Hi, I’m Abe Wandersman and I have been working since the last century to help programs achieve outcomes by building capacity for program personnel to use evaluation proactively. The words “evaluation” and “accountability” scare many people involved in health and human services programs and in education. They are afraid that evaluation of their program will …
Hi! I’m Wendi Siebold, President of Strategic Prevention Solutions, a consulting firm that works to address and prevent social and health problems through research, evaluation and training. We spend a lot of time in communities working with non-profit organizations to improve staff and organizational evaluation capacity. Currently, we are the “empowerment evaluator” for domestic violence …
Hello. We are Tara Gregory, Director of Research and Evaluation at Wichita State University’s Center for Community Support and Research, and Natalie Wilkins, Behavioral Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We’re members of the Leadership Council for the Community Psychology TIG and are excited to introduce this week’s blogs highlighting connection among …
Greetings from Mary Crave and Kerry Zaleski, of the University of Wisconsin – Extension and Tererai Trent of Tinogona Foundation and Drexel University. For the past few years we’ve teamed up to teach participatory methods for engaging vulnerable and historically under-represented persons in monitoring and evaluation. We’ve taught hands-on professional development workshops at AEA conferences, …
Hello, my name is Jeanne Hubelbank. I am an independent evaluation consultant. Most of my work is in higher education where, most recently, I help faculty evaluate their classes, develop proposals, and evaluate professional development programs offered to public school teachers. Sometimes, I am asked to make presentations or conduct workshops on evaluation. When doing …
Jeanne Hubelbank on Assessing Audience or Client Knowledge in a Sweet Way Read More »
I’m David Fetterman, evaluator, author, entrepreneur, and Google Glass user. Yesterday, we talked about what Google Glass is and how it can revolutionize communications. Today, let’s turn to thinking about how Glass could be used as an evaluation tool. Hot Tips – Glass for Empowerment Evaluation: Youth (with parental permission) can wear the Glass to …
David Fetterman on Google Glass Part II: Using Glass as an Evaluation Tool Read More »
“Ok, glass.” That’s how you activate Google Glass. I’m David Fetterman and that’s me to the right wearing Google Glass. I’m an empowerment evaluation synergist and consultant, busy father and spouse, and owner of Fetterman & Associates. Rad Resource – Google Glass: Google Glass is a voice and gesture activated pair of glasses that lets …
David Fetterman on Google Glass Part I: Redefining Communications Read More »
Greetings! We are Tom McQuiston (USW Tony Mazzocchi Center) and Tobi Mae Lippin and Kristin Bradley-Bull (New Perspectives Consulting Group). We have collaborated for over a decade on participatory evaluation and assessment projects for the United Steelworkers (labor union). And we have grappled mightily with how to complete high-quality data analysis and interpretation in participatory ways. Hot Tip: Carefully determine up front …
Best of aea365 week: McQuiston, Lippin and Bradley-Bull on Participatory Analysis Read More »
Greetings colleagues. My moniker is Michael Quinn Patton and I do independent evaluation consulting under the name Utilization-Focused Evaluation, which just happens also to be the title of my main evaluation book, now in its 4th edition. I am a former AEA president. One of the challenges I’ve faced over the years, as many of us do, …
Hello from Mary Crave and Kerry Zaleski, of the University of Wisconsin – Extension and Tererai Trent of Tinogona Foundation and Drexel University. For the past few years we’ve teamed up to teach hands-on professional development workshops at AEA conferences on participatory methods for engaging vulnerable and historically under-represented persons in monitoring and evaluation. Our …
