Because the collaborative component of many initiatives is vital for success, researching and effectively evaluating these social structures can be important. This study provides a situated perspective for using social network analysis and responsive evaluation to study and affect growth in collaboration over time. It provides step-by-step overview of social network analysis and other methods that can be applied in many fields we study, and a summary of results from a perspective that helped inform a funded statewide initiative to promote the use of simulation technology in Florida nurse education. #2012Conference #HowTo #DataVisualizationandReporting #Instruments