Presenting at Eval20: Examining Power and Power Building

Power building is critical to ensuring that policies are passed and implemented, elected officials are held accountable, and the most impacted communities have a strong voice and authentic participation in formal decision-making processes. Join this 2020 American Evaluation Association (AEA) conference panel, featuring Innovation Network’s Katie Fox, shines a light on two approaches for evaluating power building in social change organizations. Participants will leave with a new understanding of how to evaluate power concepts and ideas for how they can operationalize power building in policy and systems change evaluations.