Greetings evaluators! We are Katherine Haugh and Deborah Grodzicki from Innovation Network. At #Eval15 in the Windy City, we conducted a mini-study to try to understand which evaluation approaches evaluators at Evaluation 2015 use most frequently in their work. Drawing on Marvin C. Alkin’s Evaluation Roots: A Wider Perspective of Theorists’ Views and Influences, we …
Hello All! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and very tired conference-goer, sharing some closing thoughts from some of evaluation’s thought leaders. Today we celebrated the end of #Eval15 week in song,* much the same way as we have in past years. Throughout the week we listened, we learned, we observed, we met, and we …
#Eval15 Week: Sheila B Robinson on the Journey from Failure to Exemplar and Back! Read More »
Hello aea365-ers and #Eval15 conference goers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator, sometimes Saturday contributor, and this week…conference-goer! Lesson Learned: The Twittersphere is lighting up with #Eval15 happenings! Earlier this week on aea365 Stewart Donaldson, our 2015 AEA president, shared conference registration data with us. Now, he’s tweeted the following update: Approximately 5000 now registered for …
#Eval15 Week: Sheila B Robinson on What’s Happening at #Eval15 Read More »
I’m Tom Archibald, Chief of Party of the USAID/Education and Research in Agriculture project in Senegal and Assistant Professor of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education at Virginia Tech. I’ve just arrived in Chicago and am looking forward to another exciting week full of learning, connecting, and fun! Jane Buckley and I are getting ready for …
Hello! I’m Stewart Donaldson, 2015 AEA President. I’m on my way to Evaluation 2015, the 73rd event on the International Year of Evaluation list of conferences. The President and CEO of our management company, SmithBucklin, emailed to give me a hearty congratulations on what appears to be a record-breaking AEA conference in Chicago. “From what …
#Eval15 Week: Stewart Donaldson on Evaluation 2015, an Exemplary Conference! Read More »
Happy Summer! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Last year at this time, I contributed these ideas for enjoying AEA’s annual conference even for those not attending, and they’re well worth repeating this year. Hot Tip #1 – Leverage the all new beautiful Evaluation 2015 site to Build Your Professional Network: The Evaluation 2015 Online …
Sheila B Robinson on Making the Most of Evaluation 2015, Even if You Cannot Attend Read More »
We are Leah Neubauer, Dominica McBride and Anthony Heard of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association. Welcome to the Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week. We look forward to Evaluation 2015 in the Windy City. In the Exemplary Evaluation conference year, our opening Chicago week offers issues relevant to our evaluation practice, environment, and policy. Today’s post …
