Listening

AZENet Week: The Power of Listening in Evaluation by Hildie Cohen

Hi! I’m Hildie Cohen, Research Director at NORC at the University of Chicago. Listening and pausing is a skill that I am constantly practicing in my work managing research and evaluation projects. I must listen to clients in order to design evaluation plans, reports, and deliverables that meet the goals of the project. I must …

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Listening — It’s More Than Hearing by Deven Wisner

Hello! My name is Deven Wisner (@devenwisner). Like many of us, I wear a couple hats, including: Managing Partner of Viable Insights, educator and Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona, and President-Elect of the Arizona Evaluation Network. Over the past year, I’ve come to realize that as evaluators we need to make space for …

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Susan Eliot on Genuine Listening: A Critical Skill for Evaluators

My name is Susan Eliot, owner and principal of Eliot & Associates, a qualitative research firm in Portland Oregon. I design and implement applied qualitative research projects for public and nonprofit organizations on the west coast. Since every interview or focus group I conduct demands scrupulous listening, I have a keen interest in honing my …

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