Storytelling offers a human-centered approach to evaluation, one that values lived experience, collective meaning-making, and cultural context as credible forms of evidence. By elevating stories, evaluators create space to center community members' voices and explore how experience is both shared and understood.

In this session, we explore how the National Collaborative for Health Equity and evaluation consultants Success Measures and Datashine used storytelling as a powerful tool for evaluating the Culture of Health Leadership Institute for Racial Healing, a leadership support program. Participants will learn how participant stories reveal shifts in individual practices, leadership approaches, and systems of power.

We'll explore:
-Why storytelling is a valuable methodology for collective impact efforts
-Practical strategies to apply storytelling in evaluation initiatives to deepen equity and measure change beyond numbers.

Learning Question:  What makes storytelling a useful and equitable approach for learning and evaluation in collective impact work?