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Bloggers Series: Melissa Cater on eXtension Evaluation Community Blog

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / February 14, 2013 February 14, 2013

My name is Melissa Cater, and I am an assistant professor and evaluation specialist at Louisiana State University AgCenter. I also coordinate and contribute to the eXtension Evaluation Community of Practice (Eval CoP) blog. Rad Resource – eXtension Evaluation Community Blog: The Eval CoP blog is a resource for evaluators of all levels from novice …

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EEE Week: Melissa Cater on Building a Community of Practice

1 Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / January 18, 2013 January 18, 2013

My name is Melissa Cater, and I am an assistant professor and evaluation specialist at Louisiana State University AgCenter. The purpose of the Evaluation CoP is to support people within the Cooperative Extension system who are interested in evaluating Extension programs. While the focus of our group is supporting Extension evaluation efforts, the information is …

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EEE Week: Sarah Baughman on Building Evaluation Capacity Across Disciplines: From Feral Hogs and Fire Ants to Families

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / January 17, 2013 January 17, 2013

Hi! I’m Sarah Baughman, Evaluation and Research Leader for eXtension. eXtension is the virtual presence of the Cooperative Extension System. We work with faculty from land grant universities to provide unbiased, research-based educational resources across a wide range of topics including feral hogs, fire ants, and families through our 70 communities of practice. A major …

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EEE Week: Nancy Franz on Public Value Story Telling

2 Comments / Extension Education Evaluation / January 16, 2013 January 16, 2013

Hi, I’m Nancy Franz the Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach and Director of the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to Families. Organizational sustainability for many agencies, nonprofit organizations, and groups now relies on translating the value of what they do for a wider audience than in the past. Principles of public sector economics …

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EEE Week: Kim Norris on Creating an Evaluation Culture

2 Comments / Extension Education Evaluation / January 15, 2013 January 15, 2013

My name is Kim Norris and I am an Evaluation Coordinator for University of Maryland Extension, specializing in organizational and systems change efforts. Developing a culture of evaluation for non-formal educational organizations is critical to providing focus and accountability, yet challenging. Funders and other stakeholders seek clearly communicated, robust, timely information about program impacts for …

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EEE Week: Michael Lambur on Affordable Website Online Usability Testing

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / January 14, 2013 January 14, 2013

Hello, my name is Michael Lambur. I am currently the Associate Director for Program Development with Virginia Cooperative Extension. I have been an Extension evaluator since 1985 and recently spent five years as the Evaluation and Research Leader with the eXtension initiative. Website usability testing measures the suitability of a website for its users and …

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EEE Week: Mary Arnold on Building Capacity

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / January 13, 2013 January 13, 2013

Hi! I’m Mary Arnold, a program evaluator with the Extension 4-H Youth Development program at Oregon State University. This AEA 365 entry kicks off a week of postings by members of the Extension Education Evaluation TIG, which is starting its 32nd year! Extension is the outreach arm of the public Land-Grant universities and its mission …

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AZENet Week: Amy Schaller and Bryna Koch on Lessons from the Trenches: Designing an Evaluation Website

1 Comment / Extension Education Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / June 14, 2012 May 25, 2012

We’re Amy Schaller and Bryna Koch, Evaluation Specialists at the University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension Services. How do you support an inaugural cross-site evaluation with a national initiative while incorporating technology and building grantee capacity? This was the charge of the CYFERnet (Children, Youth, and Families Evaluation & Research Network) Evaluation Team at the University …

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Pam Larson Nippolt on Soft Skills for Youth

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Youth Focused Evaluation / February 28, 2012 February 20, 2012

My name is Pam Larson Nippolt and I am a University of Minnesota Extension Youth Development faculty member who works on a team of program evaluators in youth development. I also have consulted with and evaluated programs for over 15 years. I have found a recently-released resource for those of us who evaluate and study …

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Bloggers Series: Molly Engle on Evaluation is an everyday activity

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / February 12, 2012 January 8, 2012

Hi! I’m Molly Engle, Evaluation Specialist for the Oregon State University Extension Service. I blog weekly (unless I’m out of town) at a blog I call, Evaluation is an everyday activity. Rad Resource –Evaluation is an everyday activity was started in December 2009 to provide program personnel, nascent evaluators, faculty interested-in-evaluation-and-not-evaluators, and anyone who might …

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