Introduction -- Empowerment evaluation: an overview -- Step 1: Preparing for the hiring process -- Step 2: Writing a job announcement -- Step 3: Finding potential empowerment evaluators -- Step 4: Assessing the candidates -- Step 5: Writing an evaluation contract -- Step 6: Building an effective relationship with your evaluator -- Step 7: Assessing and sustaining the evaluation -- Glossary -- References -- Appendix A: Resources for general evaluation and empowerment evaluation -- Appendix B: Worksheets for hiring an empowerment evaluator -- Appendix C: Sample hiring committee confidentiality statement -- Appendix D: Sample job announcement -- Appendix E: Sample request for proposals -- Appendix F: Sample interview questions -- Appendix G: Sample budget and narrative for an evaluation team

"This manual is designed to help violence prevention organizations hire an empowerment evaluator who will assist them in building their evaluation capacity through a learn-by-doing process of evaluating their own strategies. It is for state and local leaders and staff members of organizations, coalitions, government agencies, and/or partnerships working to prevent violence. Some parts of the manual may also be useful to empowerment evaluators who work with these organizations." - summary on publisher's Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pub/evaluation_improvement.html)

Guidelines and Recommendations
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