Youth Venture

Evaluation is the process of “checking-in” on your Venture. Through evaluation, your team can celebrate your strengths and identify weaker areas so they can be fixed. Through thoughtful evaluation, your events have the possibility of becoming more and more successful each year. Below are some things to consider as you evaluate:

Evaluate as a team.

Take time to meet shortly after the event to discuss how it went while the details are fresh. Some things you may want to discuss include:

• Did the event fulfill its goals and objectives? Why or why not?
• What items were missing on the checklist?
• What was the informal and formal feedback about the event?
• Given all that went into staging the event, was it worth doing?

Record evaluation results.

Use the Youth Venture tip-sheet titled “Event Summary Form” to record your team’s thoughts on the event. Keeping track of lessons learned will improve future events.

Ask participants for feedback.

Find out participants’ thoughts on the event by talking to them or by handing out a survey. The Youth Venture tool "Sample Event Survey" provides an example of a survey that you may want to give to participants at the end of an event.

More YV Tip Sheets:

• Sample Event Survey
• Event Summary Form

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