Training and technical assistance is most engaging when it is grounded in clear expectations, designed around recipient needs, developed with ongoing recipient input, accessible, delivered by equipped providers, and framed as a partnership¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Interviews with 12 individuals experienced in designing, providing, and receiving TA identified six elements necessary for creating engaging training and TA. → Kara Conroy 2021

Evidence¶

Kara Conroy 2021¶

Kara Conroy, Annalisa Mastri, James Wholley. (2021). Engaging Training and Technical Assistance Recipients: Lessons from the Field. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/engaging-training-and-technical-assistance-recipients-lessons-from-the-field

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Qualitative interview study with 12 individuals with experience designing, providing, and receiving TA, conducted for this brief. The brief states it "outlines six elements necessary for creating training and TA" from these interviews; no effect sizes are reported.

"Based on interviews with 12 individuals with experience designing, providing, and receiving training and technical assistance (TA), this brief outlines six elements necessary for creating training and TA"

Discussion¶

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