Participatory Evaluation for Researchers — Super Team Guide | Issue 7 of 12
Who's This For
You organize networking sessions at convenings, conferences, workshops, and program events. People show up, make small talk, exchange business cards, and leave. Some connections stick. Most do not. You have no idea which ones mattered or why.
Your funder asks about partnership formation. You report the number of attendees and maybe a satisfaction score. You know real connections formed — you watched them happen — but you cannot show who found whom, what they were looking for, or whether the connections your program facilitated were the ones participants actually needed.
This issue is for you if you have ever watched a room full of potential partners wander past each other because nobody could see what anyone was seeking or offering. You are about to make those invisible interests visible — and capture the connection data in the process.