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Liz Zadnik

Mariel Harding on Measuring What Works to Achieve Health Equity

1 Comment / Health Evaluation / February 17, 2016

Hi all, I’m Mariel Harding, a Program Coordinator with Prevention Institute (PI). PI is a national non-profit dedicated to improving community health and well-being by building momentum for effective primary prevention. PI has 18 years’ experience advancing policy and supporting communities in improving environments for health and health equity. When gathering data on health, we …

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Liz Zadnik on Alternatives to Creating an Evaluation Blog or Writing a Blog Post

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 15, 2016

Hi there wonderful readers!  Liz Zadnik here with my first Saturday post of the new year.  I have been struggling with what to write and thought some of you might be feeling the same way, so I came up with some activities, resources, and ideas to get you started.   Let me first say, that …

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Sally Laskey, Kris Bein, and Liz Zadnik on How Self-Assessments Can Strengthen Sexual Assault Services

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 9, 2016

Hi there! We’re Sally Laskey, Outreach Director at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, Kris Bein, Resource Sharing Project Assistant Coordinator at the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and Liz Zadnik, Capacity Building Specialist with the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault. We’ve worked together to strengthen a self-assessment tool for advocates working with survivors of …

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Sharon Wasco on Evaluation Capacity Building: Saving the Blue Marble One Garden At A Time

2 Comments / Uncategorized / December 20, 2015

My name is Sharon Wasco and I am a community psychologist and an independent consultant. I work with mission-based organizations to generate practice-based evidence to sustain prevention innovation. To me, the most provocative session at this year’s annual conference in Chicago was Thursday’s plenary on Exemplary Evaluation in the International Year of the Evaluation. I …

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Liz Zadnik on Canva as a Helpful and Accessible Tool for Data Visualization

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / December 18, 2015

Happy Saturday all!  Liz Zadnik here, your trusty Outreach Coordinator, with some design fun to kick off the weekend.  In addition to being an evaluation enthusiast, I also delight in design (see what I did there?!).   I’d like to share a free and accessible tool you can try to create graphics for reports, social media, …

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Liz Zadnik on The Logic of The Magic of Tidying Up

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / November 21, 2015

Hello all!  Liz Zadnik here with another Saturday post.  I can’t believe it’s already November – I don’t know about you, but time is really flying!  Today’s post is an update on my reading list post.  My first book was Marie Kondo’s The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up, partly because I am an unabashed organizer and …

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2-for-1 Week: Leah Goldstein Moses on Community responsiveness in organizational evaluation approaches

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 19, 2015

I’m Leah Goldstein Moses, Founder and CEO of The Improve Group and adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. At the beginning of 2015, four issues converged towards a specific direction that has informed our work over the year: Our recently-formed Advisory Board highlighted the importance of equity, disparities, and …

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2-for-1 Week: Rebecca Stewart and Kate Noble on Fresh Eyes on Equity-Focused Practice

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 19, 2015

We are Rebecca Stewart, Chief Practice Officer, and Kate Noble, Research Analyst, both with The Improve Group, a firm based in St. Paul, Minnesota. The International Year of Evaluation’s focus on equity prompted us to look at our practice with fresh eyes. First, we examined how our existing practices help to highlight issues of inequity: …

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2-for-1 Week: Lisa Hinz with Evaluation and Engagement in Community Leadership Education Part 1 – Measuring Action

3 Comments / Uncategorized / October 19, 2015

Hi, I am Lisa Hinz, Leadership and Civic Engagement educator with University of Minnesota Extension. In my position, I am challenged to both foster and document action resulting from our community leadership education programs. My colleague Jody Horntvedt and I developed a system to encourage program graduates to identify and follow through on their own …

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2-for-1 Week: Jody Horntvedt on Evaluation and Engagement in Community Leadership Education Part 2 – Engaging Participants

1 Comment / Uncategorized / October 19, 2015

Hello! I am Jody Horntvedt, educator in Leadership and Civic Engagement with the University of Minnesota Extension. I’m going to share insights on engagement, the “other side of the coin” described by my colleague’s, Lisa Hinz, earlier post about our action steps evaluation efforts in our Emerging Leadership Program. I approach engagement as a process …

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