We also, for our multi-month projects, implemented a pre and post tests in order to measure participants’ attitudes and amount of knowledge of the subject matter. During our closing program, we asked the participants to say a few words of reflection and then used those quotes for some of our informational material.

I think each project is different with what they want to accomplish with their work, for example – allowing participants to feel more empowered to be able to express themselves or communicating about their communities, etc.

However, I do think that inventories like this can help provide some measurable and quantifiable data.

It still doesn’t take into consideration many of the ways that Rising Voices projects are having a positive impact, but I think it is a useful framework to think abut our blogs.