Developing meaningful evaluations for increasing positive change in nonprofits is a challenge, particularly in the context of historically marginalized communities. How can we perform effective evaluations that center clients' interests and don’t just add to staff workloads, but generate useful “course correction” info and create good? A panel of consultants will present, with time for attendee comments and Q&A. Join colleagues and panelists in this community discussion! Four consultants shared their thoughts and experiences during a TechSoup Connect webinar, July 14, 2022. This is the slide set. View recording here: https://events.techsoup.org/events/details/techsoup-techsoup-connect-minnesota-dakotas-presents-developing-evaluations-that-center-racial-equity/

1. Naaima Khan
Panelist
Molly O’Connor
Panelist
Donte Curtis
Panelist
Becky Schueller
Panelist
Evaluations that Center Racial Equity
Thursday, July 14, 2022 - Noon-1:15 pm (U.S. Central Time)

3. Land Acknowledgement
We collectively acknowledge that our homes and community spaces sit on
traditional Native American homelands, water, and resources. We
recognize the sovereignty of the 11 Tribal Nations in Minnesota, 5 Tribal
Nations in North Dakota, and 9 Tribal Nations in South Dakota.

4. Bois Forte Band of Chippewa - https://boisforte.com/
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa - http://www.fdlrez.com/
Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians -
https://www.facebook.com/GrandPortageBandofLakeSuperiorChippewa/
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe - http://www.llojibwe.com/
Lower Sioux Indian Community - http://lowersioux.com/
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe - https://millelacsband.com/
Prairie Island Indian Community - http://prairieisland.org/
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians - https://www.redlakenation.org/
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community - https://www.shakopeedakota.org/
Upper Sioux Community - http://www.uppersiouxcommunity-nsn.gov/
White Earth Nation - https://whiteearth.com/home
An Invitation to Learn More
About Minnesota’s Tribes &
Native People
Check out the websites for Minnesota’s
11 Ojibwe and Dakota Sioux Communities

5. Learn More about
North Dakota Tribes
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Nation -
https://www.swo-nsn.gov/
Spirit Lake Nation -
http://www.spiritlakenation.com/
Standing Rock Nation -
https://www.standingrock.org/
MHA Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes -
Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations) -
https://www.mhanation.com/
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa –
https://tmchippewa.com/

6. Learn More About
South Dakota Tribes
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe -
https://www.cheyenneriversiouxtribe.org/
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe -
http://www.crowcreekconnections.org/
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe - https://fsst-nsn.gov/
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe -
https://www.lowerbrulesiouxtribe.com/
Oglala Sioux Tribe - www.oglalalakotanation.org
Rosebud Sioux Tribe - https://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe - https://www.swo-
nsn.gov/
Yankton Sioux - https://www.yanktonsiouxtribe.net
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe -
https://www.standingrock.org

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8. Chapter Co-Hosts
Please feel free to reach out and connect with us
Kathy Ahlers − Email: ahle0009@umn.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyahlers/
Becky Schueller − Email: Becky@bemidjiconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-becky-schueller-133510a8/
Mary Ann VanCura − Email: maryann.vancura@yahoo.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannvancura/

9. TechSoup Event Save the Dates:
Upcoming Events for
Minnesota & The Dakotas
Sessions are Noon-1:15 pm Central Time
2022 Schedule (First Thursdays)
October 6, 2022
December 1, 2022
***Feel free to Suggest Topics & Speakers

10. Naaima Khan
Create Good
Consulting
naaima@creategood.biz
https://creategood.squarespace.com

11. Developing Evaluations that
Center Racial Equity

12. Equitable evaluation - funders
● Meeting people and organizations where they are at
● Identifying their priority-level for evaluation
● Making evaluation work for their interests and goals
● Using evaluation for building relationships

13. Equitable evaluation
● BIPOC communities have rife histories with evaluation
and research
● Take history and context into account

14. Philosophical underpinnings
● Setting an intention for equity
● Redefining rigor
● Incorporating power analysis
● Treating data like we treat each other

16. Continuum of Equity Work

17. Thank you!
● naaima@creategood.biz
● creategood.squarespace.com
● LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/naaimakhan

18. Donte Curtis
Catch Your Dream
Consulting
www.catchyourdream
consulting.com
dontecurtis23@gmail.com

19. Molly O’Connor
Coco Canary Consulting
https://cococanary.com
moconnor@cococanary.com

20. Creative Evaluation
& Engagement
Presented By:
Molly C. O’Connor
Founder | Coco Canary Consulting
Part-Time Creative Evaluator | Inspire to Change
An Approach By Nora Murphy Johnson
and A. Rafael Johnson
Inspire to Change, LLC
CREATIVE EVALUATION | ENGAGEMENT | EQUITY

21. We help equity-driven changemakers
Evaluate more creatively
To learn more about What We Do and our Guiding
Principles, check out our website at cococanary.com

22. What is Creative Evaluation & Engagement (CE&E)?

23. What is Creative Evaluation & Engagement (CE&E)?
It is an approach to learning & adaptation that is designed
to work in complex and dynamic systems.
Definition
Roots

24. CE&E is
Multi-Dimensional

25. The Align Phase

26. What Are Guiding Principles?
Your values but in actionable terms
Definition
Purpose To help guide your work during times of complexity and
ambiguity. They are like your anchor during a storm or
your North Star during times of darkness.

27. The Learn Phase

28. The Adapt & Embody Phase

29. Photography or Film
(Photo Voice, Filmmaking, etc.)
Narratives or Poetry
(Storytelling, Writing, Spoken Word, etc.)
Designed and implemented by staff and the community.
Collect data in a way that builds relationships, not barriers, and uses culturally relevant methods.
Visual Art
(Murals, Collage, Dance, Animation, etc.)
Art-Based Methods & Strategies

30. RESOURCE
Check out Inspire to Change’s new
book Creative Evaluation &
Engagement, Volume 1: Essentials
on Amazon!
Thank You!
CONTACT
If you have any questions, contact me at
moconnor@cococanary.com

31. Becky Schueller
Rebecca Schueller Training
& Consulting
www.bemidjiconsulting.com
Becky@bemidjiconsulting.com

32. How Do We Evaluate
Cultural Programs?
We measure changes in:
Knowledge: Increased knowledge of native words,
values, stories, traditional foods, history, & more
Behavior: Increased use of language, sharing
traditional stories, improved parenting, use and
preparation of traditional foods, participation in
healing circles, sweat lodges, and ceremonies,
practicing generosity, decreased use of harmful
substances, decrease in suicidal ideation, & more
Attitudes: Increased value on education, health,
non-smoking, alcohol abstinence during pregnancy,
respect for elders, avoiding alcohol & drugs, & more

33. How Do We Evaluate
Cultural Programs?
We measure changes in:
Skills: Increased practice of harvesting and
preparing traditional foods, use of traditional
parenting, beading, “time-tested ways” of natural
resource preservation, dances, preparing a sweat
lodge, hunting, foraging for traditional foods, &
more
Status/Condition: Improved health, self-esteem,
well-being, increased access to community
resources, participation in higher education, tribal
college classes, completion of HS or GED, and more

34. Evaluation Resources
Link to TechSoup article on survey tools:
https://www.techsoup.org/support/articles-and-how-tos/few-good-
online-survey-tools
Wilder Research
https://www.wilder.org/wilder-
research/resources-and-tools
 Evaluate your collaborative efforts
 Advocating with personal stories
 Youth participatory evaluation
 Trauma-Informed Evaluation
 Metrics for Healthy Communities
 evaluATOD –Evaluation Tools for Prevention

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resources with your colleagues
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