Bringing Programs into Focus: Using Photos for Evaluation

Process Frame, Program Evaluation, Visual Methods

Evaluation is an important, though frequently neglected, component of any program. Some congregations use word of mouth feedback and other leaders deliberately seek out participants to assess outcomes through conversations. Others evaluate their programs through questionnaires that ask participants to rate their experience on scales of satisfaction, effectiveness, impact, or program strengths and weaknesses. Quite…

Congregational Snapshots: Understanding and Engaging Congregations through Cell Phone Photographs

Buildings & Spaces, Commitment & Belonging, Culture Frame, Technology & Internet, Visual Methods, VisualMethod-Feature

This is the first post in a  series by the Congregational Studies Visual Methods Fellow, Roman R. Williams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Calvin College. He is an expert in visual research methodology, and his current research looks at ways in which local congregations can use visual research methods…