Hello! We are Lloyd Bingman (Brighter Day Consulting, LLC and evaluator of an NSF STEM project) and Pat Jessup (InSites associate and coPI for ECLIPS). We’re here to talk about the “Patterns” portion of theiceberg diagram displayed on Monday of ECLIPS week. Both of us evaluate programs that are part of complex social systems that …
Hello! I’m David Hata, an independent consultant who serves as an external evaluator for a number of NSF-funded Advanced Technological Education (ATE) projects and centers. I’m here to share my experience helping a STEM project see itself as part of a system that creates value. For some clients, success is doing a lot of activities. …
ECLIPS & Systems TIG Week: David Hata on Looking to Interconnections for Value Creation Read More »
Greetings! We are Beverly Parsons (InSites and ECLIPS principal investigator) and Veronica Thomas (Howard University and ECLIPS external advisor). Today we introduce you to an exploratory research project, Evaluation Communities of Learning, Inquiry, and Practice about Systems (ECLIPS). It’s funded through a National Science Foundation grant to InSites. The ECLIPS Community of Practice is 15 …
I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Last week, at the Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute, we had a discussion about when to use derived variables. Lessons Learned – What is a derived variable? Derived variables are variables that are computed based on other variables. We began by …
Susan Kistler on Derived Variables and AEA Member Density by State Read More »
I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. We have a busy week coming up with all conference proposals due next Friday. Hot Tip – Beware the Ides of March (for it is the AEA conference proposal submission deadline): Famously known as the date of Caesar’s assassination at …
Susan Kistler on Remembering the Ides of March and Thinking About Your Message Read More »
My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association and the regularly Saturday contributor on area365. Next week I am traveling to Minnesota to give a workshop at the Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute on “Data Visualization, Presentation, and Reporting That Engages Stakeholders, Elevates Your Message, and Enhances Use.” …
Susan Kistler on Thinking Imaginatively for Evaluation Reporting Read More »
Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. I’m Megan Grimaldi from Communities In Schools. When I think about how I’ve grown in my life, I see a cycle. I start out with a goal or a need (wanting to lose weight); I work with supportive people who can help …
Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365.Howdy! My name is Jennifer Hamilton, and I am a Senior Study Director at Westat and a Board member of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society, an AEA affiliate. I am also a statistician and methodologist, who sometimes tweets about evaluation, in addition …
LAWG Week: Jennifer Hamilton on When to Drink the RCT Cool Aid Read More »
Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. I am Joseph Gasper, and I am a Senior Study Director with Westat, an employee-owned research corporation in Rockville, Maryland. Westat was hired by New York City’s Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) to evaluate approximately 35 programs to move economically disadvantaged …
Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. My name is Fatima Frank. I am the Evaluation Specialist for evalû, a small consulting firm that focuses exclusively on rigorous evaluations of social and economic development initiatives. I was recently part of a discussion with fellow evaluators on how organizations with limited resources …
LAWG Week: Fatima Frank on Using Technology in the Field of Data Collection Read More »
