Knight Creative Communities Initiative (KCCI) Evaluation: Interim Report

During the summer of 2007, SIAP was asked by the Knight Foundation to undertake a process evaluation of its Creative Communities Initiative (KCCI). This memo reports on initial findings of the experience of KCCI participants from the selection of catalysts from March through October 2007. The memo begins with an overview of the logic of KCCI and then examine participants’ experience of the initiative using a chronological structure: the selection of catalysts, the initial two-day seminar, the organization of the action or initiative teams, and the history of the teams to this point. The memo closes with some general observations about participants’ perceptions of the initiative. Disciplines Civic and Community Engagement | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Comments The Knight Creative Communities Initiative (KCCI) evaluation was undertaken at the request of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This report is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/siap_knight/2 Knight Creative Communities Initiative (KCCI) Evaluation: Interim Report December 2007 Prepared for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation by Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert