Wilder Research Week: Paul Mattessich on Foundations and Evaluation
I’m Paul Mattessich, Executive Director of Wilder Research. Our staff includes about 30 applied research professionals who study program effectiveness and community trends related to: children;...
View ArticleCultural Competence Week: Jenny Jones on the Fifth Annual Asa G. Hilliard III...
I am Jenny Jones, member of AEA’s Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation (the Statement) Dissemination Working Group. Over the past five years, AEA has honored Asa G. Hilliard’s legacy...
View ArticleSusan Kistler on a Free Book Drawing and Free Online Training on Infographics...
My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regularly Saturday contributor. Back in September, I wrote about the emergence of huge, free, online...
View ArticleKristi Fuller and Glenn Landers on Ensuring Utility in Evaluation Practice
Hello all! We are Kristi Fuller and Glenn Landers, staff at the Georgia Health Policy Center. The Center is housed within Georgia State University’s nationally ranked Andrew Young School of Policy...
View ArticleSusan Kistler on VOPEs and the EvalPartners Innovation Challenge
My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director Emeritus and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Today, we’re talking about VOPEs and a unique opportunity...
View ArticleDayna Albert and Rochelle Zorzi on Evaluations that Make a Difference:...
We are Dayna Albert (Project Coordinator) and Rochelle Zorzi (Editorial Board Co-chair) of the Evaluation Stories Project, an EvalPartners Innovation Challenge recipient. Our project will soon launch...
View ArticleBest of aea365 week: Michael Quinn Patton on Using Children’s Stories to Open...
Greetings colleagues. My moniker is Michael Quinn Patton and I do independent evaluation consulting under the name Utilization-Focused Evaluation, which just happens also to be the title of my main...
View ArticleBest of aea365 week: Mike Morris on Managing Relationships with Stakeholders
My name is Mike Morris and I’m Professor of Psychology at the University of New Haven, where I direct the Master’s Program in Community Psychology. My research focuses on ethical issues in evaluation,...
View ArticleJindra Cekan on Furthering Community Self-sustainability of Our Projects
Hi, I am Jindra Cekan, PhD, an independent evaluator with 25 years of international development fieldwork, at www.ValuingVoices.com. What if we saw our true clients as project participants and wanted...
View ArticleHumberto Reynoso-Vallejo on Innovative Approaches for Latino Caregivers of...
I am Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo, a private consultant on health services research. A few years ago, I was part of an exploratory study of Latino caregivers in the Boston area caring for a family member...
View ArticleLAWG Week: Erik Mason on Learning to Become an Evaluator as a Non-Evaluator
Hi – I’m Erik Mason, the Curator of Research at the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, located in Longmont, Colorado, about 35 miles northwest of Downtown Denver. I am not an evaluator – in fact, the...
View ArticleLiz Zadnik on Engaging community members in the “Why evaluate?” conversation
Hi all! Liz Zadnik here, aea365 Outreach Coordinator and occasional Saturday Contributor. I wanted to share some insights and reflection I had as the result from a recent EVALTALK discussion thread....
View ArticleEval Use TIG Week: Keiko Kuji-Shikatani on Using Evaluative Thinking to...
My name is Keiko Kuji-Shikatani, the current chair of the Evaluation Use Topical Interest Group (TIG), one of the original AEA TIGs. The Evaluation Use TIG was born of the interest in evaluation...
View ArticleEval Use Week: Nora Murphy and Keith Miller on Evaluation use in a...
We are Nora Murphy and Keith Miller with TerraLuna Collaborative, an evaluation cooperative in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. We feel fortunate to be the evaluation partners on several large developmental...
View ArticleEval Use TIG Week: Charmagne Campbell-Patton on Considerations for Evaluation...
My name is Charmagne Campbell-Patton and I am an independent evaluation consultant. About a year ago, I made the transition from my role as program manager and internal evaluator at an education...
View ArticleEval Use TIG Week: Joy Kaufman and Andrew Case on Increasing Evaluation Use...
We are Joy Kaufman, Associate Professor at Yale University School of Medicine and Director of Program and Service System Evaluation and Evaluation Research and Andrew Case, Assistant Professor or...
View ArticleEval Use TIG Week: Arnold Love on Energizing Evaluations and Mobilizing Use...
I am Arnold Love from Toronto, the recent host city of the 2015 Para- and Pan American Games. Toronto also hosted the first Accessibility Innovation Showcase to mark the 25th Anniversary of the...
View ArticleEval Use TIG Week: Erin Bock and Nora Murphy on Forming a learning...
We are Erin Bock of The Sherwood Foundation and Nora Murphy of TerraLuna Collaborative. We feel fortunate to have been partners in developmental evaluations for several years now, each of acting as an...
View ArticleDaphne Brydon on Engaging Clients in Evaluation Planning
Hi y’all, Daphne Brydon here. I am a clinical social worker and independent evaluator. In social work, we know that a positive relationship built between the therapist and client is more important than...
View ArticleLabor Day Week: Stan Capela on Honoring Michael Quinn Patton
This is part of a two-week series honoring our living evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Labor Day in the USA (September 5). My name is Stan Capela and the Vice President for Quality Management...
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