Research Tools - Pictorial Diary & Collage Instrument
As part of City House’s research on spirituality and changed social behavior in our program participants, we are experimenting with some creative approaches to gathering data. This is especially true when participant literacy may be limited.
On Friday, a group of City House volunteers and social service agency partners met to evaluate 2 proposed tools developed by our 
consultants, The Improve Group and funded by a grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation
The 2 tools proposed were a pictorial diary and a collage instrument. The discussion was engaging and energetic. The general consensus was that the instruments were simple and fun to use and that we would learn a lot about program participant evaluation.
Next steps are to pilot these instruments at social service agency sites.
Submitted by Tamie Koehler, City House program manager.
