The Shay, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel
Starting at USD 375
Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am - Thu, 06 Nov, 2025 at 12:00 pm (GMT-08:00)
The Shay, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel
8801 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, United States
What makes this symposium special?
This symposium brings together evaluators and practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and methodologies for evaluating workforce development interventions and strategies across human services fields. For more than 20 years, the symposium (formerly known as the National Human Services Training Evaluation Symposium) has cultivated a unique learning space where attendees collaborate and support each other through constructive and respectful discussions. The symposium welcomes curiosity and a wide-range of experiences to enrich the exploration of challenges, innovative approaches to address these challenges, and new ways to approach future and/or ongoing work. Because of this environment, each year participants walk away with ideas and resources relevant to their evaluation work, as well as new and deepened relationships and sense of community.
What to expect for the 2025 symposium?
The 2025 symposium, hosted by the Agile Visual Analytics Lab (AVAL) @ UCLA, will be held November 4-6 at The Shay Hotel in the heart of Culver City, Los Angeles. To ensure the symposium continues to provide its unique learning environment, space will be limited to a total of 50 registrants. Completed registrations will be honored on a first-come, first-serve basis for registrants who attest they will participate in the entirety of the symposium (i.e., all day on November 4-5 and half-day on November 6), complete the registration form online, and submit payment for their registration. The symposium has secured a room block at The Shay for your convenience at a discounted rate of $299/night+tax. Participants will be responsible for booking and paying for their hotel accommodations. A link to book your hotel accommodations at the discounted rate will be posted on this page soon. Key dates for the 2025 symposium include the following:
In the ever-changing landscape of human services, resilience is a cornerstone for sustaining a competent and committed workforce. The 2025 theme, Supporting a Resilient Workforce through Evaluation, underscores the vital role that evaluation plays in fostering resilience among human services professionals who face various challenges in their work to improve outcomes for those they serve. Assessing and addressing these challenges is a continuous process as some challenges shift and new ones emerge. Through collaborations between evaluators, practitioners, and other human services partners, efforts to assess and address these challenges can be more effective and responsive to the needs of workforces. The 2025 symposium will include intentional networking opportunities and discussions focusing on the following 3 main topic areas. The call for presentations will be released on Friday, June 6 and posted on this page. A preliminary agenda can be found () and will be updated as the schedule and programming are finalized.
What is the cancellation policy?
Cancellation by Symposium
If for any reason beyond the host's control, the host determines that the 2025 symosium must be cancelled, registration fees will be reimbursed.
Cancellation by Individual
To request a refund, you must contact the host at YXZhbCB8IGx1c2tpbiAhIHVjbGEgISBlZHU= with documentation of your reason for cancellation by October 21, 2025. All cancellation requests will be reviewed by the host, and if approved, will be processed within three weeks of the original request. No refunds will be accepted and all sales are final after October 21, 2025.
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Tickets for Human Services Workforce Development Evaluation Symposium 2025 can be booked here.
| Ticket type | Ticket price |
|---|---|
| Registration | 375 USD |
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