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CP TIG Week: Wendi L. Siebold on Where The Rubber Meets The Road: Taking A Hard Look At Organizational Capacity And The Use Of Empowerment Evaluation

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 …

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CP TIG Week: Tara Gregory and Natalie Wilkins on An Introduction to Community Psychology Topical Interest Group’s Series on Empowerment Evaluation

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 …

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Susan Kistler on Innovative Reporting Part III: Taking It to the Streets

3 Comments / Community Psychology, Data Visualization and Reporting / May 13, 2014 May 11, 2014

I’m Susan Kistler, of TheSmarterOne.com, and I’m on to Part III of an Innovative Reporting Series (see Part I on chocolate reports and Part II on adding video to your toolbox). Today I wanted to share lessons from a project marrying street art, evaluation, infographics, technology, and community building. Lessons Learned: Last month, I had the …

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EEE Week: Laura Downey on Community-Based Participatory Research Logic Models

1 Comment / Community Psychology, Extension Education Evaluation / April 10, 2014 April 13, 2014

Hi! This is Laura Downey with Mississippi State University Extension Service. In my job as an evaluation specialist, I commonly receive requests to help colleagues develop a program logic model. I am always thankful when I receive such a request early in the program development process. So, I was delighted a few weeks ago when …

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Susan Wolfe on When You Can’t Do An Evaluability Assessment

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology / April 2, 2014 March 30, 2014

My name is Susan Wolfe and I am the owner of Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC, a consulting firm that applies Community Psychology principles to strengthening organizations and communities. Prior to initiating my consulting practice, I was employed as an internal evaluator in more than one organization. Have you ever had a job where they …

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CP TIG Week: Hsin-Ling (Sonya) Hung on Resources for Evaluability Assessment

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology / March 28, 2014 March 23, 2014

My name is Hsin-Ling (Sonya) Hung, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Research at the University of North Dakota (UND) and Program Co-chair for the Needs Assessment TIG. Prior to UND, I was an evaluator at the University of Cincinnati’s Evaluation Services Center. As an academic, when encountering a new topic …

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CP TIG Week: Alexis V. Marbach on Evaluability Assessment Used in Domestic Violence Programs

1 Comment / Community Psychology / March 27, 2014 March 23, 2014

Hello, I am Alexis V. Marbach, MPH. As the Empowerment Evaluator for the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, I support the evaluation activities of the Centers for Disease Control DELTA FOCUS (Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances, Focusing on Outcomes for Communities United with States) Grant. The DELTA FOCUS grant, awarded to …

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CP TIG Week: Rob Fischer on The Hard Sell of Evaluability Assessment

4 Comments / Community Psychology / March 26, 2014 March 23, 2014

My name is Rob Fischer, and I am a faculty member at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. I am pleased to contribute this blog post for AEA365’s focus on Evaluability Assessment. I teach evaluation to students in social work and nonprofit management and lead a number of studies …

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CP TIG Week: Jim Altschuld on Observations on Evaluability Assessment from a Practitioner

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology / March 25, 2014 March 23, 2014

I am Jim Altschuld, a Professor Emeritus from The Ohio State University. I know Joe Wholey (JW), the force behind EA, through attending 2 of his workshops and casual conversations. I at first did not view the concept positively, and argued with Joe. I viewed it as being too top-down in nature. Years later, I …

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CP TIG Week: Debra Rog on Historical Perspective on Evaluability Assessment

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology / March 24, 2014 March 23, 2014

Hi! My name is Debra Rog and I have been interested in EA’s application and utility since grad school. I’m thrilled to contribute this blog on evaluability assessment (EA). In fact, EA was the topic of my dissertation nearly 30 years ago! Now, as an evaluator working at Westat, I’ve been able to use EA …

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