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.