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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Early Bird Registration ends February 22nd. Early Bird pricing is $115 for members, $65 for full-time student members, and $145 for friends. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The conference features a keynote on "10 Interrelated Trends and Innovations likely to Influence your Evaluation Practice" by Dr. Stewart Donaldson
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A workshop on Cost Benefit Analysis by Kelly Smith, EcoNorthwest</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial initial">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Managing massive data sets and unduplicating complicated client sets by Oregon Audits</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial initial">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A panel on Building a Culture of Evaluation in the Nonprofit Sector</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial initial">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">and MORE!</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Details about additional panels, workshops, and presentation sessions in the works are coming soon. More information about the agenda, location, etc. available <a href="https://www.123signup.com/Member?PG=17270182400&P=172701348532681425928200&Info" target="_blank">here</a>.
Updates and more information will also be posted to <a href="http://oregoneval.org/events/conference/" target="_blank">our website</a> in the coming weeks.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">~ Franklin Roosevelt</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BOOK CLUB!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">OPEN's new book club will begin this month with a reading selected by our conference keynote, Dr. Stewart Donaldson,
the <a href="http://www.cgu.edu/PDFFiles/sbos/Donaldson_Credible_Evidence_Epilogue.pdf" target="_blank">Epilogue</a> from "What Counts as Credible Evidence in Applied Research and Evaluation Practice?"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The OPEN events committee is currently working to put together workshops, brown bag sessions, and several networking
events this year. If you have an idea for an event reply to this email or contact Adrienne Zell.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Watch your email, and our website:<a href="http://www.oregoneval.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">www.oregoneval.org</span></a> for more information about this and other
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">OPEN is now on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OpenOregonProgramEvaluatorsNetwork" target="_blank" title="OPEN Facebook Page">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Oregon-Program-Evaluators-Network-4697458?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr" target="_blank" title="OPEN LinkedIn Page">LinkedIn</a>,
and<a href="https://twitter.com/Oregoneval" target="_blank" title="OPEN Twitter">Twitter</a>. Please like, link, and follow us to keep up-to-date on the latest OPEN info, news, and to connect with your fellow evaluators.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please consider volunteering to serve on OPEN's Events or Conferences committees. If interested, reply to this email or email Adrienne Zell (Events)
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