Hello, my name is John Ridings and I’m a member of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association (CEA), along with being IRB Chair and faculty at the Institute for Clinical Social Work here in Chicago. Over the past 10 years, I’ve had the distinct privilege of serving as evaluation director for two of the largest providers of …
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Greetings. My name is Judah Viola. I am a community psychologist, long time member of the Chicago Evaluation Association, and Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Advancement at National Louis University in Chicago. My evaluation experiences are separated into the two distinct settings in which I work: 1) institutional work within universities and …
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Hello, American Evaluation Association and prospective Evaluation 2015 attendees. My name is Andrew Means and I’m writing as the co-founder of the Impact Lab which works with clients to solve big government problems using data, strategy, and analysis. I am passionate about increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the social sector. Lesson Learned: Two of …
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Hello, evaluation colleagues! I am Jennifer Greene, a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, just a short trip on I-57 through the corn and soybean fields due south of Chicago. The Department of Educational Psychology has long been the home of evaluation at Illinois (for close to half a century, thanks …
Hi, we are Dominica McBride and Leah C. Neubauer, members of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association and the Local Affiliate Working Group. This LAWG week includes posts designed to be real about our city, share local evaluator insights, and continue to build conference excitement! Lessons Learned: Chicago is an amazing city filled with rich history, beautiful …
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I’m Kathryn Hill, NPFTIG business co-chair with Laura Beals. To close our sponsored week for AEA365, I am focusing on internal evaluation management techniques. As a grants administrator in a nonprofit organization, I spend most of my time preparing progress and final reports on outcomes for programs with funding from foundations. This requires careful evaluation …
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I am Jindra Cekan, PhD of Valuing Voices at Cekan Consulting, challenging us to reach for sustainability. What is the overlap of sustainability and evaluation? OECD’s DAC Principles for Evaluating Development Assistance has five parameters: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability. “Sustainability is concerned with measuring whether the benefits of an activity are likely to …
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Greetings! I’m Edward Jackson, a consultant and professor, and this blog is focused on the role of the evaluators in actually building emerging fields of practice, not only assessing them. These observations grow out of my experience, along with that of other colleagues, in engaging with the impact investing industry over the past five years. …
Greetings from Hanh Cao Yu of Social Policy Research Associates. Building on 20 years of experience working with foundations, my organization served as the evaluator on a number of multi-year foundation-initiated efforts to tackle tough social issues through transforming entire fields and movements. The SPR team has just completed a 5-year evaluation of an initiative …
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I’m Jewlya Lynn, founder/CEO of Spark Policy Institute. One of the best parts of my job is helping organizations use learning to do good, even better. Recently, we worked with Project Health Colorado, a strategy funded by The Colorado Trust with support from The Colorado Health Foundation, focused on building public will to achieve access …
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