About Our Workshops
Our consulting team offers customizable workshops for you and your organization to learn more about effective survey design, data visualization design principles, and other practical knowledge and skills that will enhance your organization’s ability to understand and communicate your impact.
Sample Workshops
Workshops offered through the Riley Institute are highly interactive and focus on practical applications for participants and their organizations. Workshops can be tailored to the desired level of hands-on involvement and can change to accommodate group work and direct application to projects.
Your survey data is only as good as the quality of your questions. This session introduces nine basic rules of effective survey design to build participants’ skill and confidence in creating surveys to collect quality data that can be turned into actionable insights.
Average length: 2 hours
Confusing charts and slides full of text can be overwhelming. Clear charts with a targeted message win hearts and minds. Learn basic principles for communicating results effectively in ways that will engage and motivate an audience.
Average length: 2 hours
Logic models are visual diagrams that show the relationships between a program’s resources, activities, and it’s intended effects. This interactive workshop will guide participants through the process of how to think through a program step-by-step in order to: 1) clarify errors or gaps in understanding of program implementation; 2) build consensus among staff; 3) begin to identify realistic program outputs and outcomes; and 4) develop understanding of how a program fits into the larger mission of the organization.
Average length: 2 hours
The foundation of a useful evaluation is a culture grounded in the willingness to be curious, question assumptions, suspend judgement, and believe in the value of evidence. Participants will come away from this workshop with an introductory understanding of evaluative thinking at an organizational and program level and will have multiple opportunities throughout to engage in critical reflection on their current practices.
Average length: 2 hours
Hear from Clients
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"This was extremely helpful, as I use surveys for my project. My data is only as good as the quality of my measures. Looking at examples was helpful and appreciated the 9 rules. Stellar." -
"This was a brutal yet honest assessment on how we can all take a step back and redesign surveys for better outcomes. This has always been a difficult task for me - designing surveys, but now I feel more confident being mindful about what to be asking and looking for when designing a survey."
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"I will NEVER look at a survey the same way again. I thank you for this presentation, as I have never given it much thought that the questions and answers do really matter."
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We’d love to start a conversation about how we can support and partner with you. Please contact us about your project or with questions about our services today.