Participatory Evaluation for Researchers: Super Team Guide | Issue 5 of 12
Who's This For
You run poster sessions. Maybe at an undergraduate research showcase, a conference, a graduate symposium, a broader impacts event. Students present. Attendees browse. Someone scores rubrics. And afterward, you send a survey that half the people ignore.
You know there is more happening in that room than your evaluation captures. Conversations spark. Connections form. Understanding shifts. But your data says "87% were satisfied," and you file the report.
This issue is for you if you have ever watched a poster session generate genuine excitement and then struggled to document what actually happened. You are about to redesign how poster sessions work, not by adding evaluation on top, but by building it in.