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Sheila B Robinson on Calling all aea365 readers: What do YOU want to read more about?

Hello Loyal aea365 readers! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with one question for you: What is it that YOU would like to read about on this blog? Lesson Learned: AEA365 has been going steadily since January 1, 2010 with 1800+ contributions from hundreds of evaluators across the globe. We accept individual …

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Katherine Haugh on Strategies for Visual Note Taking (Write this Down)

Hello, I’m Katherine Haugh, an evaluator at Innovation Network—a nonprofit consulting firm based in Washington DC. What is the best way that you retain and recall information? Do text-heavy reports speak to you? Or do you prefer images, infographics and colorful fonts? I recently attended AEA’s 2014 conference in Denver, Colorado. While I was there, …

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Kylie Hutchinson on “O Collective Impact,” an Evaluator’s Carol

My name is Kylie Hutchinson and I’m an independent evaluator and owner of Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. Each year, I adapt a Christmas carol to share with my evaluation colleagues and not-for-profit clients. Enjoy! Hot Tip: Poems and songs are one way of communicating evaluation concepts in a fun and memorable way. Rad Resource: …

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Josh Twomey on Simple and Effective: Using Boxplots to Display Individualized Results

Hi! I’m Josh Twomey, evaluation specialist at UMass Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research (in the Office of Clinical Affairs). As evaluators, we are often tasked with providing participants in our evaluations with individualized results. This can be challenging as results must be easy to interpret, display individual results in the context of …

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Ann Martin on Handy New Survey Features in Google Forms

I’m Ann Martin, an evaluator working with a team of science educators and outreach professionals in Hampton, VA. I frequently employ Google Formsfor evaluation and even other projects. Forms are free, simple, intuitive for users, and get the job done. In the past, though, Google Forms had several notable limitations. If you found that Forms …

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Roxann Lamar on Culturally Responsive Terminology

My name is Roxann Lamar and I work in research and evaluation at the Center for Human Development, University of Alaska Anchorage. Our local AEA chapter, the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN) hosted a discussion on cultural competence, particularly relevant toNative cultures. About 19% of Alaskans have all or partial Native heritage. The AEA’s statement on …

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#Eval14 Grad Students Reflections Week: Denise Ramón on Building Relationships and Enhancing your Network System: Eval2014

Hi! My name is Denise Ramón. I am a doctoral student in education at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas and work at the Center for Civic Leadership that focuses on civic engagement and leadership. More specifically, I help to connect my university to the community. I am interested in Asset …

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#Eval14 Grad Students Reflections Week: Çigdem Meek, Bashar Ahmed, and Marissa Molina on Lessons Learned as Novice Evaluators: Eval2014

Hello! We are Çigdem Meek, Bashar Ahmed, and Marissa Molina, PhD students at the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. As novice evaluators, we would like to share what we have learned from our experience of attending the 28th Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association in Denver. Lessons Learned: Attending the conference …

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#Eval14 Grad Students Reflections Week: Erica Roberts on Reflecting on Evaluation 2014: Perspectives of a Graduate Student

Hi, my name is Erica Roberts, an AEA GEDI scholar, doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, and an intern at the National Cancer Institute Office of Science Planning and Assessment. As a graduate student who is approaching the transition from student to professional in the field of public health evaluation, …

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#Eval14 Grad Students Reflections Week: Danielle Cummings on GEDI Intern Reflections on the AEA Annual Conference

Hello! My name is Danielle Cummings. I am a member of the AEA Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) program and a graduate student at NYU Wagner School of Public Service studying public policy analysis. Attending AEA’s annual conference was inspiring and edifying. As a graduate student learning analytical methods and research design, the conference was …

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