Conference Information
The African Evaluation Conference is further described on our home page. The agenda and photos are available from this page, as is our song which is shown below.
Photos may take a minute or two to download. Please be patient.
They are worth the wait. We have:
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Group photo (one minute), |
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the main Conference Room in the United Nations in Nairobi (two minutes) |
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Participants inside the Conference Room (one minute), |
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Michael Quinn-Patton who delivered the lecture series "Utilization-Focused Evaluation" (available on this website) (one minute) |
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Flags that the United Nations flew for the Conference (one minute) |
Many thanks to Lawrence for the great photos and the software demonstrations during the Conference. If you have any photos that you would like to add, send them to us and we will scan them in and return the originals to you.
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Michael Quinn-Patton wrote a song for evaluation in Africa which we all sang at the conference. It is sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne".
See associated pages for the Conference agenda and some photos.
EVALUATION USE IN AFRICA
Evaluate
in Africa
Capacity
to grow
Each
nation and the continent:
Effectiveness
to know
We
cannot wait another day
The
needs are now so great
We
organize so we can say:
Join
us – EVALUATE!
From
north to south
From
east to west
New
lessons we shall learn
What
works right here in Africa
We’ll
all work to discern
And
as we mon-i-ter what’s done
We’ll
strive not to confuse
We’ve
joined the knowledge age to boost
EVALUATION
USE!