Hello, I am Barbara Klugman, strategy and evaluation practitioner working with social justice oriented funders, international networks and non-profits globally. I find that usually when I first work with groups who rely on donor funding, they think about and ‘do’ monitoring and evaluation in order to meet their funders’ reporting requirements.
Hi! I’m Emily Parrott, PhD, Senior Director of Research & Evaluation at Thrive Scholars. I have over 15 years of experience in research, evaluation, and nonprofit management—including serving as in-house evaluation staff and an external consultant—and I’ve learned a lot about the impact that strategic data collection and utilization can have on nonprofits. I’m writing to pass on four key takeaways from my experience that can help evaluators build data capacity at their organizations.
Hi, we are Paula Ogston-Nobile, Associate Director and Jesse Senechal, Executive Director with the Institute for Collaborative Research and Evaluation (ICRE) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), and Nena Bloom, Director of Northern Arizona University Evaluation Services (NES). We are excited to share our reflections and lessons learned as first-year University-Based Evaluation Centers (UBCs).
I am Claudia Olavarria, an evaluator and consultant working on Evaluation Capacity Development in Latin America, the Caribbean, and globally, working for the Global Evaluation Initiative. I am passionate about feminist approaches to evaluation and advocate for the inclusion of youth in evaluation. I am part of the council of the International Evaluation Academy, (IEAC), …
Hi. My name is Romeo Santos, a council member at the International Evaluation Academy. I’m one of the founders of the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association, and I served as president in 2018-2019. I started dabbling in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in 2000.
I wrote this blog as a form of reflection. You may agree or disagree with the points I raised. However, I’m open to critiques and suggestions. Please feel free to contact me.
I’m Mita Marra. As an economics professor at the University of Naples in Italy, specialized in policy evaluation in regional development, innovation and work-family interface, my engagement with the evaluation community has spanned over two decades. I have served as the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Evaluation and Program Planning since 2019, and as President of the Italian Evaluation Association (AIV) between 2013 and 2017. Currently, I am a member of the Board of the European Evaluation Society and the Council of the International Evaluation Academy.
Hi, I’m Liane M. Ventura, MPH. I am a Research Associate in the Center for Applied Research and Evaluation in Women’s Health at East Tennessee State University. My primary role is leading a longitudinal qualitative research study to evaluate a statewide contraceptive access initiative. I also have a community health consulting practice where I provide technical assistance to practice-based organizations, including program evaluation services.
Hello, AEA365 community. My name is Dorothy Lucks, an inaugural member of EVALSDGs, a credentialed evaluator, a Fellow of the Australian Evaluation Society, and Executive Director of Sustainable Development Facilitation (SDF) Global, a social enterprise that works to facilitate change through evaluations. At SDF Global, we have a strong focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Hi, I’m Kim Norris, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for American Institutes for Research (AIR)’s International Development Division. As co-chair for the Systems in Evaluation Topical Interest Group (SETIG), I get excited about using systems thinking in evaluation work to improve evaluations. In this case, I am reminded of how systems thinking in evaluation (STE) helps to move us toward localization.
Hello, I’m Quisha Brown, author of “Racial Equity Lens Logic Model & Theory of Change” – a transformative guidebook offering step-by-step instructions on building a people-centered Progressive Outcomes Scale Logic Model (POSLM). In a world where social mission organizations struggle to demonstrate evidence of their effectiveness, the need to enhance the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act in …
