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CPE Week: Wayne Miller on Radargrams and Empowerment Evaluation

I’m Wayne Miller, senior lecturer in the School of Education at Avondale College of Higher Education at Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, where I have worked in teacher education for 25 years. In 2005 I stumbled on empowerment evaluation when reading the ‘vision for the new millennium’ Claremont papers (Donaldson & Scriven, 2003). I then …

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CPE Week: David Fetterman on Empowerment Evaluation: From Ignite Lectures to Wikipedia Postings

Welcome to the CP&E TIG sponsored week of tips and rad resources. I am David Fetterman, past-president of the American Evaluation Association and co-chair of the Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation TIG. I have 25 years of experience at Stanford University. I am the President & CEO of Fetterman & Associates, an international evaluation consulting …

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Susan Kistler on the Community Toolbox

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365 Saturday contributor. Today I’m writing from Atlanta and the AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute. I wanted to share a bit more about a great resource originally mentioned by Susan Wolfe in her August 2010 post. Rad Resource – The Community Toolbox: The Community Toolbox provided …

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Susan Kistler on a Must-have Free Tool for the Evaluation Detective

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and ongoing aea365 Saturday Contributor. Sometimes, you use a tool so much, you forget it’s there. Hence, my poor explanation for why I have not yet written about the tool I am sharing with you today. Rad Resource – OutWit Docs: OutWit Docs describes itself as …

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Susan Kistler on Great Professional Development and a Great Blog

Ah the joys of a truly beautiful spring day. I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365 Saturday contributor. I’m hoping you’ll join us in Atlanta in a few short weeks for the AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute – but even if you can’t, scroll to the bottom and learn about a …

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Susan Kistler on Curations of Data Visualization Tools and Tutorials

Happy Saturday! I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365 Saturday contributor. This post is Part II to the one I shared on April 28 on Inspiration and Education for Data Visualization, focusing today on two great curations of DataViz tools and tutorials. Curations are sets of items that are purposefully …

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Susan Kistler on Free Coffee Break Webinar Series for M&E

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and aea365 Saturday contributor. Hot Tip: In July, AEA will be offering AEA’s first public Coffee Break Series co-sponsored with our colleagues at Catholic Relief Services, American Red Cross/Red Crescent, the United States Agency for International Development, and AEA’s International and Cross Cultural Topical Interest Group …

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Kylie Hutchinson on a Framework for Needs Assessment

My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning and Evaluation. I have taught workshops on various evaluation topics for both the AEA and CES and Twitter weekly at @EvaluationMaven. Evaluators are often given the task of conducting needs assessments. Have you ever wondered how you can …

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Elizabeth Autio on Recruiting Teachers for Your Education Study

My name is Elizabeth Autio and I am an associate at Education Northwest, a non-profit organization serving educators through research, evaluation, and technical assistance. This is a companion piece to my earlier post on Recruiting Participants for Your Study: Practical Strategies and Advice that more specifically details tips on recruiting teachers into your study.  I …

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Dawn Henderson on Consider Telling a Story

Hello, I am Dawn Henderson, a doctoral student pursuing a community psychology concentration in the Psychology in the Public Interest program at North Carolina State University. In a faraway land, and maybe for some, right in the backyard we are involved in evaluation work with non-profit organizations. If you are like me, then this experience …

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