By Cindy Banyai originally posted at Participatory Evaluation Forum - Refocus Institute
By: Cindy Banyai, Ph.D.
At the American Evaluation Association 2011 Conference in Anaheim I attended an interesting session hosted by Lyn Paleo
on the use of adhesive formats in evaluation. While she said that her
approach is still under development I thought the idea of using stickers
(the common term for adhesive format) for quantitative participatory
data gathering was intriguing.
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| Who doesn't love post-its? |
Recently, I've put the method to the test for myself -- once while at a
conference to gather opinions on what people thought about a local
development initiative (and to show the interesting things the Refocus Institute could do for them!!) and now as a part of a community evaluation of biking infrastrcuture on behalf of BikeWalkLee.
My most recent foray into adhesive formats has attendees to the grand opening of Fenway South, JetBlue Park, in Fort Myers, Florida who ride their bicycle and park at BikeWalkLee's bike corral placing
stickers denoting who they rode with (as an individual, as a family, or
part of an organized ride) and how far they biked on a map. This data
will then be analyzed to compiled as part of an infrastrcuture grant
application.
I am very excited to try this adhesive format technique on such a large
audience. I know it will get people's attention and prove to be a
valuable tool for participatory evaluation.
Re-posted from February 22, 2012
Photo retrieved from here.
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