Effective communication of evaluation results is crucial to maintaining stakeholder engagement. Furthermore, respectfully connecting the data to each stakeholder’s prior understanding, as well as their interests and needs, helps to build a shared vision for the program. It also boosts morale and confidence toward data-driven change.
In this Discussion, you explore how to engage stakeholders in understanding and then acting upon program evaluations.
To prepare
Review the Community Tool Box resources which explore best practices for communicating with stakeholders. As a leader, consider how you might use these best practices to first promote understanding of evaluation results and to second, adopt change which is driven by evaluation results.
