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Trauma-informed Eval Week: Principles of Trauma-informed Evaluation by Martha Brown

2 Comments / Uncategorized / January 22, 2021

I am Martha Brown, Ph.D. president of RJAE Consulting, and curator of Trauma-Informed (TI) Evaluation Week. Being trauma-informed means you 1) realize the impact of trauma, 2) recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma, 3) respond by integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices, and 4) resist re-traumatization. While information about trauma and …

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Calling all aea365 readers: What do YOU want to read more about in 2021? by Sheila B Robinson

11 Comments / Uncategorized / January 22, 2021

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? I first posted this article in 2015 (and every year since) and we receive excellent responses from readers each time it is published. I typically …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Exiting For Sustainability by Jindra Cekan

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 17, 2021

Hello. My name is Jindra Cekan, and I am the Founder and Catalyst of Valuing Voices at Cekan Consulting LLC. Our research, evaluation and advocacy network have been working on post-project (ex-post) evaluations since 2013. I have loved giraffes for decades and fund conservation efforts (see pix). Our planet is in trouble as are millions of …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Measuring sustainability post-program –go in and stay for the learning! By Holta Trandafili

1 Comment / Uncategorized / January 17, 2021

Greetings, I am Holta Trandafili, a researcher and evaluator captivated by sustainability theories and the sustainment of results. I believe that a thoughtful, systematic inquiry of what happens after an intervention ends adds value to what we know about sustainability. Since 2015 I have co-led ten post-program evaluations (also known as ex-posts) in Uganda, Kenya, …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Evaluating Peace for Sustainability by Peter Kimeu Ngui

1 Comment / Uncategorized / January 17, 2021

Peace is with you. My name is Peter Kimeu Ngui, the Founder and CEO of Decent Living Institute of Organic Farming with extensive experience on reflective peace and partnership building in Africa. Is there anything like a ‘just world’? Can peace be ‘sustainable’? These two closely related questions must be in mind of evaluators of peace …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Tips for Conducting an Ex-Post Evaluation by Wendi Bevins

1 Comment / Uncategorized / January 17, 2021

I am Wendi Bevins, and when my boss told me in 2017 that we were going to conduct an ex-post evaluation, I was thrilled. At the time I was the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at Lutheran World Relief[1] (LWR). I was thrilled to go back to a closed project and evaluate it against our original …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Are we serious about project sustainability and exit? By Abu Ala Hasan

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 17, 2021

I am Abu Ala Hasan, an independent consultant. I am an anthropologist, have been working in the NGO sector for 17 years. A large portion of my work are evaluations and research. In 2018 we (Jindra Cekan and I) were selected to design exit strategy and learning documentation for a client. When we started, we …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Exiting For Sustainability by Jindra Cekan

2 Comments / Uncategorized / January 16, 2021

Hello. My name is Jindra Cekan, and I am the Founder and Catalyst of Valuing Voices at Cekan Consulting LLC. Our research, evaluation and advocacy network have been working on post-project (ex-post) evaluations since 2013. Do we exit global development projects knowing our impacts are sustained? We hope so. As Professor Bea Rogers of Tufts said after evaluating 12 …

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AZENet Week: The Value of Ongoing Evaluation Reporting by Tabitha Cox

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / January 3, 2021

Hi! I’m Tabitha Cox, BA, a public policy grad student at Arizona State University. I recently finished a program evaluation course, and I’m suddenly very interested in what evaluation has to offer. For me, the central take-away of program evaluation is that evaluation is not an outsider coming in, taking information into the back room, …

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AZENet Week: Counting the Uncounted: Affirming Evaluation Practices for Transgender and Non-binary (TNB) Populations by Trey Jenkins & Isaac Akapnitis

Leave a Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / January 3, 2021

Isaac Akapnitis, LMSW and Trey Jenkins, MSW are first year doctoral students and staff at the Arizona State University Center of Applied Behavioral Health Policy interested in studying Transgender and Non-binary (TNB) health and wellness. In their experiences as researchers, community advocates, and as members of the TNB community, they are particularly interested in how …

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