Hello, readers! Liz DiLuzio here, Lead Curator of AEA365. We didn’t have the heart to leave Pi Day unacknowledged, so here’s a special second release of the day. It comes from our own Ann K. Emery, here to talk to us about pie charts and their alternatives. It’s March 14th, which means… Happy Pi(e) Day! …
Happy Pi(e) Day! Let’s Revamp a Page of Pie Charts by Ann K. Emery Read More »
Hello! I am Eryn Collins, Research Associate, from Choices Coordinated Care Solutions (https://www.choicesccs.org), a national non-profit organization that uses evidence-informed methods to support individuals in community settings who have significant behavioral, emotional, or substance use challenges. In our organization, we create Performance Quality Improvement (PQI) plans that are team-driven, individualized, and measurable. Our methods for …
Hello, so nice to virtually meet you! My name is Jill Brown (she/her) and I am a research and evaluation scientist with a passion for using data analysis and clear communication to inspire change. As evaluators, we both know how important it is to report clear and actionable findings. We want our stakeholders to use …
Hi there, my name is Amanda Kelley Corbin. I am an evaluation analyst at The Human Development Institute (HDI), Kentucky’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, University of Kentucky. We help to improve lifelong opportunities and services for individuals with disabilities, their families, and the community. Before becoming an evaluator, I received an MFA in fiction …
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Hi there, my name is Amanda Kelley Corbin. I am an evaluation analyst at The Human Development Institute (HDI), Kentucky’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, University of Kentucky. We help to improve lifelong opportunities and services for individuals with disabilities, their families, and the community. Before becoming an evaluator, I received an MFA in fiction …
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Greetings from Los Angeles! My name is Rocele Estanislao and I have worked in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector for over 20 years in program evaluation and data management. I have also had the opportunity to use data visualization in various organizations as a way to shift organizational culture in using data and, at the …
DVR TIG Week: Lessons from Instilling a Data Viz Culture by Rocele Estanislao Read More »
Hi, I’m Tatiana Masters of Evaluation Specialists. We help community-based prevention, health promotion, education, and social service programs use research and evaluation to do the most for good. What’s on my mind today is tables. We’re often coached to avoid these dense blocks of numbers. but I’ve come around to thinking that sometimes tables are …
DVR TIG Week: Breaking the Data Viz and Reporting Rules by Tatiana Masters Read More »
I’m Andrea Miller, a hiker and kayaker often disguised as an Evaluation and Analytics consultant. I work in partnership with community-based organizations, municipalities, and state and federal agencies who are concerned with mental health, public health, and housing/homelessness. I think a lot about the meaning and significance of place, and the solid ground it can …
DVR TIG Week: Location Location: Data Storytelling with Maps by Andrea Miller Read More »
Hello all! This is Shelly Engelman and Tom Withee, and we love communicating stories with data and data visualizations. Like many trying out data viz, we initially hopped on the bandwagon with several Business Intelligence platforms. However, we quickly ran into several of the following impediments: Too time-consuming to generate dashboards for one-off surveys Too …
Hi! My name is Elizabeth Grim (she/her) of Elizabeth Grim Consulting, LLC. I am an evaluation consultant helping organizations build their evaluation capacity and tell their story through data. I am also President Elect of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS). Years ago, when I first learned about data visualization, I went all in. I …
