1. WHY? Evaluation Chapter One

2. Design and Evaluation  What should we offer?  Why should we offer that?  Where should we spend our money?  How is attendance?  What drives attendance?  Do our programs work?

3. Cont…  What type of facility?  Hotel  YMCA  Fitness center  University  PT  Country clubs  Parks and recreation

4. Goals and Objectives  Attract and keep clients  Deliver high quality service  Meet needs of clients  Have positive client outcomes

5. Questions and Answers  How much weight can I lose?  How strong can I get?  How big can I get?  How much rehab will I need?  When can I drive again?  When can I play golf again?  How much work will I miss?

6. Administrators  Staff to volunteer to participant ratio  Funding cuts or expansion  What facilities do we have?  What can we off to meet needs?  What is cost effectiveness

7. Accountability  Board of directors  Immediate supervisor  Accreditation boards  University boards  Decision making based on facts and figures  Who do you serve  How many do you serve  What is the cost

8. #1 Corporate Fitness Program  100 employees  Offer fitness class in evening work hours  20 people take the class  Less than 10 persist  What happened?

9. #2 Textile Plant Wellness  Smoking and obesity are prevalent  Males hunt and fish  Women watch TV  Want to offer health promotion to women  Is there interest?  When should we offer this?

10. #3 Tai Chi at YMCA  Want to offer Tai Chi based on surveys  Already offer a lot of programs  Should classes be restricted to age  What about new members?  Are existing programs enough?

11. #4 Mall Walking Program  Walking 30 minutes per day is good fitness  Want to start a mall walking program  Post flyers and posters at malls  Volunteers lead groups in Winter months  Should you continue in summer?  How is usage and recruitment?

12. #5 Rehab Clinic  Injured workers in private setting  Workers compensation pays bills  Individualized exercise  Board wants demographic information  Provide recovery info for next 6 months  Return to work is a priority

13. #6 Nursing Home  Recreation director at a nursing home  Previous exercise is chair based  Lots of inactivity around  Want to start a walking program  Go ahead as long as they are “busy”  Keep costs down  Offer therapeutic benefits

14. #7 Diabetes Program  Newly diagnosed patients with diabetes  Current three day program with a booklet  What are exercise regimens for patients?  Do they comply and persist?  Does the program need change

15. #8 Community Wellness  Older adult program with peer leaders  Once per week exercise  Guest speakers  Distribute questionnaires at the end of class  What to do with data?  How to evaluate data?

16. #9 Personal Training  Professionally certified  Offer appraisals and prescriptions  Supervise exercise  Target middle aged adults  Get clients from physician and newspaper  Evaluation could lead to more referrals

17. Program Design and Evaluation  All programs need evaluation  Class  Booklet  Video  Supervised exercise  External vs internal accountability  WHY do you need evaluation?

18. Criteria 1. Goals, needs and interests 2. Program offerings 3. Why offer those programs 4. Evaluate the programs