Hi, we are Janet Mou Pataky, Manager of Accountability & Evaluation and Diana Tindall, Evaluator with the Rick Hansen Institute (RHI). RHI is a Canadian-based not-for-profit organization that drives innovation in spinal cord injury (SCI) research. We evaluate SCI research programs and projects. Until recently, Diana was an external evaluator. One of the first things …
Hello, I am Robin Kuwahara and I am Maureen Wilce, and we are evaluation technical advisors with the National Asthma Control Program (NACP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our role is to provide technical assistance to help our partners at state or territorial asthma programs conduct evaluations and use their findings. …
My name is Amy Griffin, Senior Evaluation Consultant at The Consultation Center at Yale. In my role as an external evaluator, I use a variety of tools to engage clients and other stakeholders in evaluation design, implementation, and utilization of findings. Admittedly, I had not given the action plan much consideration in my work with …
Post-Eval Action Plan Week: Engaging Stakeholders in Action Planning by Amy Griffin Read More »
Hi, I’m Kellie Baxter with the Utah Asthma Program. I coordinate the Utah Asthma Home Visiting Program, an in-home asthma education program. Six months after the launch of this program, our Evaluator Holly Uphold completed a process evaluation to help improve implementation of the program. The evaluation produced many recommendations. Implementing all of these recommendations …
Greetings, I am Judi Magaldi with the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH). I began my journey with the ISDH Asthma Program (Program) in 2013 as the communication coordinator and evaluator. My role has changed over the years. I now occupy the position of Asthma Program Director and share evaluation duties with the Program Epidemiologist. …
Hello! I’m Kylie Hutchinson (also known as @EvaluationMaven), an independent evaluation consultant with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation and author of three evaluation and program planning books: A Short Primer on Innovative Evaluation Reporting, Evaluation Failures: 22 Tales of Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned, and Survive and Thrive: Three Steps to Securing Your Program’s Sustainability. …
I am David Bernstein, owner of DJB Evaluation Consulting and Director of Evaluation with the General Commission on Religion and Race of the United Methodist Church. Don’t let these non-governmental positions fool you. I have been involved in government evaluation for many years, and was the founding Chair of AEA’s Government Evaluation TIG. I have …
Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Lessons Learned in Government Evaluation by David Bernstein Read More »
Hi, I’m Sara Vaca, independent consultant, helping Sheila curate this blog and occasional Saturday contributor. I haven’t been an evaluator for a long time (about 5 years now), but I have facilitated or been part of 16 evaluations, so I start getting over the initial awe of the exercise, and I am starting to be …
Facilitating the Use of Evaluations by Sara Vaca Read More »
This is the opening post in a series commemorating pioneering evaluation publications in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 28). My name is Michael Quinn Patton, a former AEA President and recipient of AEA’s 2017 Research on Evaluation Award. In conjunction with Memorial Day, I am curating six AEA365 contributions featuring pioneering and classic …
Hello! We are Dana Linnell Wanzer, evaluation doctoral student, and Tiffany Berry, research associate professor, from the Youth Development Evaluation Lab at Claremont Graduate University. Today we are going to discuss the importance of high quality relationships with practitioners in evaluations. “In the absence of strong relationships and trust, partnerships usually fail.” -Henrick, Cobb, Penuel, …
