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Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

Sue Griffey on Ready or Not: Mentor and Mentee Readiness

1 Comment / Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Graduate Student and New Evaluators, Teaching of Evaluation / May 11, 2014

I’m Sue Griffey; I lead the Evaluation Center at Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. in Silver Spring MD. I mentor outside of work for professionals in evaluation and public health in both formal programs (Cherie Blair. Foundation (CBF), APHA-SA National Mentoring Program, Aspire, Foundation, Rollins School of Public Health Annual Mentoring Program) and through individual …

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David Fetterman on Google Glass Part I: Redefining Communications

2 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / April 15, 2014

“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 …

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Kylie Hutchinson on The Ever Expanding Evaluator’s Toolbox

7 Comments / Business, Leadership, and Performance, Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Independent Consulting, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / April 13, 2014

My name is Kylie Hutchinson.  I am an independent evaluation consultant with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation.  In addition to evaluation consulting and capacity building, I tweet at @EvaluationMaven and co-host the monthly evaluation podcast, Adventures in Evaluation along with my colleague @JamesWCoyle. When I started out in evaluation 26 years ago, I was focused …

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LAWG Week: Bernadette Wright and Ladel Lewis on “Delivering the Goods”

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Managers and Supervisors / September 25, 2013

We are Bernadette Wright and Ladel Lewis. As evaluators, we often get into the habit of noticing the merit and worth of others’ activities everywhere we go. We may question the effectiveness of marketing materials we see, customer service processes we experience at local stores, surveys we’re asked to complete, and so on. Yet sometimes …

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LAWG Week: Valerie Caracelli on AEA’s Conference Theme

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Evaluation Policy, Government Evaluation / July 30, 2013

This post comes to you from Valerie Caracelli, Senior Social Science Analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). I’m serving with David Bernstein as co-chair of the Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) for the 2013 American Evaluation Association Conference in Washington, D.C. October 14-19. Lessons Learned—Do federal managers use performance information? The conference theme, …

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LAWG Week: Andy Blum on Improving Evaluation at the United States Institute of Peace

1 Comment / Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Evaluation Policy, Government Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / July 29, 2013

I am Andy Blum, Vice President for Program Management and Evaluation at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent organization that helps communities around the world, prevent, manage or recover from violent conflict.  I recently spoke at a brown bag for the Washington Evaluators about the process of improving my organization’s learning and evaluation processes …

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Susan Kistler on Learning From DVR Innovation

2 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting, Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / June 29, 2013

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director Emeritus and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. After over three years, this is my last day as your ongoing Saturday author. I’ll be moving to once a month for at least the near future. The other Saturdays will be filled by Sheila Robinson, our intrepid aea365 curator, …

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Sean Alan Levin on Asana for Free Project Management and To Do Lists

3 Comments / Evaluation Managers and Supervisors / January 29, 2013

I am Sean Alan Levin and today I am sharing information about Asana because I have found it incredibly useful in my work. Rad Resource – Asana: Asana is a project management tool that is free for teams of up to 30 people. I am currently using it both with a project team of 8 …

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Jake Lee on Using Dipity to Chronicle Personal and Professional Milestones

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / January 6, 2013

I am Jake Lee and it’s time to get organized! I know that many of us say that each new year, and then clean out a closet or read Getting Things Done and check off the resolution for another year. My personal challenge is not around organizing THINGS. My recycling is sorted, my spices alphabetized, …

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Aubrey Perry on Mind Mapping and xMind

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Evaluation Managers and Supervisors / December 15, 2012

Hello! My name is Aubrey Perry, the Coordinator for Data Collection and Analysis at the Gateway to College National Network. We work with two-year colleges, school districts, and state departments of education to provide opportunities for high school dropouts and underprepared college students to achieve college credentials. Hot Tip: As an internal evaluator for a …

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