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SNA TIG Week: Castle Sinicrope on Picking Your Social Network Analysis Software

1 Comment / Social Network Analysis / April 30, 2013

Hello all, I’m Castle Sinicrope, Webmaster for the Social Network Analysis TIG since 2011 and Policy Analyst at Social Policy Research Associates, a research, evaluation, and technical assistance firm in Oakland, CA. For newcomers to social network analysis, picking the right software package can be a daunting task. Here’s an overview of four commonly used tools …

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SNA TIG Week: Sophia Guevara on Being a Social Network Analysis Beginner

1 Comment / Social Network Analysis / April 29, 2013

My name is Sophia Guevara, and I am the Program Co-Chair for the Social Network Analysis (SNA) TIG. I am currently pursuing my MPA degree at Wayne State University. Like many graduate students, I spend much of my time studying traditional evaluation techniques for identifying and measuring the success of programs. I first learned about …

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SNA TIG Week: Stacey Friedman on the Relevance of Social Network Analysis for Evaluation

1 Comment / Social Network Analysis / April 28, 2013

Welcome to the Social Network Analysis in Evaluation (SNA) TIG week on AEA365! My name is Stacey Friedman, and I am Co-Chair of the SNA TIG. I am the Associate Director of Evaluation and Planning for the Foundation for Advancement of International Education and Research (FAIMER), which works to improve education of health professionals around …

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EPE Week: Andy Rowe on Time for Evaluators to Get Ahead of the Curve

1 Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 26, 2013

Coming soon to an intervention near you – SUSTAINABILITY! Andy Rowe here, writing from long experience and physically from our small farm on Salt Spring Island off of the Canadian coast of British Columbia. Years ago, when I was involved in the theory and practice of rapid social change, many of us argued that gender …

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EPE Week: Yvonne M. Watson on Money Ball: Lessons about Measurement and Evaluation from the (Baseball) Field

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 25, 2013

Hi everyone!  I’m Yvonne M. Watson, a Program Analyst in U.S. EPA’s Evaluation Support Division (ESD) and Chair of AEA’s EPE TIG.  I’m primarily responsible for managing the division’s internal evaluation capacity building efforts. I read Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis to understand the importance of a culture that …

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EPE Week: Sara El Choufi on Why Excel is the Coolest Program Ever!

4 Comments / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 24, 2013

Hello. I’m Sara El Choufi, and I work in Results-based Management at the Global Environment Facility (the GEF), an agency within the World Bank. While most of the work relies on qualitative analysis and pulling out results from ongoing projects, no assessment can ever be complete without numbers. Among other things, I work on data …

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EPE Week: Lee-Anne Molony on Collaborative Outcomes Reporting

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 23, 2013

I’m Lee-Anne Molony and I’m a Principal Consultant at Clear Horizon. We’re an Australian consultancy who specializes in participatory monitoring and evaluation for environmental management and agricultural programs. This post will talk about a technique we developed, Collaborative Outcomes Reporting (previously known as Participatory Performance Story Reporting). This technique is currently being used nationally across …

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EPE Week: Anna Williams on Why I am NOT an Environmentalist

3 Comments / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 22, 2013

My name is Anna Williams.  I’m an independent evaluator based in Seattle, Washington.  I evaluate global societal challenges. I would like to have reason to unlearn a lesson. How many of you tune out when you hear the word “environment”?  If you are a self-described “environmentalist” do you see eyes glaze over when you use …

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EPE Week: Tracy Dyke-Redmond on Evaluating Adaptation Plans

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 21, 2013

Hello, I’m Tracy Dyke-Redmond, a Senior Associate at IEC, an environmental and economics consulting firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I work on all types of evaluation and performance measurement for EPA and other federal clients.  Recently, we have seen an uptick in interest in evaluating adaptation planning efforts to respond to the effects of climate change. …

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Sheila Matano and Dani O’Neill on Alternative Methods for Qualitative Data Collection: Community Survey Day

1 Comment / Qualitative Methods, Uncategorized / April 19, 2013

Hello, we are Sheila Matano and Dani O’Neill from Carson Research Consulting (CRC). We at CRC are currently in the process of conducting a survey on relocation and housing stability. Although surveys are an incredibly useful method for gathering quantitative information from large populations, response rates vary widely. In order to promote our project, interact …

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