EVALUATION IDEAS

-TARGETS 
Draw a target 3-4 circles on paper.
Evaluation question at the top:
-was today fun?
-did you learn something new?
-did you feel listened to?

Different targets for each question, or divide target into quarters per question.
Everyone has sticky dots (or marms on with marker pen), place according to view.
Explain to your partner.
Space for comments underneath.

-WEB 
Tie string to your finger.  
Roll string to someone in group, say a positive thing about the work they did during the day.  
Process continues till everyone is part of the web with string looped around their finger.
Pass wool around the whole group to say something positive about the time together.
What will you take away with you?
Untangle the web..

-HANDBAG/HEART/HEAD 
Head / heart / bin / bag 
Display pictures of a head (brain), heart, dustbin, and a bag or piece of luggage at different points around the room. Or give out scrap paper with each picture on per small group.
People write on post-it notes for each, 
e.g. Head - something that has made them think
Heart - something they have felt
Bin - something that they don’t think they will use again
Bag - something they will take away and keep or use again.
Write down head heart bin bag
put into bag..different people chose thoughts and discuss.

-MY MOST........
embarassing
entertaining
interesting
difficult
inspiring
moment.. in pairs, discuss in relation to the day.  
Feedback.

-DRAWING ACTIVITY
Draw a picture which represents your feelings about the day. One positive and one negative.  
Talk it through with your partner.
Your partner feeds back on your picture.
If any issues arise, how can we try to rectify them?
Put pictures up in evaluation gallery for people to add to them if they like.

-WRITE A WORD WITH YOUR BODY!
Everyone stand in a circle.
Write a word that you think sums up the day...each letter with a different limb.
Head, elbow, foot, knee, belly, bum (repeat cycle until everyone has finished their word.) 
Which words did people write?  Why?

-UNSTRUCTURED EVALUATION
Everyone sits in a circle, quaker style speaking when moved to.
Positive, negative, random thoughts, it doesn't matter!

-SAMOAN CIRCLE DISCUSSION
 Create a cicle around the edge of the room, with a smaller circle in the middle: 4 chairs, facing inwards.
Start off with a question or statement and invite 4 people into the circle.  Invite specific people to start off, with a specific question to discuss. 
If you want to speak, move to one of the chairs.
If all chairs full stand behind someone and take their place.
Don't sit in the middle chairs for too long.
Be mindful of listening to responses to your questions before leaving. 
The inner circle are the only ones who are allowed to speak. If someone from the outer circle wish to speak (or feel that someone in the inner circle has spoken enough!), they stand behind someone within the inner, and that person gives up their place. the rationale is to get a balance of intimate discussion, getting
heard, and maximising participation in a large group. 
The facilitator's role is not just to explain the procedure, but to actively intervene, and come into the inner
circle if things are picking up slowly.

-SEESAW
Sit in 2 rows, opposite someone you haven't spoken too much during the course.
Sit with feet touching, hands held.  
Swing one way and say something positive about the person opposite you, then go back the other day and they say something about you.  Repeat for a comment about the course, the place.  Then one person from each pair stands up and moves along, then repeat with new partner.

-SWOTT ANALYSIS
Strengths  What was good?
Weaknesses  What was bad?
Opportunities  What could happen now?
Threats  What might stop things happening?
Training  What help do you need?

Complete in small groups on flipchart paper.  Feedback to group, with interesting points of discussion.

-LETTER TO YOURSELF OR PLEDGE TREE 
Each person writes on a leaf then attaches it to the tree. OR writes a letter to themselves.
One thing which they will do as a result of the course.
Write their name on it, and it could be included in the letter to ourselves that might be written during the week then sent home a month or so after to check on how people have been doing with their action plans?
(Variety of this is also stones in a pond:  write a comment on a 'stone' -piece of paper- then throw it into the 'pond' -piece of paper or area marked out with string..aims to show how stone can make big ripples when they build up!).

-THEROMOMETER
Spectrum along string on floor..Agree/disagee.
Stand along the line and feedback to where you are on it.

Read out different statements about the course.
-I know how to make a consensus decision.
-I could talk to the press about an action.
-I understand how participatory appraisal works.
-I could plan an action.
-I feel paranoid about police surviellance.
-I don't know how to research a corporation.
-I need more help thinknig about resourcing a campaign.
-I will use popular education in my work after this course.
-I want to learn more about food production.
-I will help out in my local social centre.
Etc.

-IF THIS COURSE WAS A.........
-Colour
-Pudding
-Weather forecast
-Song / book / art work
etc

Pairs describe how course felt.. and WHY e.g it was like a rhubarb crumble, quite heavy at times, but sharp and stimulating and juicy!
It started cloudy and slightly overcast because I was nervous about coming, then it brightened up considerably with patches of sun.  It was overcast at times because thhere was so much information to take in I felt a bit overwhelmed but it definitely cleared up by the end.
With all emphasise could be different puddings/colours/forecasts for different days if needed, 
Feedback for your partner so don't feel embaressed by describing your own thoughts.

-EVALUATION WASHING LINE
Write a thought about an aspect of the programme/day/session on a piece of paper.
Hang it on the washing line.
Look at other peoples comments, and move your comment to near similar comments in the line.
Are there common threads?
Anything you disagree with?
How could the feedback be implemented?
Write suggestions on other peoples 'washing'!