Article by Maryann Fusco Rollins Contact Maryann Fusco Rollins maryann.fusco@uconn.edu 4-h.uconn.edu The team developed this evaluation platform with an eye on the future, and is now poised to conduct a 5-year longitudi- nal study of program impacts. Capacity Building In November of 2018 the team hosted the Northeast Region 4-H Evaluation Capacity Building Training Event with participants from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. This event had two tracts, basic and advanced, and covered three areas, data collection, data analysis, and data communication. Before delving into each of the three topic areas, Miriah Kelly presented a comprehensive overview of key terms and concepts. In the area of data collec- tion, Jesse Mullendore from University of Nebraska-Lincoln presented on collecting data using Common Measures 2.0, and Ryan Faulkner covered creating a survey in Qualtrics. In the area of data analysis, Teresa McCoy from the University of Maryland demonstrated ways to analyze data in Excel and Maryann Fusco-Rollins demon- strated analyzing data using Stats iQ. The final segments focused on data commu- nication where Renae Osterman from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln discussed the basics of using the Common Measures reporting template and John Wilson of the University of Connecticut discussed Tableau, a more advanced tool for data visualization. The Northeast Region 4-H Evaluation Capacity Building Training Event took place one month before the end of the UConn 4-H Common Measures 2.0 Cohort Challenge Grant. The team is now working on their next steps of analyzing and communicating the data from this first year. Knowledge gained from this research, and insights from the longitudi- nal study will be used to advance positive youth development and professional com- petencies by providing a means to ensure that programs are intentionally designed and providing meaningful engagement for all our UConn 4-H youth participants. UConn’s Miriah Kelly presenting during the Northeast Region 4-H Evaluation Capacity Building Training Event, held in November of 2018. HE 2018 HIGHLIGHTS OF EXTENSION 21