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Nova Scotia C@P. 209. Provincial Program C@P Sites Need for Communication & Evaluation. 497 ,483. External Communications. Communications Committee ‘Thinking C@P’ Newsletter Social Media & Plan Public Blog. Talking…. Internal Communications.
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Nova Scotia C@P 209 • Provincial Program • C@P Sites • Need for Communication & Evaluation 497,483
External Communications • Communications Committee • ‘Thinking C@P’ Newsletter • Social Media & Plan • Public Blog Talking…
Internal Communications “To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”~Anthony Robbins • Coordination Blog • Elluminate • WebEx Talking…
Evaluation “To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation.”~Chinese Proverb Listening… Our needs Our Tools
Counting Matters Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted. ~Albert Einstein Statistical information can be a launch pad, not a destination. People like numbers.
C@P Tracker • Meets needs for pure statistical information • Atlantic –wide Stats • Currently under construction
Bums in Seats 1 Jan 2011 – 1 Jan 2012 Total users(not including wireless) 497,483
Bums in Seats • Age Groups
Bums in Seats • New-Returning
Making Things Count- Why? Traditional quantitative methods not giving the full picture
Making Things Count- What? • Decided to look around at some other non-traditional evaluation methods • Cognitive Edge Sensemaking • -Complex space • -Networks (human, • technical, biological) • -Knowledge • -Data collection and • analysis • -Good Practice
What Matters in the End Counting things does matter But be careful about what you count and how you interpret