Virtual Café by YouthREX | Sonya Howard | Activity https://cafe.youthrex.com/members/sonyahoward/activity/ Activity feed for Sonya Howard. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 fb88aacc01de5a592e5ead14a0ed0bb2 Sonya replied to the discussion Special Topics in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/evaluation-and-youth-work/forum/discussion/other-topics/#post-2694 Sun, 19 Feb 2023 20:32:20 -0500 Reply to Special Topics

Has anyone tried using pivot tables to analyze program data in spreadsheets? What are some pros and cons? (Using Spreadsheets in Program Evaluation Module 3 Discussion Topic)

Sonya Howard discussion post response:

Apart from this course, I haven’t actually had a chance or need to use pivot tables in order to analyze program data in spreadsheets. I…

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]]> 951a9476de295f39701a0272e39afd0d Sonya replied to the discussion Does your youth program have an inventory of all the program data it collects (example include registration form)? If yes, how you did your program create this inventory and what are ways you use it in your program evaluation? If no, what would help your program to create a data inventory? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/evaluation-and-youth-work/forum/discussion/currently-do-you-have-an-inventory-of-all-the-program-data-you-collect-if-yes-can-you-describe-what-it-looks-like-and-how-you-went-about-creating-the-inventory-if-no-what-would-it-take-to-create/#post-2693 Sun, 19 Feb 2023 15:11:18 -0500 Reply to Does your youth program have an inventory of all the program data it collects (example include registration form)? If yes, how you did your program create this inventory and what are ways you use it in your program evaluation? If no, what would help your program to create a data inventory?

*performance measurement framework (PMF)

]]> c64ccd95db2117805a1d9f78d50bf357 Sonya replied to the discussion A large part of evaluation is sharing the findings with other people, both internal and external to your program. What are great tips you have used or seen others using to share evaluation findings? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/evaluation-and-youth-work/forum/discussion/a-large-part-of-evaluation-is-taking-results-and-mobilizing-the-knowledge-to-other-people-what-do-you-have-to-keep-in-mind-to-be-able-to-effectively-share-your-evaluation-findings/#post-2692 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 20:33:54 -0500 Reply to A large part of evaluation is sharing the findings with other people, both internal and external to your program. What are great tips you have used or seen others using to share evaluation findings?

I have seen some evaluators use Canva to develop clean, direct, and very engaging ways to present evaluation findings.

Eval Academy (run by Three Hive Consulting), for example, has a free pre-made Canva template for logic models available here: https://www.evalacademy.com/resources/canva-design-templates-for-creating-your-own-logic-model…

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]]> 4a4b1f6c54b601ce0fa020c3bc218ec6 Sonya replied to the discussion Does your youth program have an inventory of all the program data it collects (example include registration form)? If yes, how you did your program create this inventory and what are ways you use it in your program evaluation? If no, what would help your program to create a data inventory? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/evaluation-and-youth-work/forum/discussion/currently-do-you-have-an-inventory-of-all-the-program-data-you-collect-if-yes-can-you-describe-what-it-looks-like-and-how-you-went-about-creating-the-inventory-if-no-what-would-it-take-to-create/#post-2691 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:45:05 -0500 Reply to Does your youth program have an inventory of all the program data it collects (example include registration form)? If yes, how you did your program create this inventory and what are ways you use it in your program evaluation? If no, what would help your program to create a data inventory?

The individual delivery partners for the national Indigenous youth internship program I helped review do maintain an inventory, of sorts, of the program data it collects, to be able to report on their progress towards meeting expected results of the project management framework (PMF).

For each expected result (by ultimate outcome,…

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]]> e27550c48e757eb5d0a7db07f9dd3de8 Sonya replied to the discussion What data do you already collect as part of your program? What data could you be collecting that you are not currently collecting? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/evaluation-and-youth-work/forum/discussion/what-data-do-you-collect-as-part-of-your-program-already-what-data-could-you-be-collecting-that-you-are-not-currently/#post-2690 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:24:24 -0500 Reply to What data do you already collect as part of your program? What data could you be collecting that you are not currently collecting?

Data already collected

Rolled-up annual cohort data collected as part of national Indigenous youth internship program I helped review includes:

– total number of participants, status (number of early terminations, unemployed, student, employed)

– education or studies (high school, college, university completed, bachelor…

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