Hello. I’m Craig Helmstetter, a Senior Research Manager at Wilder Research, a division of the Amherst Wilder Foundation in Saint Paul, Minnesota (right across the Mississippi from Minneapolis). Remember that quartet that was playing as the Titanic sank? How good were they? If your answer was “Who cares?!! The ship was sinking!!”, then you probably …
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My name is Sarah Sevcik and I serve as the Program Committee Chair on the board of the Minnesota Evaluation Association. Our chapter hosts 5 events per year for our members, and I’m here to share some lessons learned about planning and hosting events and working with a program committee. Lesson Learned: Multiple Program Announcements …
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My name is Susan Keskinen. I work for Ramsey County (Minnesota) Community Human Services as a Senior Program Evaluator. My evaluation projects are related to adult services and to employment related services provided to Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) participants, Minnesota’s version of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. I am also the …
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Hi, I am Leah Goldstein Moses, current President of the Minnesota Evaluation Association (MNEA) and founder of the Improve Group. In both roles, relationships are very important—to both our success and joy. How do you cultivate relationships that energize and support you – and allow you to give in return? Hot tip 1: Find a …
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My name is Rob Shumer and I work at the University of Minnesota. I’ve taught a few courses on participatory evaluation, some which focus on youth led evaluation. I am currently involved with a few projects that engage youth in evaluation of their school programs. Most youth participatory evaluation happens through programs that occur after …
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Greetings! I’m Shep Zeldin and I am a professor in the Civil Society and Community Research Graduate Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and I’m Jane Powers from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at Cornell University. We are engaged in a long term project to promote and support youth-adult partnerships (Y-AP) in organizational and …
Hi! My name is Krista Collins, and I am an Applied Developmental Psychology doctoral candidate at Claremont Graduate University. As a developmental psychologist and practicing evaluator, I am interested in how youth-participatory evaluation can engage youth in meaningful activities that will enable them with the tools to promote their own development. Best practices about how …
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Hi, I’m Dr. Mary Arnold, a professor and youth development specialist at Oregon State University. We are not lacking great ideas for how to involve youth in program evaluation, but we often struggle with how to actually making it happen! Here are a few starter tips for ensuring success in involving youth in participatory evaluations. …
Hi, I’m Katie Richards-Schuster from the Michigan Youth and Community Program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Over the last 10 years, the Michigan Youth and Community Program has been working to engage young people in community-based participatory evaluation. Much of our work has focused on capacity building activities—training and education—but also …
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The onset of spring is a wonderful time of year. Cold weather, dreary skies, and minimal sunlight give way to warmer climes, cloudless firmaments, and sunsets that form noticeably later. Could there be a better time to celebrate the germination and growth of a new Topical Interest Group? My name is Kim Sabo Flores (Thrive …
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