Hi my name is Catherine Jahnes. I am the Research and Evaluation Associate at the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. Over the last three years, the Trust has attempted to develop a learning community around evaluation capacity and use. I would like to share with you some of the lessons learned from my experience with …
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My name is Jean Eells and I am an independent evaluator in central Iowa. I am drawn to projects that are complex and have seemingly intractable problems, due in part, because we always look at them in the same way. Being able to see clearly is sometimes half the challenge of designing an evaluation. Hot …
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My name is Cassandra O’Neill and I’ve been a consultant for the past 10 years. I’m a member of a network of consultants and coaches called Wholonomy Consulting. I’m also the President-Elect for the Arizona Evaluation Network and a member of the AEA Local Affiliate Council. A theme in my work is using effective engagement …
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My name is Kathleen Dowell and I am President of Partners in Evaluation & Planning. As a full-time evaluation consultant, and lead in a consulting firm, I continually strive to improve our practice and service to clients. Hot Tip: Want to assess the quality of the services you provide to evaluation clients? Then the Client …
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My name is Charles Gasper and I am the Director of Evaluation for the Missouri Foundation for Health. One of my major jobs is working with our internal staff and grantees in the development of theory-based logic models. Hot Tip: Have Digital Camera and Post-it© Notes, will Travel! Getting a large group of people to …
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My name is John LaVelle, I’m a doctoral student at Claremont Graduate University. I’ve been in a lot of evaluation courses, and these are some of the resources I’ve learned about from my faculty and other students. Rad Resource: One of the sites I learned about in class is called the Online Evaluation Resource Library. …
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My name is Susan Kistler, and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. It is my pleasure to contribute each Saturday’s post to the aea365 blog. Today, I’m writing about hot tips for making the most of San Antonio. Now, one might point out that this is a blog on hot tips for evaluators. …
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My name is Jara Dean-Coffey, and I am the principal and founder of jdcPartnerships (www.jdcpartnerships.com). We partner with our clients to build their adaptive, strategic and leadership capacity and do so by using an evaluative inquiry approach to strategy formation, evaluation and assessment, leadership development and technical assistance and training. Our clients are in all …
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My name is Paul Pope. As an evaluation specialist for Texas AgriLife Extension Service, one of my major responsibilities is to train our “faculty in the field” in the basics of program evaluation. County extension educators (agents) are expected to plan and conduct program evaluations in order to demonstrate the impact of their educational efforts. …
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My name is Melanie Hwalek and I am the founder and CEO of SPEC Associates, a nonprofit organization with a national reach based in downtown Detroit, Michigan. I have been practicing the art of program evaluation for about 30 years. Our clients range from tiny grassroots organizations to major national nonprofits and foundations. Hot Tip: …
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