DEEP: Ripple Effect Mapping
Pilot session: an introduction to Ripple Effect Mapping
24 places are available in this session. Places will be allocated on a first come, first allocated basis.
What is DEEP?
DEEP is a co-production approach to gathering, exploring, and using diverse types of evidence in learning and development using story and dialogue-based methods.
The session
This is a pilot session. We will explore the strengths and limitations of Ripple Effect Mapping. We will cover some of the different ways it can be used, and we will talk through the key steps normally included. Natalie Coates-Pryor from the North Wales Regional Innovation Coordination (RIC) Hub is co-facilitating the session and will share her experience and learning from using REM.
Who might benefit from the session?
The session will benefit people who want to undertake participatory evaluations. It will also be of interest to team leads and providers who want to learn about a different form of evaluation that can capture the fuller story of their service or team and its achievements. This is a pilot session and so attendees will have the opportunity to finesse the session for future attendees.
Participatory evaluation
Participatory evaluation involves a group of people coming together to share the learning about what is working well and not so well. The group then decide what should happen next.
Ripple Effect Mapping is a participatory evaluation method
Ripple Effect Mapping is a structured participatory evaluation approach, though it can also be used for practice development. It brings people together in a workshop to explore what impacts a programme or service is achieving. It can be used to inform future work as well as at the end of a programme for evaluation.