aes26 International Evaluation Conference

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Dru Armstrong

Health and Wellbeing Queensland

Evaluation and Impact Manager

Brisbane I Meanjin

https://hw.qld.gov.au/equity-framework/

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About me

Much of my work sits in the space of finding practical ways to bring systems thinking, equity and learning into public-sector evaluation while meeting the demand for quantification, attribution and economic value. I love the challenge of evaluating in complexity and initiatives that work best when they can adapt to people and context. Always keen to swap ideas with others who are experimenting, questioning or finding ways to reconcile new thinking with conventional expectations.

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Opening plenary: Welcome to Country followed by Robyn Ober "Being comfortable with discomfort" Hall 2John Guenther • Kim Mulholland • Robyn Ober • Kim Grey • Christabelle Darcy • Alison Reedy

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Measuring what matters: Culturally responsive evaluation of a statewide ECEC strategy Rooms 1+2Deb Moyle • Phillip Belling Application of Social Network Analysis (SNA) in evaluation within the social services context Rooms 3+4Lucy Walker • Matt Healey • Catherine Wade

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What! No survey? Introducing the Collective Noticing Method (CNM) Waterfront 2Jake Clark • Jess Dart

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Change that Matters People in Place Waterfront 1Lindsay Reilly • Salli Cohen

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Plenary: Lígia Teixeira "From evidence to impact: reclaiming evaluation as a means to an end" Hall 2Eleanor Williams • Lígia Teixeira

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Strategy evaluation. Does it have to be this hard? Rooms 3+4David Marchant • David Stuart

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Ignites Waterfront 2Vanessa Hood • Delyth Lloyd • Estelle Gaillard • Amanda Taylor-Short • Anabelle (Pin-Ju) Chen 陳品儒 • Heather Bryan Managing the eight main enemies of evaluative thinking Rooms 3+4David Marchant • Samantha Abbato

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Plenary: Emmanuel Jimenez "Putting Money Where the Evidence Is: a perspective from international development" Hall 2Christabelle Darcy • Emmanuel_Jimenez

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What works for whom? Developmental evaluation of a domestic violence prevention pilot for young men Waterfront 2Phillip Belling • Simon Alaba • Abel Scopelliti Scalability and scaling in and across place: A practical framework for complexity-informed evaluation practice Rooms 3+4Jemima Walsh • Matt Healey Challenging power through MEL: What can Australian and international development evaluators learn from each other? Rooms 1+2Anne Stephens • Elisabeth Jackson • Mardi Grundy

11:00am ACST

Developmental Evaluation and Value for Investment: A New Pathway for Complex Systems Change Waterfront 2Phillip Belling • Zoe Enticott • Kate McKegg

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Creating Starlight’s First Social Impact Report: What We Learnt Waterfront 3Delyth (Del) Lloyd • Claire Treadgold Evaluating with the Vanua: A Practical Framework for Relational, Place Based Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts Rooms 1+2Anne Stephens • Elisabeta Torava

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Impact beyond food: How Community Pantries function as places of social connection Waterfront 2Phillip Belling • Joanne Cummings Evaluating ‘value for the public’: Public value as a framework for assessing impact Waterfront 3Delyth (Del) Lloyd • Danielle Thornton • Stephen Cuttriss

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What Does It Take to Make Evaluation Work in Real-World Settings? Waterfront 1Fiona Scott-Melton • Mandy Charman From Panic to Practice: Putting AI to Work in Evaluation Rooms 1+2Magdeline Hawkins • Dorothea Huber Process tracing in practice: testing causal claims with mixed evidence Rooms 3+4Justine Smith • Kizzy Gandy Making Space for multiple perspectives: Collaborative design of Value for Investment evaluations Waterfront 2Jade Maloney • Adrian Field

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An open discussion on research and evaluation that works for remote communities Waterfront 3Mardi Grundy • Jillian Marsh • Laura Bird • Kate Dixon Ignites Waterfront 2Jade Maloney • Rodney Williams • Marilyn Vilisoni • Megan Brewer • Trina O'Donnell • Nisha Khan

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Monitoring on a shoestring: How reproducible reporting can help make better use of data. Rooms 3+4Justine Smith • Stephanie Quail • Sophie Henness When Worlds Collide: Evaluation at the Intersection of Policy, Curriculum and School Improvement Hall 2Duncan Rintoul • Zina Baghi • Annette Waters Strengthening engagement with evaluation through the Signs of Success Framework Waterfront 1Fiona Scott-Melton • Giulia Capuzzo

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Finding your space - the psychological, organisational and political dynamics of being a resilient evaluator Waterfront 2Cathy Gong • Kim Grey • Ruth Nicholls • Samantha Mayes • John Stoney From insight to action: A pragmatic, participatory approach to improving cancer clinical trial systems Waterfront 3Chee Wee Koh • Cally Jennings Is the value of evaluation hiding in the shadows? Rooms 3+4Marion Norton • Megan Lugg • Robert Grimshaw Is this going somewhere? Using evaluations to broker organisational change Rooms 1+2Mary Raori • Victoria Pilbeam • India Lynn Uncertain impacts, real decisions: measuring and communicating causal uncertainty in quantitative evaluations Waterfront 1Megan Anderson • Dimitria Gavalyugova

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A social worker, an astrophysicist and an economist walk into a bar... Waterfront 1Megan Anderson • Kate Cherry • Jake Clark • David Marchant Quality evaluation that makes a difference: continuing the conversation Rooms 3+4Marion Norton • Eleanor Williams • Kara Scally-Irvine • Anabelle (Pin-Ju) Chen 陳品儒 • Caitlin Morton • Carina Calzoni Meeting new challenges with better theories of change Hall 2Zoe Enticott • Patricia Rogers • Emil Laurberg Mogensen

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Plenary: Selwyn Button "Insight that Delivers: How Good Evaluation Shapes Better Policy and Practice", and handover to aes27 Hall 2Alison Reedy • Selwyn Button • Robert Grimshaw

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From framework to practice: What does it take to implement shared impact in place-based work? Rooms 1+2Nic Vogelpoel • Nicholas Hill • Eve Millar

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What’s your problem? Navigating the impact of problematisation on evaluation Rooms 3+4Jian Wang • Liesl Harrold Ignites Waterfront 2Victoria Pilbeam • Toby Black • Sunet Jordaan • Emily Maher • Cath Cooper • Linda Gyorki • Ramakrishna Chondur • Tennele Shields

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Making Space for Economics: Lessons from Comparative Advantage in CGIAR Waterfront 2Mak Khan • Matthew Armstrong

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Closing plenary: Emily Gates "When “What’s Right” is Contested: Ethical Reflexivity in Systemic Change" Hall 2Jess Dart • Emily Gates • Kim Grey

My Chair Sessions

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Evaluation as a Bridge: The Multiple Hats of MEL in Scaling Government-led Graduation Programmes Waterfront 3Dru Armstrong • Kristian Paolo Torres • Tania Dora Warokka

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The case for key monitoring questions in simplifying performance frameworks Waterfront 3Dru Armstrong • Jack Rutherford

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Building critical thinking into your writing Waterfront 1Dru Armstrong • John Guenther • Nicole Tujague • Jeff Adams • Anthea Rutter