As I was packing up the FeedbackRA office, I found a few files that I needed to clear out. This one is special, because it was during this workshop that I chose to relate to the identity of Evaluator.
It is a file for a workshop titled "Evaluation for Development: An Advanced Course in Evaluation". It was presented by Michael Quinn Patton
in Pretoria in 2002, and it was arranged by Zenda Ofir from Evalnet.
My academic training in the field of Research Psychology meant that I
was comfortable with research methods, but I also wanted to be involved
in Development... I didn't have a good idea of what I wanted to do
with the research
skills, and frankly, before joining Khulisa I had never heard of
evaluation as a career option. The Community Psychology training I did
at Honours and Masters level
resonated deeply with me. Previously I had thought that I wanted to be a
project officer at an NGO or international development organization, but
I also realised that I like doing the research. I think that after
about a year's working experience I started to think of myself as a
researcher.
I will forever be grateful for the experience I got at Khulisa
Management Services, and the fact that Jennifer Bisgard let me go to
this workshop in 2002. Thanks to Zenda Ofir for arranging it, and thanks
for Michael Quinn Patton for preaching/teaching so convincingly.
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