AEA365 – A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators

Memorial Day Week: AEA365 on Remembering and Foreshadowing Extinctions by Michael Quinn Patton

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 26, 2019 May 25, 2019

I’m Michael Quinn Patton, founder and director of Utilization-Focused Evaluation. This is my fourth year curating AEA365 in conjunction with the Memorial Day holiday in the USA. 2016 featured a series remembering the contributions of distinguished evaluators no longer with us. 2017 memorialized obsolete and problematic evaluation terminology. 2018 commemorated pioneering and landmark evaluation publications. This week …

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Focus Groups by Sheila B Robinson

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 25, 2019 May 25, 2019

Hello readers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator but I’m also an evaluator and consultant. I often write about what’s going on at AEA, but today I’m returning to my roots and sharing a bit about data collection. Almost a year ago, I transitioned from full time employment with an organization and part-time freelance work …

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Lessons in Building Evaluation Weeks: Starting with Mexico, Broadening to Latin America, and Evolving to gLOCAL Evaluation Week by Emil Salim Miyar

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 24, 2019 May 16, 2019

Hi. I’m Emil Salim Miyar, Training Coordinator at the CLEAR LAC Center at CIDE in Mexico City. The CLEAR Initiative (Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results) is a network of M&E centers hosted at universities across the globe. Today I’m sharing information about (Latin America) Evaluation Week. The initiative began in Mexico in 2015 …

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gLOCAL Evaluation Week – Local Gatherings of Evaluation Stakeholders Around the Globe by Leo Lemes and Mariana Branco

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 23, 2019 May 16, 2019

We’re Leo Lemes, Operations Officer, and Mariana Branco, Evaluation Consultant, both writing from the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group and affiliated with the CLEAR Initiative – Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results. We live in a world where global knowledge increasingly shapes local evaluation practices and experiences that, in turn, influence global evaluation thinking. …

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What is evaluation? And how does it differ from research? by Dana Wanzer

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 22, 2019 May 16, 2019

Hi! I’m Dana Wanzer, doctoral candidate at Claremont Graduate University and an avid #EvalTwitter user! Many people new to evaluation—students and clients alike—struggle with understanding what evaluation is, and many evaluators struggle with how to communicate evaluation to others. This issue is particularly difficult when evaluation is so similar to related fields like auditing and research. …

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Why You Should Consider Learning R By David Keyes

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / May 21, 2019 March 30, 2019

Hi, I’m David Keyes. I started R for the Rest of Us this year to help evaluators (and others) embrace the incredibly powerful piece of software that is R. This awkwardly named tool has the power to completely transform the way we work. There are many reasons to learn R. Here are a few of …

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How to make Outcome Harvesting Gender-responsive and Equity-focused Part II by Awuor Ponge

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 20, 2019 May 16, 2019

Hi, I am Awuor Ponge, an Independent M&E Consultant; Associate Research Fellow in a Think Tank and Adjunct Faculty in a Public University in Kenya. I’m passionate about Participatory Approaches and Tools in Gender and Development. This prompts interest in Outcome Harvesting (OH) as a Participatory Evaluation approach, and the desire to make the process …

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How to make Outcome Harvesting Gender-responsive and Equity-focused Part I by Awuor Ponge

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 19, 2019 May 16, 2019

Hi, I am Awuor Ponge, an Independent M&E Consultant; Associate Research Fellow in a Think Tank and Adjunct Faculty in a Public University in Kenya. I have a passion for Participatory Approaches and Tools in Gender and Development and this prompts my interest in Outcome Harvesting (OH) as a Participatory Evaluation approach, and the desire …

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AEA’s 2019 Summer Evaluation Institute by Sheila B Robinson

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 18, 2019 May 14, 2019

Hello Evaluation Learners! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. It’s that time of year again! I’m writing about AEA’s Summer Evaluation Institute, a perennially great learning opportunity. Anyone who knows me knows that I love learning and especially attending professional development workshops. Registration is now open for the 2019 AEA Summer Evaluation …

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