Program Evaluation Community Summer Webinar: Translating Results into Action [June 25, 2026]

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Effectively communicating evaluation results is critical to ensuring that insights lead to understanding, engagement, and action. This webinar will explore practical strategies for translating complex evaluation findings into clear, compelling messages that resonate with diverse audiences.The Program Evaluation Community is excited to welcome Alison Opoku Donyina from DCG Communications and Kristin Helz from Foundation Fighting Blindness who will be presenting on how to strike the right balance between quantitative and qualitative data as well as help evaluators determine when to emphasize numbers, when to lean into storytelling, and how to integrate both for maximum influence.

Join us on June 25 from 2:00–3:00 PM EST for a dynamic discussion.

Speakers

• Kristin Helz is a research and evaluation specialist with experience across the non-profit sector in the U.S. and internationally. She currently serves as Research and Evaluation Specialist at the Foundation Fighting Blindness, where she develops measurement plans, builds dashboards that translate metrics into data-informed decisions, and supports the foundation’s patient registry. Previously, she spent nearly twelve years at the American Red Cross leading internal and external evaluations, as well as learning agendas for global staff. She began her career in humanitarian programming with Oxfam and CARE in Kenya and Ethiopia. Kristin believes data can be used to tell a story of impact and help teams adapt to achieve improved outcomes over time. She holds an MPH and an MIA from Columbia University.

• Alison Opoku Donyina is a strategic research and evaluation professional with experience leading monitoring and evaluation efforts across philanthropy, non-profits, and federal agencies. Throughout her career, Alison’s work has sat at the intersection of analytical rigor and human-centered storytelling. She currently serves as Senior Advisor at District Communications Group, overseeing mixed-methods studies for federal clients and managing a global network of sub-contractors to deliver rigorous, decision-ready findings. Prior to DCG, she led program monitoring and evaluation efforts primarily in the international development field across education and energy sectors, built internal MEL capacity for organizations, and worked as an independent evaluation consultant designing and leading studies across Africa and Eastern Europe. Alison believes that the most powerful evaluation findings are ones that honor both the data and the human stories behind it — and that the real measure of good evaluation is whether it moves people to act. She holds a Master of Arts in Intercultural Service, Leadership & Management, with a specialization in Monitoring and Evaluation, from SIT Graduate Institute.