
See more at: CCPH's website

To review Mary Kane and Kathleen M. Quinlan's poster presentation:
Complementary Action: A Partnership Model for Reducing Health Disparities (.ppt)
European Evaluation Society's "Critical Connections" Conference
London, England - October 4-6, 2006
See more at: www.europeanevaluation.org

To review Mary Kane's presentation:
Evaluation of Large Initiatives of Scientific Research (.ppt)

To review Bill Trochim's paper presentation:
Evolutionary Evaluation (.pdf)

To review the pre-conference workshop:
Concept Mapping for Planning and Evaluation (.ppt)

IAF Presentation, June 2006:
Successful client facilitation engagement by Mary Kane and Kathleen M. Quinlan (.ppt)