My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. For 2013, we’re striving to increase access to evaluation resources for our colleagues from around the corner and around the world. Rad Resource – Translate! We have installed Google Translate on aea365. To translate both current …
Susan Kistler on Going Global With aea365 Read More »
I am Jake Lee and it’s time to get organized! I know that many of us say that each new year, and then clean out a closet or read Getting Things Done and check off the resolution for another year. My personal challenge is not around organizing THINGS. My recycling is sorted, my spices alphabetized, …
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Hi, I’m Stacy Johnson, Senior Research Analyst at the Improve Group a national and international evaluation consulting organization based in Saint Paul, MN. The Improve Group works with organizations to make the most of information, navigate complexity and ensure their investments of time and money lead to meaningful, sustained impact. This past October at Evaluation …
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Hello! My name is Karen Anderson and I’m the American Evaluation Association’s Diversity Coordinator Intern. Your participation in today’s post will place you in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate from SAGE Publications! Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions? Even if you’re not a fan of making resolutions during this time of the …
My name is Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and I’m posting a bonus contribution this week. This is the perfect time to reflect and thank all of those who have made 2012 a banner year for aea365. Lesson Learned – Leadership Is Key: This year, June Gothberg served as the lead curator …
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Hello! We are Monica Hargraves and Miranda Fang, from the Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation. We presented together at Eval2012 would like to share some practical tips on literature searches in the context of evaluation. Program managers often face an expectation worthy of Hercules: to provide strong research-quality evidence that their program is effective …
My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Back in May of 2011, Alex da Silva wrote a great aea365 post on Expanding Your Capacity With Microsoft Excel, suggesting resources for beginner, intermediate, and advanced Excel users. Today, I have something new to add to …
Susan Kistler on a New Excel Learning Resource Customized for Evaluators Read More »
Hello! My name is Aubrey Perry, the Coordinator for Data Collection and Analysis at the Gateway to College National Network. We work with two-year colleges, school districts, and state departments of education to provide opportunities for high school dropouts and underprepared college students to achieve college credentials. Hot Tip: As an internal evaluator for a …
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We are Jan Losby (a CDC employee) and Anne Wetmore (a former ORISE Fellow at CDC), members of the Evaluation and Program Effectiveness Team in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Inevitably when you start creating a survey and you are using a Likert …
Jan Losby and Anne Wetmore on Likert Scales—Odd or Even? Read More »
Greetings! I’m Ann Emery from Innovation Network in Washington, DC. I also tweet and blog about my adventures as a nonprofit and foundations evaluator. Lessons Learned: Are you a recent graduate or novice evaluator? If so, you’ve probably already made tremendous professional and personal growth. Congratulations! However, you’ve probably also learned that evaluation is challenging! As I followed the #evalAHA hashtag …
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