I’m Sue Griffey, Director of the Evaluation Center in the Public Health Research group at Social & Scientific Systems in Silver Spring (MD) and blogger at Sue Mentors. It never fails that the time that I’m crunching at a deadline for getting a report or presentation done is when I need to do something that I …
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This is Bernadette Wright. In April 2012, I made the jump to starting out as an independent consulting/sole proprietor of Wright Evaluation and Applied Research. Lesson Learned: When I first starting exploring the idea of taking the plunge to independent consulting, it seemed like it could be a risky, scary move to make. However, I …
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Hi, I’m Ann Emery. All this week, you’ll hear from members of the Washington Evaluators about the diversity of evaluation opportunities that are available in DC. Evaluation is booming in DC! This is the best city in the world for evaluators because we can choose to specialize in one area or try out different settings, approaches, and content areas throughout our …
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My name is Catherine (Brehm) Rain, Vice President of Rain & Brehm Consulting Group, Inc., an independent evaluation and consulting firm located in Rockledge, Florida. I blog at The Evaluation Forum. Rad Resource – The Evaluation Forum: New to our website, The Evaluation Forum focuses on the why and wherefore of evaluation of health promotion …
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I’m Sarah Gill, membership chair for the Atlanta-area Evaluation Association (AaEA). Recently AaEA hosted a spring social. The event was inspired by the recent AEA 365 posts making predictions for the future of evaluation. Maureen Wilce, AaEA’s chair for professional development, and I thought the posts would inspire great conversation among our fellow evaluators – …
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I am Priya Small, an independent public health evaluation consultant, and today I will talk about lessons I have learned from riding the steep learning curve. Many times we may tend to devalue our early learning experiences as evaluators. But as this is a time of rapid growth, sharing these lessons is profitable. Lesson Learned: …
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Hello, I’m Michelle Baron, an Independent Evaluation Strategist. I blog as EvaluationBaron – a play on my last name. Rad Resource – EvaluationBaron: I blog at least weekly about all things evaluation, from commenting on a recent event I attended or article I read, to delving into the inner details of an evaluation concept. I …
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Hello. We are Jane Davidson, Director of Real Evaluation Ltd, and Patricia Rogers, Professor of Public Sector Evaluation at RMIT University, and together we write the Genuine Evaluation blog. We’d spent years discussing evaluation offline and found that we shared some strong views and values (and a sense of humor) that we could have some …
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Hi everyone! I’m Taj Carson, President of Carson Research Consulting, Inc. We are a small, women-owned research firm in Baltimore, MD. that specializes in evaluation research. At Carson Research, we maintain a blog, as well as a twitter feed. Our blog is called REALIZE: Real World. Real Value. Real Change. You can also follow us …
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My name is Holly Lewandowski and I started my independent consulting business, Evaluation for Change, Inc. three and a half years ago. Being a program evaluator for twelve years prior to starting my business helped me learn and refine some valuable skills such as juggling multiple projects, working with diverse stakeholders, and applying social research …
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