My name is Dr. Michelle Chandrasekhar and I serve as Board Secretary for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA). My work experience includes higher education and state government, and recently with local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies. Working in different venues reminded me that our evaluation reports share several key elements across disciplines, audiences, and …
We are Lauren Baba and Carol Cahill with the Center for Community Health and Evaluation (CCHE), part of Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) in Seattle. Our team of consultants works with various stakeholders to evaluate community health initiatives, clinic-community linkages, and health improvement coalitions. We are always brainstorming new ways to make evaluation reports creative, …
We are Lauren Baba and Carol Cahill with the Center for Community Health and Evaluation (CCHE), part of Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) in Seattle. Our team of consultants works with a various stakeholders to evaluate community health initiatives, clinic-community linkages, and health improvement coalitions. We are always brainstorming new ways to make evaluation reports …
Our names are Marc Wheeler and Salem Valentino and we are internal evaluators for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. There is a lot of buzz today about infographics. Many of you may have thought about using infographics in your evaluation reports to try to translate your findings more effectively. We recently took the plunge …
My name is Christine Frank and I am an independent Canadian evaluator. I have a couple of questions for you. Do your reports intrigue your audience or send them for coffee? Do people grasp your message easily? Although I am best known as a program evaluator, I have also taught courses on business communications and …
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My name is Elissa Schloesser with Visual Voice, I am a freelance graphic designer specializing in infographics, data visualization and reporting. I enjoy making complex information more understandable and engaging. Through my work, I have partnered with a number of evaluators to help visually communicate evaluation methods and findings. Lesson Learned: When creating the digital …
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I am Vardhani Ratnala and work as a freelance consultant in Monitoring and Evaluation. In this post, I would like share my experience of presenting evaluation findings. Following an evaluation field visit, the findings are shared with the project management/implementing team. Quite often, when the findings are negative, it ruffles egos and leads to a …
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Our names are Marc Wheeler and Salem Valentino and we are internal evaluators for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. There is a lot of buzz today about infographics. Many of you may have thought about using infographics in your evaluation reports to try to translate your findings more effectively. We recently took the plunge …
Greetings from Champaign, IL! We are Ayesha Boyce, Maria Jimenez, and Gabriela Juarez. We are all currently pursuing our Ph.D. in evaluation at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We have found as a multicultural evaluation team that sometimes sensitive topics such as race, class and gender are best presented through creative means. These types of …
