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Best of aea365 week: McQuiston, Lippin and Bradley-Bull on Participatory Analysis

Greetings! We are Tom McQuiston (USW Tony Mazzocchi Center) and Tobi Mae Lippin and Kristin Bradley-Bull (New Perspectives Consulting Group). We have collaborated for over a decade on participatory evaluation and assessment projects for the United Steelworkers (labor union). And we have grappled mightily with how to complete high-quality data analysis and interpretation in participatory ways. Hot Tip: Carefully determine up front …

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Best of aea365 week: Michael Quinn Patton on Using Children’s Stories to Open up Evaluation Dialogues

Greetings colleagues. My moniker is Michael Quinn Patton and I do independent evaluation consulting under the name Utilization-Focused Evaluation, which just happens also to be the title of my main evaluation book, now in its 4th edition. I am a former AEA president. One of the challenges I’ve faced over the years, as many of us do, …

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Sheila B Robinson on Being an “Iconic” Presenter! ;-)

2 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / February 1, 2014 February 1, 2014

Hello! It’s Sheila B Robinson, aea365 Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a fabulous and tool for polishing your presentations! Great presentations are complemented by great visuals. Using icons on your slides are one way to organize information visually, and direct your audience’s attention to the topic at hand. There is no shortage …

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Stephanie Fuentes on Harnessing Big Data in Higher Education: Evaluators as Data Scientists

1 Comment / Assessment in Higher Education / January 31, 2014 January 29, 2014

I’m Stephanie Fuentes, an institutional researcher for a small, for-profit college and I’m totally fascinated by the hype around data scientists and predictive analytics. Tom Davenport and D.J. Patil call it the sexiest job of the 21st century (according to an often-cited Harvard Business Review article). Who knew evaluators were in such demand? As evaluators …

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Bob Kahle on Preventing and Managing Problem Behavior in Groups

1 Comment / Qualitative Methods / January 30, 2014 January 25, 2014

I am Bob Kahle, a veteran evaluator and qualitative researcher. I want everyone’s voice to be heard. Group dynamics, whether in a focus group, planning or work group meeting can sometimes be hijacked by one or two people’s counterproductive behavior. As evaluators, we often find ourselves in the role of moderator. Based on AEA’s Guiding …

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Cameron Norman on Complexity Science for Evaluators

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 29, 2014 January 26, 2014

My name is Cameron Norman and I am the Principal of CENSE Research + Design. My work brings together complexity science and design together with developmental evaluation into something I refer to as developmental design, which is about making decisions in the face of changing conditions. Lesson Learned: At the heart of developmental evaluation is …

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Elissa Schloesser How to Make Your Digital PDF Report Interactive and Accessible

6 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / January 28, 2014 January 28, 2014

My name is Elissa Schloesser with Visual Voice, I am a freelance graphic designer specializing in infographics, data visualization and reporting. I enjoy making complex information more understandable and engaging. Through my work, I have partnered with a number of evaluators to help visually communicate evaluation methods and findings. Lesson Learned: When creating the digital …

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Mary Crave, Kerry Zaleski and Tererai Trent on Participatory Methods for Engaging Vulnerable and Under-Represented Persons in M&E

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations / January 27, 2014 January 25, 2014

Hello from Mary Crave and Kerry Zaleski, of the University of Wisconsin – Extension and Tererai Trent of Tinogona Foundation and Drexel University. For the past few years we’ve teamed up to teach hands-on professional development workshops at AEA conferences on participatory methods for engaging vulnerable and historically under-represented persons in monitoring and evaluation. Our …

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Artineh Samkian and Joelle Greene on Graphic Timelines to Capture Qualitative Process Data

Leave a Comment / Qualitative Methods / January 26, 2014 January 25, 2014

Hello! We are Artineh Samkian and Joelle Greene. Artineh is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Education at USC and Joelle is a Senior Research Associate at Harder+Co in Los Angeles. Recently, we worked together to conduct an implementation evaluation of a place-based effort funded by First 5 LA. Because we are both very interested in …

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Best of aea365 week: Salvatore Alaimo on Navigating the Evaluator’s Role in Evaluation Capacity Building

2 Comments / Uncategorized / January 24, 2014 January 19, 2014

Hello, my name is Salvatore Alaimo and I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Public, Nonprofit and Health Administration at Grand Valley State University. I would like to share some tips on the evaluator’s role in evaluation capacity building with nonprofit organizations. Evaluation Capacity Building (ECB) continues to gain momentum in the literature …

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