Conducting Interviews for Evaluation

Gain hands-on experience in evaluation interviews, from informant selection to conducting interviews!

In this emerging/intermediate evaluator course, participants will learn how to select interview respondents and how to design the interview guide. Participants will also learn best practice in conducting interviews in various contexts and dealing with challenging interviewees. Participants will gain hands-on experience conducting interviews in a number of different scenarios.

Course Competencies:

Technical practice

• Collect, analyze and interpret data using appropriate methods.

Situational practice

• Identify stakeholders’ needs and their capacity to participate, while recognizing, respecting and responding to aspects of diversity.

Interpersonal practice

• 5.3 Demonstrate effective, appropriate and respectful verbal and non-verbal communication skills

About the Qualitative Evaluation Series:

This workshop is part of the Qualitative Evaluation Series, a two-part learning opportunity focused on qualitative data collection and analysis for program evaluation professionals. Feel free to register for either session in the series as your learning needs require! Participants who register for both sessions can receive a 10% discount on registration costs. Contact us to learn more!

About the Facilitator:

Sandy Moir, MBA, CE, FCMC, CMP – a Partner at Goss Gilroy Management Consultants Inc (CGI), Sandy has over 30 years of experience in evaluation and performance measurement. Sandy conducts work in all sectors, from employment to small business, and from science to culture. Sandy has an MBA and is a Fellow Certified Management Consultant (CMC-Canada), a Certified Change Management Professional (Prosci) and Credentialed Evaluator (CES). Sandy is committed to lifelong learning and excels at group facilitation. She is also a seasoned presenter and routinely presents at CES conferences, PPX symposia and CMC-Canada events. She has designed and delivered training on evaluation and performance measurement, evaluation and change management, evaluation and complex transformations, and the development of online learning tools for result-based management to various government and not-for-profit organizations over her career. Sandy has also delivered the CES ESS training several times over the years.