Local Affiliate

NC Evaluators Week: Expanding an AEA affiliate: Lessons from RTP Evaluators-turned-NC Evaluators by Jessica Sperling

Hello, everyone! My name is Jessica Sperling, and I work in evaluation-aligned arenas based in Duke University: leading the Applied Research, Evaluation & Engagement area at Duke’s Social Science Research Institute, co-directing Evaluation and Strategic Planning for Duke’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and teaching evaluation and community-partnered research.  More importantly for this post, though, …

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IEA Affiliate Week: Pivoting and Adapting during COVID by Jennifer Bellville

Hi! I’m Jennifer Bellville, a Consultant at Diehl Consulting Group and President of the Indiana Evaluation Association (IEA), a local affiliate of AEA. I am excited to start off IEA’s posts about pivoting and adapting during COVID. Like many of you, my projects, interactions, and work environment are different during this season – and so …

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AZENet Week: Insights from an Internal Evaluator by Ana Lucero

Hello, I’m Ana Lucero – I think of myself as both a researcher and a teacher.  I’m currently working as an internal evaluator at a local non-profit, Primavera Foundation, with a mission of providing pathways out of poverty through a continuum of services and programs. One of my favorite things about my current position is …

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AZENet Week: Supports for Internal Evaluators by Joanne Basta

Greetings! I am Joanne Basta, Manager of the Juvenile Unit, in the Planning, Research, and Evaluation (PRE) Division of the Superior Court in Pima County, AZ. I will share some resources that have helped me as both an external and internal evaluator but especially for my role as an internal evaluator. Past AEA 365 posts …

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AZENet Week: Filling in the Strengths Gaps by Melissa Kovacs

Greetings, fellow evaluators! My name is Melissa Kovacs, and I am a statistician and program evaluator based in Scottsdale, AZ. I am the founder of FirstEval, LLC, a statistical consulting and evaluation firm, and I am part of the Arizona Evaluation Network (AZENet). Most of my evaluation work supports social service provider organizations and the …

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AZENet Week: A Place of Encouragement & Support by Holly Brown

Hello there! Holly Brown, here. I’m a data-driven social worker who is currently working from home in the equally lovely and sweltering hot, Phoenix, Arizona. I have the pleasure of working with Hourglass ETS, an educational software company who strives to bring equity into the classroom through the use of data dashboards that identify opportunities …

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AZENet Week: Who are we? What’s our why? By Deven Wisner & Allison Titcomb

Hey there! Deven Wisner here, President of the Arizona Evaluation Network (AZENet), Managing Partner at Viable Insights, and educator at the University of Arizona. I’m excited to co-kick off this week with Allison Titcomb, honorary lifetime member of AZENet and long-time co-facilitator of the Local Area Collaborative (also supported by the wonderful Leah Neubauer and …

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Creating Space for Reflective Practice by Deven Wisner!

Hello, my name is Deven Wisner! 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. As we jump into the new year, I want to not only recognize the importance of reflective practice …

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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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AaEA Week: Building Evaluation Pro Bono in the Atlanta Community by Charlotte Newman and Lauren Reef

Hi, we are Charlotte Newman and Lauren Reef. We are co-chairs of the Atlanta-area Evaluation Association (AaEA) pro bono committee. AaEA provides free evaluation consulting to local nonprofits through a three-month Evaluation Support Program (ESP). The ESP was created to increase evaluation awareness and capacity across the community by: 1) enabling new and experienced evaluators …

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