I’m Jessica Sickler, and I work as a research and evaluation consultant, as a senior researcher and manager of the Lifelong Learning Group. My career began in a zoo; in answer to the obligatory cocktail party question, “No, I did not shovel the poop.” I started as an internal evaluator at the Wildlife Conservation Society …
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Hi. I am Don Glass the co-chairperson of the Arts, Culture, and Audiences TIG. Along with my co-chair Kathleen Tinworth, we are excited to host a week of aea365. Our colleague Joe Heimlich has curated this series to explore evaluation of arts and culture, arts education, arts participation, informal learning, and visitor studies. Please join …
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Greetings! I am Tania Rempert, a Research Associate at University of Illinois, Champaign. This post is written together with my colleagues Leanne Kallemeyn, David Ensminger, and Megan Polanin from Loyola University in Chicago. We would like to share our preliminary findings of a case study examining evaluation coaching activities that have taken place at the …
I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. Today, I am writing from the AEA Board of Director’s meeting being held at the Hilton Minneapolis. Why would you care? This is the headquarters hotel for Evaluation 2012 and it’s a lovely place – right downtown, lots to do within walking distance, restaurants galore, and …
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Hey there. It’s me, Kathleen Tinworth—program chair for AEA’s Evaluating Arts & Culture TIG and Director of Visitor Research & Program Evaluation at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. I blog about the intersection of consumer trends and the visitor experience. Rad Resource – expose.your.museum: There’s always something interesting going on in consumer trends. …
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My name is Kathryn Owen and I am the Education Research Supervisor at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. I am also one of the PIs on New Directions in Audience Research. New Directions is a partnership between the zoo, the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program, and the Learning in Informal and Formal Education …
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I am Rucha Londhe, a Research Associate/Project Manager at Goodman Research Group, Inc., a research company that specializes in evaluation of programs, materials, and services. I recently evaluated Black Holes Exhibit Gallery (BHEG) – a traveling exhibit on black holes and the accompanying materials produced by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), which aimed at engaging …
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Hello everyone. My name is Ioana Munteanu, and I am a Social Science Analyst with the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Policy and Analysis. The Smithsonian consists of 19 Museums and the National Zoo; 9 Research Centers; and many other centers, programs and projects. Central to the Office of Policy and Analysis mission is to assist …
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Hey there. My name is Kathleen Tinworth and I am the Director of Visitor Research & Program Evaluation at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It’s my pleasure to finish up the week of visitor studies posts. For many of you AEA365 readers, this week was the first time you’d ever heard of visitor …
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My name is Kirsten Ellenbogen. I’m Director of Research & Evaluation at the Science Museum of Minnesota and President of the Visitor Studies Association. I hope you’re enjoying VSA Week on AEA365. Rad Resource: Development of individual identity has for some time been considered an outcome of informal learning environment experiences. But identity has recently …
