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International and Cross-cultural Evaluation

Susan Kistler on the AEA/BetterEvaluation Webinar Series and Making the Most of YouTube

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Teaching of Evaluation / May 11, 2013

I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Guess what just moved into the #1 spot for the most read aea365 article of all time? The April 6, 2013 post announcing the collaboration with BetterEvaluation to produce a series of publicly available Coffee Break Webinars! We’re well under …

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Susan Kistler on Winning a Free eStudy Registration, Comic Life, and Evaluation Communication Ideas

13 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Data Visualization and Reporting, Integrating Technology into Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / April 14, 2013

I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Earlier this month, you heard from Soledad Muñiz about  InsightShare’s work with participatory video (PV) for monitoring and evaluation. PV isn’t the only area in which InsightShare is leading the way. Hot Tip – Photostories: Photostories are a “new format …

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Susan Kistler on BetterEvaluation and Eight Free Training Webinars

4 Comments / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Teaching of Evaluation / April 6, 2013

I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Hot Tip – Collaboration with BetterEvaluation: Today, we’re excited to announce a partnership with BetterEvaluation. BetterEvaluation is an international collaboration to improve evaluation practice and theory by sharing information about options (methods or tools) and approaches. Rad Resource – BetterEvaluation …

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LAWG Week: Fatima Frank on Using Technology in the Field of Data Collection

3 Comments / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / February 26, 2013

Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. My name is Fatima Frank. I am the Evaluation Specialist for evalû, a small consulting firm that focuses exclusively on rigorous evaluations of social and economic development initiatives. I was recently part of a discussion with fellow evaluators on how organizations with limited resources …

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Susan Kistler on Free Guides to Participatory Video and the Most Significant Change Technique

3 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / February 23, 2013

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Are you using video as part of your evaluation work? Over the past couple of weeks, I have had the privilege of speaking with a number of AEA members who are using video in different ways …

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Susan Kistler on EvalPartners, Free eLearning in Development Evaluation, and Mapping Evaluation Associations Around the World

2 Comments / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / February 16, 2013

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. A number of aea365 contributors have written before about the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE). IOCE has partnered with UNICEF and other organizations to form EvalPartners and AEA was pleased to join EvalPartners in …

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Bloggers Series: Eric Sarriot on the Sustainable Human and Social Development Blog

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Systems in Evaluation / January 10, 2013

Hello! I’m Eric Sarriot and I am the Director of the Center for Design and Research in Sustainability (CEDARS) at ICF International. I would like to introduce you to the CEDARS blog, on Sustainable Human and Social Development, its planning and evaluation (definitely within a Global/International Development perspective). Rad Resource – Sustainable Human and Social …

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Bloggers Series: Fatima Frank on Chronicling Impact

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Uncategorized / January 6, 2013

Hello, my name is Fatima Frank. I am the Evaluation Specialist for evalû, a small consulting firm that focuses exclusively on rigorous evaluations of social and economic development initiatives. We champion impact evaluation that maintains academic rigor but is based entirely on our clients’ need to improve strategic and operational effectiveness and increase profitability. Rad …

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Susan Kistler on Going Global With aea365

1 Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / January 5, 2013

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. For 2013, we’re striving to increase access to evaluation resources for our colleagues from around the corner and around the world. Rad Resource – Translate! We have installed Google Translate on aea365. To translate both current …

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Karen Anderson on Winning a SAGE Gift Certificate With Your Cultural Competence in Evaluation Resolutions for the New Year

22 Comments / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / January 1, 2013

Hello! My name is Karen Anderson and I’m the American Evaluation Association’s Diversity Coordinator Intern. Your participation in today’s post will place you in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate from SAGE Publications! Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions? Even if you’re not a fan of making resolutions during this time of the …

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