This is one of the CES Educational Fund’s key fundraisers and we welcome your support.

For those of you who may not be familiar with CESEF, we are an independent organization that was originally created by the Canadian Evaluation Society in 1990 and reorganized in 2005 to improve national capacity for evaluation through educational activities. In 2006, it became officially registered as a Canadian Charity. The purpose of the CESEF is to provide scholarships, awards, and educational opportunities to Canadians wishing to further their knowledge within the field of program evaluation.

You can donate an item for the Silent Auction by contacting Wendy Doughty (wdoughty@ualberta.ca). You can bring the item with you or send it with a colleague. If you are not attending the conference, or would prefer to give a monetary donation, you can do so through the Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund Website. Charitable receipts will be issued for income tax purposes for both in-kind and monetary donations.

Be sure to check out the Silent auction at C2017!

It will be a great opportunity to have fun bidding against your colleagues and acquiring some great gifts for yourself or others!

CESEF Silent Auction To Include Some High Value Items

On April 30 in Vancouver, the 2017 CESEF Silent Auction will present an amazing variety of items with a range of price points! Pick up a book on evaluation, indulge in wine, chocolate or some new decor or jewellery. This year we also feature for bidding, the following high value items:

1 Certificate for 2 units of study from the July 2017 program at The Evaluators’ Institute (TEI) Claremont Graduate University in Washington D.C. – estimated value US$1,200.
- Certificate provides 1 two-day course, 2 one-day courses or a 2-unit percentage of any three, four or five day course
- Choose from a wide variety of courses suited to professionals
- Participation in TEI programs build towards professional certificates in evaluation
- Courses offered July 10-22.

1 Certificate for 1 unit of study from the July 2017 program at The Evaluators’ Institute (TEI) Claremont Graduate University in Washington D.C. – estimated value US$600.
- Certificate provides 1 full day course or a 1-unit percentage of any two, three, four or five day course
- Choose from a wide variety of courses suited to professionals
- Participation in TEI programs build towards professional certificates in evaluation
- Courses offered July 10-22.

1 Jitsutech ‘Black Belt’ Canadian Hosted Data survey software 12-month subscription – estimated value CDN$1,300.
- 3 user account; unlimited surveys; unlimited responses; SSL security
- 25+ question types; 25,000 emails; conditional, branch and piping
- SPSS and advanced download; advanced reporting; multiple languages
- Polling and forms; semantic differential; sum slider question; matrix questions.

1 AEA Evaluation 2017 Conference pass – estimated value US$500.
- Washington D.C., November 6 to 11.
- Theme: From Learning To Action
  - Learning to enhance evaluation practices
  - Learning what works and why
  - Learning from others
  - Learning about evaluation users and uses.

Donations come from across Canada and around the globe. Please plan to join us at the Conference Opening Reception and CESEF Silent Auction at 6 pm on Sunday. All auction proceeds support the CES Educational Fund programs.