Kirk Knestis, here, CEO of Hezel Associates and EERS Communication Chair. My colleagues are very good at researching education innovations and evaluating programs. We serve as RESEARCH PARTNER or EXTERNAL EVALUATOR for research and development (or R&D) projects across a variety of programs, many funded by agencies like the National Science Foundation. Lesson Learned – …
Greetings, I’m Ann K. Emery. I consult, instruct, and write on all things data visualization. One of the most common questions I receive during workshops and webinars is, “Ann, where do I start?” Cool Tricks: As you’re overhauling your visualizations, these three edits are guaranteed to give you the biggest bang for your buck. Remove …
Hi! We are Jill Feldman and John Kelley, board members of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS), AEA’s oldest affiliate, writing to tell you about the Eleanor Chelimsky Forum, a hallmark of our annual EERS conference. Eleanor Chelimsky is one of the most insightful, influential, and respected evaluators of our era. At the 2012 EERS …
Hi. My name is Lacy Fabian, and I’m a healthcare quality researcher with MITRE in Woodlawn, MD. In addition to my work in healthcare quality, I am a preceptor for advanced pharmacy students. As a board member for the Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS), my AEA local affiliate, it’s my pleasure to welcome you to …
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My name is Lija Greenseid. I am a Senior Evaluator, with Professional Data Analysts, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN. We conduct evaluations of stop-smoking programs. Smokers generally have lower education levels than the general population. Therefore, we want to make sure the materials we develop are understandable to smokers. Rad Resource: Use a “readability calculator” to …
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My name is Ann Zukoski and I am a Senior Research Associate at Rainbow Research, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded as a nonprofit organization in 1974, Rainbow Research’s mission is to improve the effectiveness of socially-concerned organizations through capacity building, research, and evaluation. Projects range in scale from one-time program evaluations to multi-year, multi-site research …
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“Creativity is intelligence having fun”, Albert Einstein. Greetings! I’m Sara Vaca, independent consultant (EvalQuality.com) and recently appointed Creative Advisor of this blog. To start contributing I thought of writing some posts about how creativity intertwines with evaluation. This is Part I of a two-part post. Lesson Learned: Evaluation is a rigorous, systematic transdiscipline. However, evaluators …
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Hi there! I am Deborah Levy, Principal of SuccessLinks, LLC and the new Chair of the Independent Consulting TIG. I have been evaluating for 15 years and have been independent for eight years. I have published two posts since I started my blog “Why Not Blog?” after attending the annual conference in October. As you …
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Hello! My name is Chithra Adams. I work as an evaluator at the Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky. I blog about design thinking and evaluation. Rad Resource – Evaluation and Design Thinking: The blog explores the application of design thinking principles to the practice of evaluation. Each post includes a review of design thinking …
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Call me Daniel. “Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world”. (Herman Melville, 1851) Rad Resource – Comprehensive Evaluation. A site where to find various …
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