You may not always have the time or resources to plan and implement a rigorous program evaluation using experimental designs and comparison groups. However, it is always better to do what you can and collect some evaluation data rather than nothing at all. Below are tips and tools you can use to evaluate activities in a time crunch and with limited resources. You can adapt each of the tools to suit your own evaluation needs and priorities.

The resources include:

• A tip sheet for evaluating educational presentations of consumer food safety information (e.g. workshop, class, training, or Webinar)
  
• A tip sheet for sharing and evaluating educational information online (e.g. brochures, fact sheets, infographic)
• A logic model template for planning and identifying program outcomes and indicators [adapted 3,4]
• A participant evaluation form you can use to evaluate educational presentations (e.g. workshop, class, training, or Webinar) [adapted 2]
• An activity tracker form for process evaluation and to track inputs and outputs [Question 18 – 1]
• A budget tracker form that you can use to plan your program budget or to track spending and expenses [adapted 5]
• Table templates to track Web and social media metrics
• An educational material feedback form to gather usability data and feedback about your materials

You can also download the Consumer Food Educator Evaluation Toolbox and Guide as a complete PDF file.