Internal Evaluation

Internal Eval Week: A tool for helping staff translate results into action by Jay Szkola

2 Comments / Internal Evaluation / February 5, 2017

Hello!  I am Jay Szkola, senior program analyst in the Strategy, Evaluation and Learning Division at Good Shepherd Services. As an internal evaluator, I have the opportunity not only to evaluate the programs in my portfolio, but also assist staff in using data in their day-to-day work with participants. This doesn’t have to involve a …

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IC Week: Robert Hoke on Amping-up Your Training with “Speed-Dating” Sessions

Leave a Comment / Internal Evaluation / November 4, 2016

Greetings!  I am Robert Hoke, an independent evaluation consultant based in Indianapolis, Indiana and former chair of the Independent Consulting TIG.   I am a big proponent of shaking up the traditional conference session with a little “speed-dating.” We have all sat through sessions in which presenters give a good presentation but then there is only …

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Eval Use TIG Week: Charmagne Campbell-Patton on Considerations for Evaluation Use: Internal vs. External Evaluators

4 Comments / Evaluation Use, Independent Consulting, Internal Evaluation / August 22, 2015

My name is Charmagne Campbell-Patton and I am an independent evaluation consultant. About a year ago, I made the transition from my role as program manager and internal evaluator at an education nonprofit, to an external evaluation consultant. I continued working with my former employer as a client and, in my naiveté, I thought the …

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Eval Use TIG Week: Keiko Kuji-Shikatani on Using Evaluative Thinking to Support Evaluation Use

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Use, Internal Evaluation / August 22, 2015

My name is Keiko Kuji-Shikatani, the current chair of the Evaluation Use Topical Interest Group (TIG), one of the original AEA TIGs. The Evaluation Use TIG was born of the interest in evaluation utilization in the 1970s, extending into both theoretical and empirical work on Use in the 1980s and 1990s, and to a broader …

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Catherine Nameth on Internal evaluation . . . and other responsibilities

1 Comment / Internal Evaluation / April 19, 2015

Hi, my name is Catherine Nameth, and I’m the Education Coordinator for an NSF- and EPA-funded research center at the University of California- Los Angeles. As Education Coordinator, my primary job is not evaluation, so I have to act creatively in order to integrate evaluation into my work and balance the need for internal evaluation …

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IE TIG Week: Megan Grimaldi on Lessons Learned from Evaluation 2014: On Building Relationships as an Internal Evaluator

1 Comment / Internal Evaluation / March 6, 2015

My name is Megan Grimaldi, and I work for the Research, Evaluation, and Innovation department of Communities In Schools. This year, I was happy to serve as the program chair for the Internal Evaluation TIG at the AEA conference in Denver. Lessons Learned: One of my favorite things about the AEA conference is that it …

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IE TIG Week: Stanley Capela on How to Combine Quality Assurance and Performance Management within a Quality Improvement System

Leave a Comment / Internal Evaluation / December 4, 2014

My name is Stanley Capela, currently Vice President for Quality Management and Corporate Compliance Officer for HeartShare Human Services of New York, a 140 million dollar multi-service organization. As with most government funded organizations, we have to show we are compliant with regulations and at same time meet certain performance metrics. As a result, I …

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IE TIG Week: Laura Beals and Rachel Albert on TIERS: A Tool for Allocating Evaluation Resources at Nonprofit Agencies

5 Comments / Internal Evaluation / November 29, 2014

Hello evaluation colleagues! We’re Rachel Albert, Vice President of Learning and Impact, and Laura Beals, Director of Evaluation, from Jewish Family and Children’s Service (Boston, MA). Our department is responsible for the internal evaluation of 44 programs, collectively serving over 17,000 people a year. At JF&CS, we face two challenges in evaluation management. First, we …

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IE TIG Week: Suzanne Markoe Hayes and Elaine Donato on Collaborative Process Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Internal Evaluation / November 29, 2014

Hello AEA365ers! We are Suzanne Markoe Hayes (Director) and Elaine Donato (Internal Evaluator) from the Evaluation and Research Department at Volunteers of America Greater Los Angeles (VOALA), a large non-profit organization whose mission is to enrich the lives of those in need. One program we support is VOALA’s largest emergency shelter located in South Los …

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IE TIG Week: Alicia McCoy on Using Humor and Creativity to Engage Staff in Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Internal Evaluation / November 29, 2014

My name is Alicia McCoy and I am the Research and Evaluation Manager at Family Life. Family Life is an independent community organization that provides services to families, children and young people in Melbourne, Australia. Engaging staff around evaluation can be challenging at the best of times, especially for internal evaluators who need to facilitate …

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