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Sheila B Robinson on A Rad Resource for Game Theory or Geisteswissenschaften

Leave a Comment / Teaching of Evaluation / June 7, 2014

Hello! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a great resource for evaluators and one of my perennial go-to guides for evaluation work. Do you ever need to explain the central limit theorem, counterfactual, or construct validity and need a little help? Do you confuse mediating and moderating variables? Do you know …

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WE Week: Nick Hart on the Value of Affiliate Connections with the Academic Community

1 Comment / Uncategorized / May 26, 2014

Hello, I am Nick Hart, Treasurer of AEA’s Washington Evaluators (WE) affiliate and a PhD student in Program Evaluation at The George Washington University. I’d like to share some thoughts on the value of local affiliates’ connections with the academic community.   Situated in the Washington, D.C. area, WE has a unique opportunity to connect …

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WE Week: Matthew Von Hendy on High Quality Low Cost Research Resources For Evaluators

2 Comments / Uncategorized / May 26, 2014

Hello! My name is Matthew Von Hendy, I am the owner of Green Heron Information Services, which provides research and information services to evaluation professionals.  I love helping connect people with the information that they need to solve problems or make decisions. Many evaluators are working in budget constrained environments which can make accessing the …

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WE Week: Ladel Lewis and Bernadette Wright on Members Wanted: Recruitment, Retention and Reclamation

3 Comments / Uncategorized / June 30, 2014

We are Ladel Lewis and Bernadette Wright, the leadership team of Meaningful Evidence LLC and co-founders of ASK MATT and active on the Membership Committee of Washington Evaluators (WE), the AEA affiliate for the National Capitol Area. Like a great party needs guests, your organization needs members to succeed. Here are some example ways a …

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WE Week: Ann K. Emery on Transforming your Affiliate or TIG into a Well-Oiled Machine

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 30, 2014

Welcome! I’m Ann K. Emery, longtime fan of AEA affiliates and proud Secretary of the Washington Evaluators. WE has transformed from an informal organization into a lean, mean fighting machine. We’ve standardized our procedures for planning events and tracking members; transferred institutional knowledge from our brains into documents; and improved how we share information with …

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WE Week: David J. Bernstein on Sustaining an Evaluation Community of Practice

1 Comment / Uncategorized / May 26, 2014

I am David J. Bernstein, a Senior Study Director with Westat, an employee-owned research and evaluation company. I am the President-elect of Washington Evaluators (WE), the Washington, DC/Virginia/Maryland area affiliate of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). This year marks the 30th anniversary of the WE. As WE founder Michael Hendricks has noted, affiliates help develop …

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WE Week: Brian Yoder on Evaluators Visit Capitol Hill

1 Comment / Uncategorized / May 26, 2014

I’m Brian Yoder. I live in Washington, D.C., and I serve as president of the local AEA affiliate, the Washington Evaluators.  I’m writing about an initiative I spearheaded called Evaluators Visit Capitol Hill which took place during the AEA conference in Washington, D.C. last year. (Share Clip) EVCH is a collaboration between AEA’s Evaluation Policy …

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NA TIG Week: Lisle Hites on Conducting a Needs Assessment on HIV/AIDS Issues in the South

1 Comment / Health Evaluation, Needs Assessment / May 24, 2014

I’m Lisle Hites, Director of the Evaluation and Assessment Unit (EAU) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). I’m writing to share my team’s experiences in conducting needs assessments. We frequently have opportunities to work with our colleagues on campus to conduct needs assessments for grant-funded projects. One such example was a training grant …

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NA TIG Week: James Altschuld on Hybrid Vigor – It’s not just Needs Assessment or Asset/Capacity Building

Leave a Comment / Needs Assessment / May 24, 2014

I’m James Altschuld, Professor Emeritus of Ohio State University. I’ve written a lot over the years about needs assessment.  Today’s posting is about having hybrid vigor in how we approach our work.  It’s not just needs assessment or asset/capacity building, it’s both! My premise is that there are two contrasting stances.  One is building from …

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NA TIG Week: Hsin-Ling (Sonya) Hung on Needs Assessment and Decision-making

Leave a Comment / Needs Assessment / May 24, 2014

My name is Hsin-Ling (Sonya) Hung, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Research at the University of North Dakota and Program Co-chair for the Needs Assessment (NA) TIG. The main concern I want to share in this blog is that we need to pay more attention to the influence of decision-making …

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