Greetings! My name is Zachary Grays and I am a part of the staff here at AEA. Evaluation 2014 is less than two weeks away, and we know you are in the process of planning your schedule to maximize the value from the 700+ sessions, workshops, and business meetings in the Mile High City! An …
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Hello, my name is Mariana Enríquez and I am a Program Evaluation Consultant based in Denver, Colorado. My work focuses on the evaluation of education and public health programs across Colorado. Immigration has been in recent news because of the large number of unaccompanied children arriving in the country from Central America. Colorado, and especially …
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Hello, I am Maggie Miller, the principal of Maggie Miller Consulting. I conduct program evaluation for nonprofits in the Denver/Boulder area. Welcome to Colorado! We Coloradoans tend to be very friendly; when you meet us at Evaluation 2014, we will be very happy to share any information about Colorado that we can. Coloradoans also like …
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Greetings from Colorado – Home of the Southern Rocky Mountains and the edge of the Great Plains. My name is Helen Holmquist-Johnson and I am the Assistant Director of the Social Work Research Center at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Colorado is not only geographically diverse, but incredibility diverse in terms of the …
Hi – I’m Erik Mason, the Curator of Research at the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, located in Longmont, Colorado, about 35 miles northwest of Downtown Denver. I am not an evaluator – in fact, the word “evaluation” does not appear in my job description. I have come to believe, however, that evaluation is critical …
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My name is Valerie Williams and I am Senior Program Evaluator at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) located in Boulder, CO. UCAR’s Center for Science Education is currently developing a new climate exhibit for the Mesa Laboratory Visitor Center and I am providing front-end evaluation support to help them test concepts and ideas …
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We are Sheila A. Arens, Stephanie Fuentes, and Antonio Olmos,members of the Colorado Evaluator’s Network (COEN) and the Local Arrangements Work Group (LAWG). We are honored to be hosting the upcoming 2014 AEA Conference in Denver! The LAWG is comprised of members from the COEN community who are working on a number of subcommittees to …
Happy Summer! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Last year at this time, Susan Kistler contributed some fabulous ideas for enjoying AEA’s annual conference even for those not attending, and they’re well worth repeating this year. So, with thanks to Susan, here we go! Hot Tip #1 – Leverage the Evaluation …
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Hi! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. I’ve been a conference proposal reviewer for AEA’s annual conference for several years now, and always find it a wonderful learning experience and opportunity to get involved and contribute. As Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director Emeritus, posted last year, “It is a bit like being …
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