Coming soon to an intervention near you – SUSTAINABILITY! Andy Rowe here, writing from long experience and physically from our small farm on Salt Spring Island off of the Canadian coast of British Columbia. Years ago, when I was involved in the theory and practice of rapid social change, many of us argued that gender …
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Hi everyone! I’m Yvonne M. Watson, a Program Analyst in U.S. EPA’s Evaluation Support Division (ESD) and Chair of AEA’s EPE TIG. I’m primarily responsible for managing the division’s internal evaluation capacity building efforts. I read Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis to understand the importance of a culture that …
Hello. I’m Sara El Choufi, and I work in Results-based Management at the Global Environment Facility (the GEF), an agency within the World Bank. While most of the work relies on qualitative analysis and pulling out results from ongoing projects, no assessment can ever be complete without numbers. Among other things, I work on data …
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I’m Lee-Anne Molony and I’m a Principal Consultant at Clear Horizon. We’re an Australian consultancy who specializes in participatory monitoring and evaluation for environmental management and agricultural programs. This post will talk about a technique we developed, Collaborative Outcomes Reporting (previously known as Participatory Performance Story Reporting). This technique is currently being used nationally across …
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My name is Anna Williams. I’m an independent evaluator based in Seattle, Washington. I evaluate global societal challenges. I would like to have reason to unlearn a lesson. How many of you tune out when you hear the word “environment”? If you are a self-described “environmentalist” do you see eyes glaze over when you use …
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Hello, I’m Tracy Dyke-Redmond, a Senior Associate at IEC, an environmental and economics consulting firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I work on all types of evaluation and performance measurement for EPA and other federal clients. Recently, we have seen an uptick in interest in evaluating adaptation planning efforts to respond to the effects of climate change. …
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Hi, fellow evaluators! I’m Jess Chandler, a consultant at Energy Market Innovations, a small firm primarily focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy program evaluation. Rad Resource – jessachandler.com: This blog is a combination of several voices of me, from personal concerns to evaluation methods. The content here has adapted over time and has only …
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Hello! I’m Annelise Carleton-Hug, principle partner of Trillium Associates, a research, evaluation and consulting company serving clients with programs involving the intersections of environment, education and communities. In this post, I challenge you to evaluate how you can make your own lifestyle more ecologically conscious. Greendex, a study of 17 countries by National Geographic, currently …
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My name is Matt Keene; I work with the US Environmental Protection Agency and coordinate the Environmental Evaluators Network. The purpose of the EEN is to advance the field of environmental evaluation through more systematic and collective learning. Founded in 2006, the EEN is comprised of conservation, and natural resource evaluators and evaluation consumers from academia, consulting, …
My name is Valerie Williams and I am a Program Evaluator at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). One of the programs I work with is Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE), a worldwide, K-12 environmental science and education program. Many environmental education programs struggle with the question of whether environmental …
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