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IC TIG Week: Design and Evaluation — Same, Same, but Different by Anna Martin & Katrina Mitchell

Hello fellow humans. My name is Anna Martin (she/her). I am an Evaluator, Social Worker, Facilitator, Complexity Coach, curious mischief maker and co-founder of Picture Impact. I have partnered with a designer (Katrina Mitchell) and it couldn’t be a happier work marriage—bringing forth new skills, perspectives and project roles. Evaluation and Design are wonderful trans-disciplines …

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Visionary Evaluation Week: Visionary Evaluation through Design & Systems Thinking by Cameron Norman

My name is Cameron Norman and I am a contributor to the book Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future edited by Beverly Parsons, Lovely Dhillon and Matt Keene. I’m also a professional evaluator and designer who works with organizations on issues of innovation – which is often about creating services and products that move …

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Applying Design Thinking in Evaluation by Asma M. Ali and Isabel P. Cuervo

We are Asma M. Ali, of AA & Associates, LLC in Chicago and Isabel P. Cuervo of the City University of New York. Recently, we have been incorporating Design Thinking strategies across our projects in our evaluation practice. Design Thinking (DT), also known as  human-centered design, has emerged across several fields as a user-centric approach …

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Program Design TIG Week: Angelina Lopez and Chi Yan Lam on the Rise of Design

Hi! We’re Angelina Lopez (NYC Department of Education’s iZone) and Chi Yan Lam (Queen’s University) from the Program Design TIG. The PD-TIG was founded to provide a forum to explore the theory and practice of program design. Our TIG is proud to sponsor this week’s AEA365 posts. The contributors this week each work at the …

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