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Data Placemats: A Facilitative Technique Designed to Enhance Stakeholder Understanding of Data
Author(s) -
Pankaj Veena,
Emery Ann K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.20181
Subject(s) - stakeholder , process (computing) , computer science , data collection , data science , meaning (existential) , knowledge management , process management , psychology , public relations , engineering , sociology , political science , social science , psychotherapist , operating system
This chapter introduces data placemats, a facilitative technique that occurs during the analysis stage of an evaluation that is designed to enhance stakeholder understanding of evaluation data. Data placemats display thematically grouped data designed to encourage stakeholder interaction with collected data and to promote the cocreation of meaning under the facilitative guidance of the evaluator. Each placemat represents the data using visual elements such as charts, graphs, and quotes and draws on best practices of data and information display to format these elements. During the process, evaluators guide stakeholders to a mutual understanding of information contained in the data placemats. This chapter provides guidance on when, why, and how to use data placemats to enhance the overall sense‐making of data and explores the connection between effective facilitation and successful implementation of this technique.