This session involved 3 novices to evaluation presenting mindmaps of their experience comparing Patton's Developmental Evaluation to three other approaches through metaphors of blindmen exploring an elephant, mathematical approximation of complex situations, and various music and dance forms. The PowerPoint slides, videos, and an audio recording of the entire session are available at http://byuevaluation.wordpress.com/, in addition to the program information which is available at http://www.eval.org/search11/session.asp?sessionid=7420&presenterid=2734. #2011Conference #Syllabi #TeachingofEvaluation #TheoriesofEvaluation #EvaluationUse #QualitativeMethods