Welcome to aea365! Please take a moment to review our new community guidelines. Learn More.

Independent Consulting

IC TIG Week: Finding Independence Through Professional Branding by Nina Sabarre

1 Comment / Independent Consulting / July 3, 2021

Happy Independence Day! My name is Nina Sabarre, Founder & Principal of Intention 2 Impact (I2I) and Chair of the Independent Consulting TIG. Although I2I recognizes Juneteenth as the nation’s true commemoration of freedom, 4th of July also offers an opportunity to pause, reflect, and celebrate independence.  This week, the Independent Consulting TIG is taking …

IC TIG Week: Finding Independence Through Professional Branding by Nina Sabarre Read More »

Why They Call It Developmental Evaluation When They Mean Evaluative Friendship by Sara Vaca

2 Comments / Independent Consulting, Uncategorized / November 14, 2020

Dear AEA365 readers, I’m Sara Vaca, independent consultant and frequent Saturday contributor and I’m thrilled because one of my present commitments is working again with UNFPA, with the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (fascinating region), facilitating their first Developmental Evaluation (and mine!), and I am fascinated by how this approach I’ve heard and …

Why They Call It Developmental Evaluation When They Mean Evaluative Friendship by Sara Vaca Read More »

IEA Affiliate Week: Separating Working at Home from Home Life by Kate Bathon Shufeldt

2 Comments / Independent Consulting / October 10, 2020

I am Kate Bathon Shufeldt, a Board member of the Indiana Evaluation Association and owner of Thrive Nonprofit Solutions, an independent consulting firm in Indianapolis. Having worked from a home office for years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I have had an opportunity to develop and refine my strategies for working from home. While there …

IEA Affiliate Week: Separating Working at Home from Home Life by Kate Bathon Shufeldt Read More »

Evaluation as an Ecosystem: Building our ability to collaborate effectively by Liz Gordillo, Rory Neuner, Leah Josephson, and Lauren Beriont

1 Comment / Independent Consulting / October 12, 2020

Hi, we’re Liz Gordillo (Liz G Strategy), Rory Neuner (formerly with the Michigan Health Endowment Fund), Leah Josephson (Emergence Collective), and Lauren Beriont (Emergence Collective). Since 2019, we’ve been working on building the evaluation ecosystem of Michigan. First, let’s back up to why we thought this was important. One worldview is that evaluation consultants compete …

Evaluation as an Ecosystem: Building our ability to collaborate effectively by Liz Gordillo, Rory Neuner, Leah Josephson, and Lauren Beriont Read More »

Any independent evaluator can have an environment impact by Lisa Kaczmarczyk

2 Comments / Independent Consulting / August 22, 2020

Hi, my name is Lisa Kaczmarczyk, owner of an evaluation consultancy that focuses on Computer Science and Engineering Education, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Computer Science department at Harvey Mudd College. For years I wondered how I could do something professionally to address our growing environmental problems. Not long ago I realized that as …

Any independent evaluator can have an environment impact by Lisa Kaczmarczyk Read More »

AZENet Week: Filling in the Strengths Gaps by Melissa Kovacs

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting / July 4, 2020

Greetings, fellow evaluators! My name is Melissa Kovacs, and I am a statistician and program evaluator based in Scottsdale, AZ. I am the founder of FirstEval, LLC, a statistical consulting and evaluation firm, and I am part of the Arizona Evaluation Network (AZENet). Most of my evaluation work supports social service provider organizations and the …

AZENet Week: Filling in the Strengths Gaps by Melissa Kovacs Read More »

IC TIG Week: Leveraging my Independence to Transform My Skills and the Quality of my Work by Susan Wolfe

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting / June 25, 2020

Hi, my name is Susan Wolfe and I am the CEO of Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC. My company provides evaluation, needs assessment, training, and coalition development focused mostly on health and education equity. One of the benefits of working independently is that I have control over my professional development. If I see something that …

IC TIG Week: Leveraging my Independence to Transform My Skills and the Quality of my Work by Susan Wolfe Read More »

IC TIG Week: June 5th is My Independence Day by Mindelyn Anderson & Geri Lynn Peak

2 Comments / Independent Consulting / June 25, 2020

Hi, I am Mindelyn Anderson, Ph.D.,  Founder + Principal Consultant of Mirror Group LLC, LEEAD* Protege, and IC TIG Program Co-Chair.  Hi, I am Geri Lynn Peak, DrPH, Chief Insight Facilitator of Two Gems Consulting Services and Itinerant Social Actionist, 3X LEEAD Mentor, Mirror Group Birth Doula. We are sharing our experiences of how our …

IC TIG Week: June 5th is My Independence Day by Mindelyn Anderson & Geri Lynn Peak Read More »

IC TIG Week: Using a Sabbatical to Transform My Consulting Practice by Ann Price

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting / June 25, 2020

Hi everyone! I am Ann Price, Founder and President of Community Evaluation Solutions (CES). We help non-profits, foundations and community coalitions design, implement and evaluate social change strategies to make this world more just and equitable and help them tell their story. I founded CES in 2004 and like many of us, the pandemic caused …

IC TIG Week: Using a Sabbatical to Transform My Consulting Practice by Ann Price Read More »

IC TIG Week: Leveraging Independence, Together by are Amanda Klein, Ann Price, Chelsea BaileyShea, & James Pann

1 Comment / Independent Consulting / June 25, 2020

Hello! We are Amanda Klein, Ann Price, Chelsea BaileyShea, and James Pann of the IC TIG. We are all independent evaluators and members of one of the IC TIG Mastermind groups. We each live in different states, but we’ve been meeting via Zoom every two weeks since January 2020 to discuss our businesses and evaluation …

IC TIG Week: Leveraging Independence, Together by are Amanda Klein, Ann Price, Chelsea BaileyShea, & James Pann Read More »