October 2011 – Page 2

John Nash on the Ignite Event and Slide Clinic at the AEA Conference

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / October 21, 2011 October 20, 2011

I’m John Nash and I’m the program co-chair, with Stuart Henderson, for the American Evaluation Association’s new Topical Interest Group, Data Visualization and Reporting (DVR TIG). I’m here to tell you about some innovative events taking place in Anaheim during the 2011 AEA Conference. Hot Tip: Ignite Yourself at the Conference You don’t need matches …

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Scott Chaplowe on Fun and Games in M&E Trainings

Hello, my name is Scott Chaplowe, and I am a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer with the International Federation Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The IFRC has a lot of stakeholders –communities, 186 National Societies, local governments, partners, donors, etc. One part of my job is to lead M&E trainings that empower …

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Christine Paulsen on Usability Testing

Leave a Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / October 20, 2011 October 19, 2011

My name is Christine Paulsen and I own Concord Evaluation Group. We evaluate media and technology-based initiatives. We regularly integrate usability testing with program evaluation to provide our clients with a more comprehensive picture of how their technologies and initiatives are performing. As evaluators, you know that many of the programs that we evaluate today …

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Corey Newhouse on Using Video in Evaluation

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / October 19, 2011 October 19, 2011

My name is Corey Newhouse and I’m the Founder and Principal of Public Profit. We help youth service and educational organizations measure and manage what matters. I’m a self-taught user of video in evaluation, and am writing to share some of my lessons learned. We have incorporated video into our evaluation studies for the last …

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Dominica McBride, Rita Fierro, & Pauline Brooks on Rejuvenating Your Evaluation by Rejuvenating Yourself!

1 Comment / Uncategorized / October 18, 2011 October 18, 2011

I’m Dominica McBride, President of The HELP Institute, Inc., a nonprofit organization that uses program evaluation to strengthen programs in impoverished communities. I’m Rita Fierro, owner of Fierro Consulting. I specialize in building organizations and communities by inspiring genuine relationships, shared decisions, and growing results. I’m Pauline Brooks, Independent Consultant specializing in social determinants. The …

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Kim Sabo Flores on Using Rubrics to Support Positive Youth Development

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Youth Focused Evaluation / October 17, 2011 December 21, 2011

My name is Kim Sabo Flores, and I am the associate director of Thrive Foundation For Youth. Over the past ten years, the Foundation has partnered with leading youth development researchers, including Peter Benson, Bill Damon, Carol Dweck, Richard Lerner, and David Yaegar, to create a body of knowledge and an evidenced-based tool-kit (Step-It-Up-2-Thrive) that …

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Jeff Wasbes on Causal Loop Diagrams

5 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting, Systems in Evaluation / October 16, 2011 October 16, 2011

I am Jeff Wasbes, a Senior Researcher and Project manager with Research Works, Inc., an independent evaluation consulting firm. A simple and functionally useful tool for diagramming systems is the Causal Loop Diagram (CLD). CLDs have been applied in nearly every conceivable discipline because by just using some very basic elements, one can describe the …

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Susan Kistler on Active Event Attendance

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 15, 2011 October 16, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler. I am AEA’s Executive Director and today I’m writing about attending an event as an active participant. While these suggestions certainly apply to the upcoming AEA annual conference, they also apply more broadly to any conference: Hot Tip – Set Goals: It is easy to skip sessions, to sit back …

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Month: October 2011