Creative West Capacity Building Webinar: Program Evaluation & Impact Storytelling

In this Creative West Capacity Building Webinar, guest speaker Anh Thang Dao-Shah joins Creative West to explore how arts and culture organizations can collect, understand, and share data in ways that are useful, ethical, and rooted in community care. This session offers a grounded introduction to program evaluation and impact storytelling, with practical guidance on using data to better understand outcomes, improve programs, communicate impact, and advocate for resources. Anh also discusses the responsibility organizations hold when collecting demographic or sensitive information, and shares thoughtful approaches to survey design, data safety, visualization, and community accountability.