Reporting Evaluation Results to Senior Management

A Successful Canvass

Abstract

The presentation of evaluation results to senior management is a key element in the utilization of evaluation findings. This article presents an approach to reporting evaluation results that provides clear messages to senior management, enhances credibility of evaluation studies, and improves utilization of evaluation findings. Two program evaluations that were undertaken at Indian and Northern Affairs are presented. These studies were conducted using multiple lines of evidence in a decentralized environment. The characteristic of these studies is that the final evaluation reports presented to senior management were short and focused on senior management's areas of interest.