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Stephanie Evergreen on p2i at Eval12

I’m Stephanie Evergreen and, among other things, I lead the Potent Presentations Initiative (p2i), which is a program sponsored by AEA to help you make awesome presentations. Naturally, my sweet spot is the annual conference. You have probably noticed, in the last few months, we’ve been sending you all sorts of advice about how to make your …

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Susan Kistler on Subscribing to the eLibrary

Hello! I am Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director, writing to you live from Evaluation 2012 in Minneapolis. Conference week brings a flurry of additions to the AEA public eLibrary. We want to make it a little easier to know about new contributions. Rad Resource: The AEA Public eLibrary has over 1000 materials, shared peer-to-peer from …

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Susan Kistler on a Potpourri of #Eval12 Preparation Items – Even for Those Not Attending

I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365 regular Saturday contributor. Here in the AEA offices, we’re counting down the days to Evaluation 2012. This time next week, we’ll already be in Minneapolis, getting things set up and looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. It is busy …

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Susan Kistler on a Fast and Free Option for Creating a Webpage from a Word Document

My name is Susan Kistler, I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and regular aea365 contributor. Have you ever had a Microsoft Word document and wanted it to be online and readable – not just downloadable, but to appear as an online webpage? Twice this week, colleagues have needed a quick way to get …

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Susan Kistler on Using Photos to Illustrate Evaluation in Complex Ecologies

My name is Susan Kistler, I am the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association, and aea365’s Saturday contributor. What does the Evaluation 2012 conference theme “Evaluation in Complex Ecologies: Relationships, Responsibilities, Relevance” mean to you? How do you see it displayed around you? A team of volunteers is collecting photos to use as part …

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Celebrate 1000 aea365 Posts – Win a Free AEA Membership – What’s Your Favorite?

There are numbers to which we assign significance, signposts in a lifetime of progress. Kindergarteners count the first 100 days of school, young adults celebrate the transition from 20 to 21, we look back and forward when turning 40 or 50 or 60. Today, we’re celebrating a major milestone in the life of this blog. …

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Susan Kistler on Filling Your Evaluation Tookbox through eStudy This Fall

My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. We’ve been writing a lot lately about AEA’s upcoming conference, Evaluation 2012. Today, I wanted to provide an update on our fourth quarter eStudy workshops – three foundational offerings for filling your evaluation toolbox, even if you can’t …

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Susan Kistler on Two Terrific Evaluation Podcasts

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365 regular Saturday contributor. I’ve written before about podcasts of interest to evaluators, but they were from peripheral fields. Today, I’m excited to see evaluators entering the fray. Hot Tip – Podcasts are for everyone: The word ‘podcast’ is associated …

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Carlen Erickson on R Tutorials and Learning Resources

Hello aea365. My name is Carlen Erickson and I am a student learning the statistics program R! I want to share two resources I have found invaluable. Rad Resource: R is a free statistical software package for conducting analyses of quantitative data. It is a free competitor to SAS or SPSS. R can be downloaded …

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