Karen Kinsman: More Questions Than Answers

“Can we find our way past obstacles, real and perceived, that keep us from truly being able to take advantage of the amazing opportunities that could exist to create collective impact that could really move the needle for our participants?”

How do we know if our work has its intended impacts? Karen Kinsman, Director of the STEM-H Center for Outreach, Research and Education at The University of New Mexico, delivers a flash talk on measuring success in science outreach programs, and navigating the “unanswerable questions” in non-profit and academic spaces. Karen argues for the utility and urgency of collaboration and information-sharing in peeling back the layers of “uncertainty” in metrics.