Hi! My name is Laura Keene, owner of Keene Insights in Los Angeles, CA. Not surprisingly, networking is an important part of my job, but the truth is: we all have to network. Even if you have a 9-to-5 job, you may be searching for new staff, collaborators, or other resources for your company, you …
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Greetings! I am Robert Hoke, an independent evaluation consultant based in Indianapolis, Indiana and former chair of the Independent Consulting TIG. I am a big proponent of shaking up the traditional conference session with a little “speed-dating.” We have all sat through sessions in which presenters give a good presentation but then there is only …
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Hello, I am Matt Feldmann, the principal researcher and owner of Goshen Education Consulting, Inc. (http://www.gosheneducationconsulting.com) and the chair for the Independent Consulting TIG (IC TIG). My company focuses on educational evaluation and data support for clients in Southern Illinois. I had a great time at the annual conference. While it was exhausting, I also, …
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Hello, I’m Samantha Grant, and I serve as the Evaluation Director at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Youth Development. Like many evaluators, I am eagerly anticipating the start of the Evaluation 2016 Conference. In Minnesota the seasons are changing and we are pulling out our hats and mittens, so the thought of being in …
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We are Michael Arnold, Senior Associate with Harder+Company Community Research where I design and implement social impact evaluations and Miranda Yates, Assistant Executive Director for Strategy, Evaluation, and Learning with Good Shepherd Services (GSS). This October at AEA 2016, we look forward to sharing some lessons from using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) in community program evaluations …
Hello, I’m Nicky Grist of the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund). The CFE Fund’s inaugural project, in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, was to launch Financial Empowerment Centers (FECs) in Denver, CO; Lansing, MI; Nashville, TN; Philadelphia, PA; and San Antonio, TX. The FEC program design centers on: Providing free, unlimited, individualized, confidential financial …
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We are Rachel Leventon and Susan Wolfe, consultants at CNM Connect where we provide evaluation and capacity-building services and training to non-profit organizations in North Texas. CNM Connect offers a Non-Profit Management Certificate. For this series, we developed and teach the seven-hour Program Planning and Evaluation Workshop. We combine three recognizable approaches to expose participants …
My name is Sophia Guevara and I am the Special Libraries Association Information Technology Division (SLA IT) Chair and American Evaluation Association Social Network Analysis Topical Interest Group Co-Chair. At SLA IT, I currently lead the Executive and Advisory boards. In an effort to bring the members of these boards together, I asked that the …
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Hello! I’m Dana Powell Russell, Ed.D., a planning and evaluation consultant supporting nonprofits in the arts, museum, and K-12 sectors. I’m here to promote the value of engaging funders together with other stakeholders in making meaning of program evaluation results. When interpreting data, I facilitate gatherings I call “Interpretation Workshops.” The purpose is to: Create …
We are Johanna Morariu, Kat Athanasiades, Veena Pankaj, and Deborah Grodzicki of Innovation Network, a consulting firm that specializes in helping nonprofit and philanthropic organizations collect data, learn, and make informed decisions. In 2010 we founded the State of Evaluation Project, an ongoing research effort to document the status and changes of evaluation capacity and …
