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Lija Greenseid on Conducting Mixed-Mode Surveys

I’m Lija Greenseid, a senior evaluator with Professional Data Analysts, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A mixed-mode survey is a survey that collects data by more than one mode, such as telephone, mail, or web. PDA has conducted many mixed-mode surveys as components of our evaluations of state stop-smoking programs, such as tobacco quitlines and in-person …

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Stephanie Evergreen on the Potent Presentations Initiative and Winning a Copy of Presentation Zen

Hi folks. Susan Kistler normally contributes the Saturday post on aea365, but she’s busy cleaning and updating your awesome proposals. I’m Stephanie Evergreen, AEA’s eLearning Initiatives Director and the lead of a new AEA project initiated by the AEA Board of Directors – the Potent Presentations Initiative. We’ll be identifying and sharing research-based strategies to …

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Bloggers Series: John Nash on Contributing to Multiple Blogs

I’m John Nash and I’m an associate professor at the University of Kentucky in the department of educational leadership studies. I’m also co-founder of the OpenEye Group, a consultancy working in Europe and the States to enhance program impact in the social sector. Currently I’m blogging in several places in different capacities. I have a …

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Bloggers Series: Michelle Baron on EvaluationBaron

Hello, I’m Michelle Baron, an Independent Evaluation Strategist. I blog as EvaluationBaron – a play on my last name. Rad Resource – EvaluationBaron: I blog at least weekly about all things evaluation, from commenting on a recent event I attended or article I read, to delving into the inner details of an evaluation concept. I …

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Bloggers Series: Cindy Banyai on the Participatory Evaluation Forum

I’m Cindy Banyai, Executive Director of the Refocus Institute, an international consortium offering training and specialists in innovative participatory evaluation practices. I write our blog, the Participatory Evaluation Forum (and update our Facebook and Twitter pages), to demonstrate our activities, share information, and promote the use and acceptance of participatory action research in evaluation. Rad …

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Bloggers Series: Jane Davidson and Patricia Rogers on Genuine Evaluation

Hello. We are Jane Davidson, Director of Real Evaluation Ltd, and Patricia Rogers, Professor of Public Sector Evaluation at RMIT University, and together we write the Genuine Evaluation blog. We’d spent years discussing evaluation offline and found that we shared some strong views and values (and a sense of humor) that we could have some …

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Bloggers Series: Taj Carson on REALIZE: Real World. Real Value. Real Change.

Hi everyone! I’m Taj Carson, President of Carson Research Consulting, Inc. We are a small, women-owned research firm in Baltimore, MD. that specializes in evaluation research. At Carson Research, we maintain a blog, as well as a twitter feed. Our blog is called REALIZE: Real World. Real Value. Real Change. You can also follow us …

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Bloggers Series: Glenn O’Neil on Intelligent Measurement

Hello, I’m Glenn O’Neil, founder of Owl RE, evaluation consultancy and co-author of the Intelligent Measurement blog. Rad Resource – Intelligent Measurement: The blog focuses on issues and trends in evaluation, with a particular focus on communications, training, development and events. On average I blog about one time a week and have done so since …

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Susan Kistler on a Night to Remember

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and aea365 regular Saturday contributor. Today is a big day. Well actually, yesterday was a big day, but right now is the morning after when we get to reflect on a night to remember. We frittered away the evening, sharing and chatting away the hours until …

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Susan Kistler on Submitting a Conference Proposal for Evaluation 2012

I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and regularly aea365 Saturday contributor. AEA has a few major milestones each year and one is coming up this Friday, March 16 – the deadline for proposal submissions for Evaluation 2012, our annual conference. Evaluation 2012 will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from October 24-27. …

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