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LAWG Week: Andy Blum on Improving Evaluation at the United States Institute of Peace

I am Andy Blum, Vice President for Program Management and Evaluation at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent organization that helps communities around the world, prevent, manage or recover from violent conflict. I recently spoke at a brown bag for the Washington Evaluators about the process of improving my organization’s learning and evaluation processes …

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Silvana Bialosiewicz on Turning Organizational Learning into Action: Evaluation and Strategic Planning

Leave a Comment / Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / June 19, 2013 June 19, 2013

Hello! I’m Silvana Bialosiewicz, a doctoral student at Claremont Graduate University and Senior Research Associate at the Claremont Evaluation Center. Lately I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the relationship between evaluation and organizational strategic development, and how evaluators can support their clients by participating in strategic development efforts. I’d like to share some …

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Karen Widmer on Knowledge Flow: Making Evaluation the Reference Point

4 Comments / Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / April 15, 2013 May 11, 2013

Hello. I am Karen Widmer, a 4th year doctoral student in the Evaluation program at Claremont Graduate University. I’ve been developing and evaluating systems for performance (business, education, healthcare, and nonprofits) for a long time. I think organizations are a lot like organisms. While each organization is unique, certain conditions help them all grow. I …

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Johanna Morariu, Kat Athanasiades, and Ann Emery on New Research: The State of Evaluation 2012

5 Comments / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design, Research on Evaluation / March 7, 2013 March 7, 2013

Hello! We are Johanna Morariu, Kat Athanasiades, and Ann Emery from Innovation Network. For 20 years, Innovation Network has helped nonprofits and foundations evaluate and learn from their work. In 2010, Innovation Network set out to answer a question that was previously unaddressed in the evaluation field—what is the state of nonprofit evaluation practice and …

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Bloggers Series: Brian Hoessler on the Strong Roots Blog

Leave a Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / February 11, 2013 February 11, 2013

Hi everyone, my name is Brian Hoessler and I am an independent consultant in Saskatoon, Canada. Through my company, Strong Roots Consulting, I work with non-profit organizations and community-based initiatives to build their capacity through research, strategic planning, and evaluation. Rad Resource – Strong Roots blog: The website for Strong Roots is also home to …

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Wendy Tackett and Joseph Trommater on Local Evaluation Capacity Building

1 Comment / Independent Consulting, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / December 20, 2012 December 6, 2012

Hi! I’m Wendy Tackett, President of iEval, an evaluation consulting firm in Michigan, and I’m Joseph Trommater, Project Director for S.P.A.R.K.S., a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLCs) program funded in northern Michigan through the Michigan Department of Education. iEval serves as the external evaluators for S.P.A.R.K.S. and has maintained that relationship for ten years. …

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Annaliese Calhoun on Measuring Sustainability Capacity and Planning for Long Term Success

7 Comments / Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / December 17, 2012 December 14, 2012

Hi, I’m Annaliese Calhoun, Project Manager at the Center for Public Health Systems Science at Washington University in St. Louis. My team has been developing the Program Sustainability Assessment Tool, a new tool designed to help programs to rate their sustainability capacity. We define sustainability capacity as the ability to maintain programming and its benefits …

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OL-ECB Week: Jesse Burns on Being an Independent Consultant

Leave a Comment / Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / November 16, 2012 November 8, 2012

Greetings! My name is Jesse Burns, and I am part of the OL-ECB TIG leadership. Outside of AEA, I am an independent consultant that works with a variety of organizations to design, implement and evaluate new products and services. As an independent consultant, I have learned that managing the uncertainty with innovation projects is critical …

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OL-ECB Week: Bonnie Richards on Setting the Stage: Evaluation Preparation and Stakeholder Buy-In

Leave a Comment / Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / November 15, 2012 November 8, 2012

My name is Bonnie Richards, and as a professional with both experience and an academic background in Evaluation and Organizational Behavior, I have had the opportunity to facilitate the evaluation and learning process with stakeholders in many different industries. Although my experiences have been unique across projects, I have noticed a common thread that ties …

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OL-ECB Week: Joseph E. Bauer on Being an Internal Evaluator

Leave a Comment / Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / November 14, 2012 November 8, 2012

Hi, I’m Joe Bauer, the director of Survey Research in the Statistics & Evaluation Center at the American Cancer Society – National Home Office in Atlanta, Georgia. I have been working as an internal evaluator for almost seven years, in one of the most dynamic, challenging, and rewarding positions that I have ever had. Lesson …

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