1. Youth Development Evaluation Community of Practice
Coming together to think creatively

2. Community of Practice Group of peers who share a craft or profession
---Lave & Wenger (1991)
Communities of practice are groups of people
who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better
as they interact regularly.
-Etienne Wegner-Trayner

3. Vision Learning community Sharing community Creating community
Our passions:
…youth…program…evaluation

4. Introductions Who are you? What do you do? What is your passion for
…youth
…program
…evaluation

5. Challenges Measuring short-term activities
Connecting experiences over time
Mastery of life skills

6. Challenges Measuring short-term activities
Connecting experiences over time
Mastery of life skills

7. Recent Developments
PQA
4-H Military Common Measures

8. Resources
E-Basics

9. Goals?
Learn-Share-Create?
Grasp, Improve YD & Eval

10. Youth Development Evaluation Community of Practice
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