Hey! I’m Sara Vaca, independent evaluator and part of the AEA365 team, eventual Saturday contributor. Some time ago, I ran into this framework for critical thinking and I thought it was interesting for evaluators. Rad Resource: The Six Thinking Hats is a system designed by Edward de Bono which describes a tool for group discussion …
Greetings! I’m Seema Mahato, board member (student representative) for The Ohio Program Evaluator’s Group (OPEG) and a member of the Local Arrangements Working Group for Evaluation 2018. ‘Evaluation without Borders’, a pro-bono evaluation consulting program was piloted by Washington Evaluators at the 2017 AEA conference. As a participant of this event during AEA 2017, as a …
Hello, I’m Martha Brown, and I started my consulting business in 2016 thanks to some encouragement from a group of passionate independent consultants. I was recently inspired by a keynote speaker, Lea Bill, at the 2018 CES Conference. She displayed a logic model that was circular and artistic, and it included the values of the …
IC TIG Week: Reaping What You Sow by Martha Brown Read More »
My name is Melanie Hwalek. I have been practicing evaluation for almost 40 years. I’ve always taken for granted my knowledge of social science research design. Recently, I had a profound experience that made me realize how this knowledge can be used to empower voices from the field. Hot Tip: Respect the power of our …
IC TIG Week: Evaluator as Translator by Melanie Hwalek Read More »
Hello! My name is Norma Martínez-Rubin. As an independent evaluation consultant, I specialize in evaluating nonprofits’ and foundations’ disease prevention and health promotion programs and projects. I’m particularly drawn to initiatives designed to address health, economic, and educational inequities. Because of the complexity associated with such efforts, I’ve been part of multidisciplinary evaluation teams in which, …
IC TIG Week: What is this thing deemed “value-added”? by Norma Martínez-Rubin Read More »
Hello, my name is Kate Clavijo. I earned my degree in Educational Program Evaluation from the University of Louisville in 2002, and have been working as an evaluator ever since. Over the years, I have held full time evaluator positions and worked for non-profits while doing evaluation consulting on the side. About eight years ago, …
IC TIG Week: Saying Yes by Kate Clavijo Read More »
Hi there! I am Mary Nash of Nash Insights, based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. As the country celebrates Independence Day, we at the Independent Consulting TIG are reflecting upon breakthrough moments in our careers. Mine occurred in January while I was in Costa Rica on a Live the Life of Your Dreams Yoga Retreat. After several …
IC TIG Week: Finding New Evaluator Digs by Mary Nash Read More »
Welcome to Independent Consulting TIG Week on AEA365! I’m Myia Welsh, the 2018 IC TIG Chair and owner of Welsh & Company Evaluation Consulting. Our AEA365 week will focus on the theme: breakthrough moments in independent consulting. Those moments, from tiny to enormous, that had a profound impact on our IC TIG members. My breakthrough …
IC TIG Week: A Tiny Moment of Magnitude by Myia Welsh Read More »
Hi, I’m Sara Vaca, independent consultant (www.SaraVaca.com), helping Sheila curate this blog and eventual Saturday contributor. After 5 years as a freelance evaluator, I am starting to get more contracts coming from previous jobs or mouth-to-ear, but still, I see myself going through the regular selection process: the evaluation commissioners publish the Terms of Reference …
Hi, I’m Sara Vaca, independent consultant (www.SaraVaca.com), AEA365 Outreach Coordinator and Creative Advisor (happy to be back!), and it’s been 4 years and a half since I started my evaluation practice. In that time, I have been involved (to different extent) in about five different partnerships. Belonging or working with a group of consultants (in …
5 things that being in a consultants’ partnership and dating have in common by Sara Vaca Read More »
