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Dana Harley on Tips for Utilizing Photovoice with Children and Adolescents: Navigating the Institutional Review Board

I am Dana Harley, an Assistant Professor at Northern Kentucky University. I specialize in child and adolescent mental health and developmental issues, with a focus on participatory action research methods such as, “photovoice.” Photovoice is a cutting edge research method aimed at uncovering issues, concerns, constructs, or real-life experiences of those who have historically been …

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APC Week: Ehren Reed on Useful Resources for Advocacy Evaluation

1 Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / January 13, 2012 April 3, 2012

Hello. I’m Ehren Reed and I am a Director with Innovation Network. For several years, much of my work has involved the evaluation of advocacy and policy change efforts. During that time, I have witnessed this topic grow from a conversation between a small cadre of evaluators and funders to a full-fledged field with an …

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Bikash Kumar Koirala on The Importance of Effective Communication in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

3 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / July 5, 2011 July 5, 2011

Hi, my name is Bikash Kumar Koirala. I work as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in the NGO Equal Access Nepal, which is based in Kathmandu, Nepal. I have been practicing monitoring and evaluation work for over five years, which is focused on development communication programs. A research project that EAN has collaborated on Assessing …

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Veena Pankaj and Myia Welsh on Participatory Analysis: Expanding Stakeholder Involvement in Evaluation

3 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / June 6, 2011 June 2, 2011

Greetings fellow evaluators! Our names are Veena Pankaj and Myia Welsh and we work for Innovation Network, a Washington DC-based evaluation firm. While Innovation Network has always used a participatory approach to evaluation, we recently came to the realization that much of the ‘participatory-ness’ of our evaluation projects was limited to evaluation planning and data …

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Cindy Banyai on Creative Tech Tools for Participatory Evaluation

5 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / January 28, 2011 January 12, 2011

I am Dr. Cindy Banyai and I am the Executive Director of the Refocus Institute, a consultancy specializing in planning and training in participatory evaluation using visual methods. I have recently returned to the U.S. from working and researching in Asia, where I was a member and an editor for the English language journal of …

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Kylie Hutchinson on Group Facilitation

2 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Evaluation Use, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Qualitative Methods / November 23, 2010 November 6, 2010

My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. I am also a regular facilitator of the Canadian Evaluation Society’s Essential Skills Series course. When I first started my evaluation practice, I was concerned that my statistical skills would be weak. Instead, I quickly learned …

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David Urias on the Analysis of Photo Journaling

1 Comment / Assessment in Higher Education, Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / November 21, 2010 April 20, 2011

My name is David Urias. I am the Founding Director of the Evaluation Research Network at Drexel University. In an earlier posting, I shared the basic concepts of photo journaling. This time, I want to talk about the value and process of using photo journaling as an evaluative tool of student participant growth trajectories. Hot …

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David Urias on a Unique Reflective Tool as an Evaluative Component

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education, Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / November 14, 2010 October 21, 2010

My name is David Urias. I am the Founding Director of the Evaluation Research Network at Drexel University. I would like to introduce you to the value and process of using photo journaling as an evaluative tool of student participant growth trajectories in a variety of learning experiences. Photo Journaling enables participants to express, capture, …

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Korinne Chiu on Engaging Community Agencies in the Evaluation Process

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Research on Evaluation / September 29, 2010 September 14, 2010

My name is Korinne Chiu and I am a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I have a great interest in how program evaluation can contribute to evidence-based policy-making. I have assisted with evaluations and grants at the local and state levels on mental health and educational programs. One of the …

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Susan Geier on Using a Participatory Evaluation Approach

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, College Access Programs, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation / August 26, 2010 August 24, 2010

Hi, my name is Susan Geier and I am a doctoral student at Purdue University studying research methods, measurement and evaluation. I employ a participatory evaluation approach with the GEMscholar project and have learned much from the Native American college students and the dedicated program staff. Lessons Learned: I would like to share my three …

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