My name is Marian Dyer and I write today from the perspective of a Ph.D. student in Research and Evaluation in Education who is also a new assistant superintendent for a suburban school district serving about 5000 students. As part of an advanced course in program evaluation, I worked with two classmates to evaluate the …
Hi! We are Brittany Dernberger and Florence Santos, and we lead efforts to measure systems-level change and impact at CARE—an international development and humanitarian NGO focused on women and girls. For the better part of a year, we led an innovative, local-to-global systems-level change evaluation of CARE’s impact on COVID-19 vaccinations. This was quite challenging, especially …
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Hello, I am Xin Xin Yang, a Multi-Country Evaluation Specialist in the East Asia and Pacific Region of UNICEF. In this blog, I will illustrate how translating international evaluation guidance, such as the OECD/DAC evaluation criteria and glossary, can be a strategic intervention to enhance national evaluation capacity. I will draw on the experiences of …
I’m Allison Prieur (she/her), an independent consultant and evaluation PhD student from Essex County, Ontario, Canada. I’m interested in building evaluation capacity to support human service non-profits to advance system change and social justice. I’ve taken some courses in Organizational Change Leadership at Western Michigan University as part of my PhD program. Lessons Learned I’ve …
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Greetings! I am Dr. Albertina Lopez, director at the Center for Evaluation Innovation where we partner with philanthropy on strategy, learning, and evaluation efforts that intend to further racial equity and social justice. Today I’d like to discuss how organizations can truly learn their values through sharing a valuable framework and lessons we have learned …
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Hello! We are Arin Ahlum Hanson, former Director of Outreach at Living Beyond Breast Cancer, and Kristen Gardner-Volle and Laura Pinsoneault, of Evaluation Plus. In 2022, Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) and Evaluation Plus (E+) partnered to build evaluation capacity across all levels of staff rather than through one centralized evaluation role. While our project’s …
Hi, I’m Gretchen Biesecker, Principal Consultant with Bee’s Knees Consulting LLC in Somerville, MA. Most of my work focuses on evaluation capacity-building with nonprofits. I’ve been immersed deeply in building culture and practices for organizational learning for over 15 years, both as an internal evaluator and as a coach to many internal evaluators. Based on …
Hi, we are Dr. Cynthia Phillips with Decision Catalyst, LLC and Courtney Long from UPMC HealthPlan. We both work in spaces that require us to make connections, put the focus on learning, and think out-side-the-box about evaluation. We are excited about this week of AEA365, where the Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building (OL-ECB) TIG …
Hi, I’m Liane M. Ventura, MPH. I am a Research Associate in the Center for Applied Research and Evaluation in Women’s Health at East Tennessee State University. My primary role is leading a longitudinal qualitative research study to evaluate a statewide contraceptive access initiative. I also have a community health consulting practice where I provide technical assistance to practice-based organizations, including program evaluation services.
Hi, I’m Kim Norris, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for American Institutes for Research (AIR)’s International Development Division. As co-chair for the Systems in Evaluation Topical Interest Group (SETIG), I get excited about using systems thinking in evaluation work to improve evaluations. In this case, I am reminded of how systems thinking in evaluation (STE) helps to move us toward localization.
