Using Evaluation Findings Intensive (EN)

Starts:  Thu, Oct 8, 2026 03:30 PM (ET)
Ends:  Thu, Oct 22, 2026 04:30 PM (ET)
  • Dates: 
    • October 08, 3:30–4:30 p.m. ET
    • October 22, 3:30–4:00 p.m. ET
  • Frequency: One working session followed by a short follow-up two weeks later
  • Duration: Two sessions: one 60-minute working session and one 30-minute follow-up
  • Audience: City teams with evaluation results ready to discuss, especially cities that have completed a WWC evaluation sprint
  • Language: The intensive will be run in English

OVERVIEW

Across one working session and a short follow-up, you and your city team will turn evaluation findings into clear decisions and next steps. The intensive guides you through a simple path—from results, to what they mean, to a decision, to action—so that evidence you have already gathered shapes what you do next.

Once results are in, the hard part is knowing what to do with them. This intensive will help your team make sense of what an evaluation found, determine what the findings mean for your program in practice, and commit to a clear response rather than letting the findings sit unused.

In the working session, your team will:

  • Interpret your evaluation results and understand what they can and cannot tell you.
  • Determine what the findings mean for your program in practice.
  • Reach a clear decision based on your results.
  • Plan how to communicate the findings and your decisions to the people who need them.

The short follow-up will give your team time to test its thinking, resolve open questions, and finalize the decision and next steps after having time to reflect on the results.

You’ll leave with: A framework for interpreting and communicating evaluation findings, along with a clear decision and next steps based on your own results.

SESSION DATES AND TIMES

All dates and times are in Eastern Time (ET).

  • Working session: Thursday, Oct 8,, 3:30–4:30 PM
  • Follow-up: Thursday, Oct 22, 3:30–4:00 PM

Supports: EVAL3.

Note: This intensive is open to any city with evaluation results ready to discuss and is especially useful for cities that have completed a WWC evaluation sprint. You’ll get the most from the sessions if you bring findings from a recent or ongoing evaluation.

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About What Works Cities

This learning opportunity and more are available to staff in cities that have completed our online self-Assessment for What Works Cities Certification. The What Works Cities Certification program, launched in 2017 by Bloomberg Philanthropies and led by Results for America, is the first-of-its-kind standard of excellence for data-driven, well-managed local government. Open to cities in North and South America with a population of at least 30,000, What Works Cities Certification welcomes cities at all points in their data journey. Take the Assessment, join our Community and lead with data!

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