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• Upcoming PD Courses: Strategic Project Management for Evaluators and Essential Skills Series
  
• 2017 CES National Conference: Bursary Applications and News
• Next EvalCafe MeetUp

Upcoming PD Courses: Strategic Project Management for Evaluators and Essential Skills Series

Strategic Project Management for Evaluators

With more than 47 tools and processes used in Project Management, do you know which ones are best suited to your evaluation practice? Strategic Project Management for Evaluators is a one-day course focusing on theory and hands-on experience applying four PMBOK® derived light-touch project management tools that have been tailored for evaluation projects.

Taught by Alison Paprica PhD, PMP. Paprica is the Principal and founder of RPM – a boutique consulting firm that provides strategic, light-touch project management services and training. Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops for interactive exercises.

Like all our Professional Development courses, Strategic Project Management for Evaluators can be applied to the professional development maintenance requirement of the Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation. For those considering being Credentialed Evaluators (CEs), this workshop is an opportunity to deepen your evaluation competencies prior to applying.

This workshop is also eligible for 5.5 contact/ training hours towards the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

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Strategic Project Management for Evaluators
Location: Bond Place Hotel, Oxford Room, 65 Dundas Street East, Toronto
Date: April 6, 2017
Time: 9:30a - 3:30p
Cost: Member: $400 // New Practitioner member: $300 // Student/Retired member: $200
10% Early Bird discount available until March 8!

Meals: Includes catered lunch
More information: please contact Kaitlyn at admin@evaluationontario.ca
>> REGISTER HERE<<

Available until March 10!

March 2017 Essential Skills Series
Location: YWCA, 87 Elm Street, Toronto
Date: March 20-23, 2017
Time: 9:00a - 4:30p
Cost: Member: $1,150 // Student Member: $575
Registration deadline: March 10, 2017

Meals: includes breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks for four days
More information: please contact Kaitlyn at admin@evaluationontario.ca
>>Full course description // REGISTER HERE<<

CES National Conference: Bursary Application and News

Bursary Application

The Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society is pleased to announce we will be awarding one (1) conference registration fee* bursary to help a member in good standing attend the National Conference this June in Vancouver, British Columbia (http://c2017.evaluationcanada.ca/). This bursary will be awarded via an application process, and all applications will be reviewed by members of the Ontario Chapter’s Board of Directors

All applications will be kept strictly confidential, and reviewed only by Board members on the review committee.

Who may apply for the bursary?
A member in good standing who:

• has not previously attended a National Conference; and
• is limited by financial situation (e.g., student, new practitioner, employed by not-for-profit).

How do you apply?

Simply craft a one-page (maximum) document outlining:

• the reason(s) for your interest in attending the National conference;
• the situation that limits your financial ability to attend the conference; and
• what you hope to gain by attending the National Conference.

When is the deadline for applications?
Deadline for application is March 26th, 2017

When will the successful applicant be announced?
March 31st,  2017

What is expected of the successful applicant?

• The successful applicant will need to provide a receipt for the conference registration issued by CES National and then CES-ON will issue an reimbursement cheque; and
• Submit (post conference) a short summary (half-page) on how attendance at the conference was beneficial to them. This summary may be shared on the CES-Ontario web site and the CES-Ontario Newsletter.

* This bursary is designated for the conference registration fee only. No travel expenses or other fees/costs will be covered.

News

A message from the National Office!

We are pleased to announce the preliminary list of presenters for the 2017 Canadian Evaluation Society Conference in Vancouver.

Here is some important information to help you plan for a successful conference experience:

• Register by March 1 to receive the earlybird registration rate and be entered to win a stay at the Westin Bayshore during the conference.
• We have negotiated a special conference rate of $199 at the Westin Bayshore, but space is limited.  Please book your room soon: http://c2017.evaluationcanada.ca/location/
• We encourage you to share your reflections on the conference theme on the conference blog
• Please click here if you would like to volunteer at the conference
• Please click here if you would like to sign up for the Buddy Program as a seasoned evaluator or someone new to evaluation or CES looking to make new connections:
• If you are on social media and would like to be engaged at the conference, please share your Twitter handle, etc. with: c2017@evaluationcanada.ca. Tweet to #EvalC17 @cesbcy

We look forward to seeing you at CES 2017 in Vancouver!

Next EvalCafe MeetUp

The next Evaluation Cafe will be held March 23 at Fox and Fiddle (27 Wellesley Street East). The topic is Evaluation Sharing Human Right Stories through the Arts:

Our next event is a way to give back and learn at the same time. During the Meetup, we'll work collaboratively to provide JAYU, a nonprofit that shares human rights stories through the arts, with advice on how to address their evaluation challenges. 

JAYU's Executive Director, Gilad Cohen, and their Director of Operations, Alicks Girowski, will start by presenting their work and their evaluation needs. Then, we'll discuss possible solutions in small groups; before presenting and discussing with the rest of the group. 

CES Ontario is proud to sponsor Evaluation Cafe.

Join in and RSVP here.