Needs Assessment

Best of aea365: Carolyn Cohen on Appreciative Inquiry: Small Scale Use

Hello, I am Carolyn Cohen, owner of Cohen Research & Evaluation, LLC, based in Seattle Washington. I specialize in program evaluation and strategic learning related to innovations in the social change and education arenas.  I have been infusing elements of Appreciative Inquiry into my work for many years.  Appreciative Inquiry is an asset-based approach, developed …

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Madhawa Palihapitiya on Aligning the institutional bottom-line with the societal bottom-line for effective needs assessment

Hi! I’m Madhawa “Mads” Palihapitiya, Associate Director at the Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration at UMass Boston. We recently concluded the first phase of a statewide municipal conflict resolution needs assessment study commissioned by the state Legislature. Hot Tip: The term “need” can mean many things to many people. For needs assessment purposes, needs are …

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Monika Mitra and Lauren Smith on Conducting a Health Needs Assessment of People with Disabilities

Hi, we are Monika Mitra and Lauren Smith from the Disability, Health, and Employment Policy unit in the Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.  Our research is focused on health disparities between people with and without disabilities. Evaluating a Population of People with Disabilities In collaboration with the …

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MME Week: Hongling Sun on Mixed Methods Design

Hello, my name is Hongling Sun. I am a PhD student from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I feel honored to have this opportunity to share my mixed methods experience with you, with a focus on the lessons and tips I’ve learned through constructing a mixed methods design for a needs assessment study. That design …

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Carolyn Cohen on Appreciative Inquiry: Small Scale Use

Hello, I am Carolyn Cohen, owner of Cohen Research & Evaluation, LLC, based in Seattle Washington. I specialize in program evaluation and strategic learning related to innovations in the social change and education arenas.  I have been infusing elements of Appreciative Inquiry into my work for many years.  Appreciative Inquiry is an asset-based approach, developed …

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NA Week: James Altschuld on Lessons Learned: Use the 3 Phase Model

I’m James Altschuld, Professor Emeritus of Ohio State University. So you have to conduct a needs assessment! You are an evaluator in an organization or expert consultant, you know what to do. You have a sense of what needs assessment is but you really haven’t been involved in one before and now you are concerned. …

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Jim Altschuld on So They Think They Need a Needs Assessment!

Hi, my name is Jim Altschuld.  I am a faculty emeritus at the Ohio State University in the school of educational policy and leadership.  Today I will be sharing some tips on needs assessment. You’re called in and they want to assess their needs.    That’s great because you’ve been steeped in Witkin, Altschuld, Kaufman, Gupta, …

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