community-based

2-for-1 Week: Lisa Hinz with Evaluation and Engagement in Community Leadership Education Part 1 – Measuring Action

Hi, I am Lisa Hinz, Leadership and Civic Engagement educator with University of Minnesota Extension. In my position, I am challenged to both foster and document action resulting from our community leadership education programs. My colleague Jody Horntvedt and I developed a system to encourage program graduates to identify and follow through on their own …

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Vincent Francisco on How context informs capacity-building and opportunities for community-level change

Hello, I’m Vincent Francisco, Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  In working with initiatives that span from very small and targeted program development to state and national-level initiatives for broader systems improvement, there are several challenges and opportunities that present themselves. Challenges Ever changing …

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Jyoti Venketraman on Collaborating and Evaluating in Diverse Communities (One Practitioner’s Lessons Learnt)

Hi everyone, I am Jyoti Venketraman, Director Special Initiatives at the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault.  I was hesitant to initially blog as I don’t consider myself an expert. But my awesome colleague Liz Zadnik , aea365 Outreach Coordinator and a recent blog post by Shiela B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator made me realize …

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Catherine (Brehm) Rain on Grasshopper Moments: The Kung-Fu Masters of Process Evaluation

I’m Catherine (Brehm) Rain of Rain and Brehm Consulting Group, Inc., an independent research and evaluation firm in Rockledge, Florida. I specialize in Process Evaluation, which answers the questions Who, What, When, Where and How in support of the Outcome Evaluation. Field evaluations occur in chaotic environments where change is a constant. Documenting and managing …

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