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Evaluation

One of the most effective things you can do to strengthen your dialogue to change program is to create an accurate process for documenting and evaluating the entire effort. Dialogue participants, grant-making foundations, public officials, news media, and other people who can help you expand, strengthen, and institutionalize the dialogue to change program in your community will all want to know about your efforts and their impact.

Download a comprehensive handout on our Dialogue to Change process.

Tips

More than a seat at the table: A resource for authentic and equitable youth engagement
Young people’s involvement and leadership is central to creating sustainable community change. But many community groups run into problems when they try to engage young people in their work. Here, we lay out solutions to some of the most common issues.
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6 steps to evaluating your program
Use these steps to document and evaluate the process and outcomes from your dialogue to change programs.            
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Resources

Ripple Effects Mapping for Evaluating Community Engagement
Community engagement and Dialogue to Change strategies can lead to many positive changes in your community. However, direct impacts can be tough to track.
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Evaluating Community Engagement (Toolkit)
Along with the Guide to Evaluating Community Engagement, this toolkit provides you with pratical tools you can use in your community engagement efforts.
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Dialogue to Change Guide for School Districts
Making sure that all young people have equitable opportunities to do well in school and in life is key to the health of our communities and our whole democracy. This brief guide is designed to help you bring this essential work to your local school district and community.
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Evaluating Community Engagement
Check out our newly released mini-guide that offers tips for evaluating community engagement. It is not meant to be fully prescriptive on evaluation but it is a practical, hands-on tool to help you determine if you are ready to evaluate your community engagement work, and if yes, it offers considerations for implementing an evaluation. 
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Dialogue to Change

Our ultimate goal is to create positive community change that includes everyone, and our tools, advice, and resources foster that kind of change. Whether you’re grappling with a divisive community issue, or simply want to include residents’ voices in city government, Everyday Democracy's Dialogue to Change process, using a racial equity lens, can help.