Hello, I am Mindelyn Anderson, Founder + Principal of Mirror Group. I write today, on Juneteenth, a nascent Federal holiday commemorating freedom, to write on that very topic–freedom and mastery over our time as independent consultants (ICs). Hot Tip: Read Reality I have long battled with cycles of work, overwork and exhaustion. What I previously …
I used to work in a pet store, but people were always asking how big I’d get (apologies to Rodney Dangerfield). Jokes aside for a moment, I am Emma Duer, Vice President of Program Evaluation at Dainis & Company, Inc. As a small independent firm, we often use our flexibility to bring maximum creativity and …
Hello! My name is Laura Budzyna. I’m an independent evaluation consultant, and I -just- named my business – Beyond Measure LLC – a few weeks ago. I also happen to love names – human names, that is. I’ve been lucky enough to name one human, and I’ve helped friends name a handful of others. My …
IC TIG Week: Naming Your Evaluation Consultancy by Laura Budzyna Read More »
Nathan Browning here. I am an independent evaluation & research consultant. I am blessed to work with a lot of different kinds of clients. I occasionally write prose. I am cruising. I am cruising toward truth. I am cruising toward truth through Evaluation Highway. I meander across the thoroughfare, violating dashed lines, slowing to feel …
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We are the Hamai Consulting team, comprising two long-time team members, Tamara Hamai, Ph.D., who founded the company in 2008, and Ibiaso Adajames (Project Manager), MBA, PMP, who first joined the team in 2014, and two new team members, Kadijah Williams, MA, and Zachariah Rabah, MA, MS, who joined the team as Organizational Development Assistants …
We are Nora Murphy Johnson, A. Rafael Johnson, and Molly O’Connor, writing about creativity and why we at Inspire to Change treat creativity as absolutely critical to evaluation practice. Michael Quinn Patton wrote Creative Evaluation in 1981. His words ring true today, more than forty years later: “Creativity is essential to situational responsiveness. If one …
Hello! I’m Norma Martínez-Rubin, a California-based independent evaluation consultant and aspiring harmonica player. I’m attracted to the practical, accessible, and marvelous. To me, creativity typically conjures musical endeavors and the dramatic and visual arts produced in the entertainment field. It’s likely we’ve all enjoyed the arts as patrons and supporters. There’s even more fun when, …
Welcome to the Independent Consultants week! I’m Lisa Kaczmarczyk, Owner of Lisa Kaczmarczyk PhD Consulting, LLC and 2022 Chair of the IC TIG. Our TIG members, often referred to affectionately as IC TIGgers, are an incredibly active and engaged group (some of you may remember from childhood stories that certain Tiggers like to Bounce). IC …
IC TIG Week: You Never Know What You’ll Find by Lisa Kaczmarczyk Read More »
Hello fellow humans. My name is Anna Martin (she/her). I am an Evaluator, Social Worker, Facilitator, Complexity Coach, curious mischief maker and co-founder of Picture Impact. I have partnered with a designer (Katrina Mitchell) and it couldn’t be a happier work marriage—bringing forth new skills, perspectives and project roles. Evaluation and Design are wonderful trans-disciplines …
I’m Lisa Kaczmarczyk, owner of Lisa Kaczmarczyk PhD Consulting, LLC. My company works with academic STEM researchers on large federally funded projects. My clients often expect me to gather data that provides them insight into what other people think about their project. Although not in my SOWs, sometimes the success of the project depends upon …
IC TIG Week: Stepping Outside the SOW to Help a Project Succeed by Lisa Kaczmarczyk Read More »
