Michael Quinn Patton's Facilitating Evaluation: Principles in Practice is the first book of its kind to explain in depth and detail how to facilitate evaluation processes with stakeholders. Using the author's own stories of his experiences as an evaluation facilitator, the book illustrates the five evaluation facilitation principles that are the organizing framework for addressing how to work with stakeholders to generate evaluation questions, make decisions among methods, interpret findings, and participate in all aspects of evaluation. Ultimately, this book will help readers perform facilitation to enhance the relevance, credibility, meaningfulness, and utility of evaluations.

"A must-read for anyone considering a high-impact evaluation!"

-Margaret Lombe, Boston College

About the Author
Michael Quinn Patton is author of more than a dozen books on evaluation including Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, 4th ed (2015), Blue Marble Evaluation (2020), Principles-Focused Evaluation (2018), Facilitating Evaluation (2018) and Developmental Evaluation (2011). Based in Minnesota, he was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota for 18 years and is a former president of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Michael is a recipient of the Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Evaluation Practice Award, the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Evaluation Theory Award, and the Research on Evaluation Award, all from AEA He has also received the Lester F. Ward Distinguished Contribution to Applied and Clinical Sociology Award from the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology. In 2021 he received the first Transformative Evaluator Award from EvalYouth. He is an active speaker, trainer, and workshop presenter who has conducted applied research and evaluation on a broad range of issues and has worked with organizations and programs at the international, national, state, provincial, and local levels. Michael has three children-a musician, an engineer, and an evaluator-and four grandchildren. When not evaluating, he enjoys exploring the woods and rivers of Minnesota, where he lives.

Reviews

"A must-read for anyone considering a high-impact evaluation!"

-- Margaret Lombe

"The lessons of this book will make a big difference in the way we think about evaluation processes and problem solving."

-- Chris Stream



Book Information
ISBN 9781506347615
Author Michael Quinn Patton
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Weight(grams) 490g