My name is Linda Stern, Global Director for Design, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (DMEL) at the National Democratic Institute. I’m also the Evaluation Lead for the Fundamental Freedoms Fund (FFF), a consortium of nine leading INGOs dedicated to advancing democracy, human rights and governance through a rapid response democracy assistance mechanism. Challenges of Rapid Response …
Hi, I am Jeanette Asencio Tocol, Senior MEL Manager of EarthRights International and the current co-chair of the Democracy, Rights and Governance (DRG) Topical Interest Group. I am so proud to be introducing the DRG week blogs. The DRG TIG is founded on the shared principle of democracy (among others), which applies not only in …
DRG TIG Week: Principles that Make Evaluations Democratic by Jeanette Asencio Tocol Read More »
This post was originally released on AEA365 in 2022, and was so popular the first time around, it is being reshared from the archives at the request of the Teaching of Evaluation TIG. I’m JoAnna Hillman, Owner and Principal Evaluator for Hillman Associates, LLC, a consulting firm providing evaluation services, technical assistance, and training for …
ToE TIG Week: The Collective Closet: A Qualitative Analysis Activity by JoAnna Hillman Read More »
Hello, my name is Tammy Calise, Co-Lead for Evaluation & Research at JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) and Instructor of Evaluating Today’s Complex Public Health a required course for the Master in Public Health Generalist program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. These roles allow me to raise awareness and …
We are delighted to introduce the team who authored this blog. Doreen Otieno is joined by Samuel Isiko, graduate students pursuing their PhD in Educational Research and Evaluation at Ohio University. We collaborated with Dr. Krisanna Machtmes, an esteemed Associate Professor from Ohio University. First, we acknowledge the splendid work by Linfield and Tovey (2021) in …
Hello, we, Gabriel Keney and Eunice Oduro, graduate students at UNC Greensboro in the Educational Research Methodology program explore the growing popularity of evaluation-focused podcasts, their complementary role in evaluation training, and offer strategies for incorporating podcasts into evaluation education curriculums. Research shows that podcasts are useful and effective learning tools that improve students’ learning …
This blog has been authored by Samuel Isiko, doctoral student in the program of Educational Research and Evaluation at Ohio University, Dr. Krisanna Machtmes, Associate Professor at Ohio University, and Doreen Otieno, doctoral student in the program of Educational Research and Evaluation at Ohio University. In this blog, we are excited to share with you our …
Hi! We are Allison Prieur, Kari Ross Nelson, and Michael Harnar. Allison and Kari are PhD students who took a virtual Foundations of Evaluation course taught by Michael in the fall of 2021. The course was designed to help advanced students learn evaluation theory. During the course, we participated in a role play activity, inspired …
The Teaching of Evaluation TIG is a community dedicated to enhancing the practice of teaching evaluation. We hope to foster an environment where educators can share knowledge, develop skills, and explore innovative approaches to teaching evaluation. Leadership Team Dr. Kelly McGinn is an assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Temple …
My name is Molly C. O’Connor, and I am the founder of Coco Canary Consulting, a Creative Evaluation & arts-based methods firm based in St. Paul, MN (the ancestral lands of the Dakota people). In 2023, I completed a Seattle-based Creative Evaluation & Community Engagement project with Sully Moreno, a community engagement specialist from Culture Shift Consulting. I want to share three lessons I learned from this project that I will take with me going forward.
