participatory evaluation

YFE TIG Week: Julie Poncelet on Participatory Methods to Engage Youth in Evaluation

My name is Julie Poncelet and I am co-founder of Action Evaluation Collaborative (AEC), a partnership of independent consultants who use evaluation to strengthen social change. We want to share some of the participatory methods we use to engage youth in evaluations. By participatory methods, we mean ways of working together, to gather insights, such …

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Ann Zukoski on Tools for Participatory Evaluation- Using Ripple Effect Mapping and Art of Hosting Techniques to Engage Stakeholders

My name is Ann Zukoski and I am a Senior Research Associate at Rainbow Research, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded as a nonprofit organization in 1974, Rainbow Research’s mission is to improve the effectiveness of socially-concerned organizations through capacity building, research, and evaluation. Rainbow Research is known for its focus on using participatory evaluation approaches. …

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PD Presenters: Kerry Zaleski, Mary Crave and Tererai Trent on Whose Judgment Matters Most? Using Child-to-Child approaches to evaluate vulnerability-centered programs

Hi Eval Friends! We are Kerry Zaleski and Mary Crave of the University of Wisconsin-Extension and Tererai Trent of Tinogona Foundation and Drexel University. Over the past few years we have co-facilitated workshops on participatory M&E methods for centering vulnerable voices at AEA conferences and eStudies. This year, we are pleased to introduce participatory processes …

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PD Presenters Week: Mary Crave, Kerry Zaleski and Tererai Trent on Do your participatory methods contribute to an equitable future?

Greetings from Mary Crave and Kerry Zaleski, of the University of Wisconsin – Extension and Tererai Trent of Tinogona Foundation and Drexel University. For the past few years we’ve teamed up to teach participatory methods for engaging vulnerable and historically under-represented persons in monitoring and evaluation. We’ve taught hands-on professional development workshops at AEA conferences, …

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Best of aea365 week: McQuiston, Lippin and Bradley-Bull on Participatory Analysis

Greetings!  We are Tom McQuiston (USW Tony Mazzocchi Center) and Tobi Mae Lippin and Kristin Bradley-Bull (New Perspectives Consulting Group).  We have collaborated for over a decade on participatory evaluation and assessment projects for the United Steelworkers (labor union).  And we have grappled mightily with how to complete high-quality data analysis and interpretation in participatory ways. Hot Tip: Carefully determine up front …

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Mary Crave, Kerry Zaleski and Tererai Trent on Participatory Methods for Engaging Vulnerable and Under-Represented Persons in M&E

Hello from Mary Crave and Kerry Zaleski, of the University of Wisconsin – Extension and Tererai Trent of Tinogona Foundation and Drexel University.  For the past few years we’ve teamed up to teach hands-on professional development workshops at AEA conferences on participatory methods for engaging vulnerable and historically under-represented persons in monitoring and evaluation. Our …

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PD Presenters Week: Matt Militello & Chris Janson On Empowering Participants in Evaluation

We are we Matt Militello and Chris Janson. We have been working together since 2002. Our first collaboration was as educators in a public high school in Michigan where Militello was an assistant principal and Janson a counselor. We both left the K-12 setting to obtain doctorate degrees and now continue work together on research …

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Fatima Frank and Greg Lestikow on Using a Participatory Ranking Methodology in Focus Groups for Sensitive Topics

Hello, we are Greg Lestikow, CEO and Fatima Frank, Project Manager of evalû, a small consulting firm that focuses exclusively on rigorous evaluations of social and economic development initiatives.  We champion impact evaluation that maintains academic rigor but is based entirely on our clients’ need to improve strategic and operational effectiveness and increase profitability. In …

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CPE Week: Lyn Shulha on Reinventing Your Identity as a Participatory Evaluator

Hi, I am Lyn Shulha, Director of the Assessment and Evaluation Group, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.  I have found that after 20 years of practice, I am still becoming a participatory evaluator. It is important to continue asking, “Is participatory work right for me?”  This question pushes me into an ongoing assessment of my own …

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