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MSI Fellowship Week: Chandra Story on Practice Based Evidence and Evidence Based Practice in Program Evaluation

My name is Chandra Story. I was a 2016 AEA Minority Serving Institution Fellow this year and am a faculty member at Oklahoma State University in Health Education and Promotion/Public Health. My background includes project management and evaluation for federally funded projects, along with non-profit organizations. I have had the opportunity to partner with amazing …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Smita Mehta On Asking the Right Questions: First Step toward Rigor in Program Evaluation Smita Mehta

Hello!  I am Smita Shukla Mehta, a 2016 Fellow of AEA’s Minority Serving Institutions program.  I am a Professor of Special Education in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of North Texas.  I teach doctoral courses in program evaluation and feel passionate about providing graduate students opportunities to develop technical competencies in conceptualizing …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Cirecie West-Olatunji and Chandra Story On Intellectual Colonization and Exporting Pejorative Attitudes in Program Evaluation: 3 Hot Tips

We are both AEA Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Fellows this year with specialization in two related disciplines. The first author, Cirecie West-Olatunji is a counselor educator at Xavier University of Louisiana and Chandra Story is a faculty member in Health Education and Promotion/Pubic Health at Oklahoma State University. As we conclude our year long fellowship …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Art Hernandez on MSI Fellows’ Reflections on Cultural Responsiveness

My name is Art Hernandez and I am a Visiting Professor at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. I participated in the second yearlong experience of the AEA Minority Serving Institutions Fellowship program and have served as the Director for several cohorts most recently this past year.  I teach and practice Evaluation …

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Liz Zadnik on New Year’s EVEaluation Resolutions

Farewell 2016!  Welcome 2017!  Liz Zadnik, aea365 Outreach Coordinator and sometimes Saturday poster with some reflections and personal goals.  Let’s toast to our journey so far and hopes for the coming year. Lesson Learned: I know, I know, resolutions just set us up to fail.  But I like to reframe my resolutions as goals – …

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Andrew Taylor and Ben Liadsky on Can We Talk? Promoting better evaluation conversations between funders and nonprofits

Hi, we are Andrew Taylor from Taylor Newberry Consulting and Ben Liadsky from the Ontario Nonprofit Network. Back in February, we blogged on AEA365 about our work to build an evaluation agenda for the nonprofit sector and we were thrilled to be able to attend the recent AEA conference in Atlanta to present our work …

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Abdul Majeed on the Importance of Clarifying the Concept of Evaluation

Hi, I am Abdul, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at FEFA organization in Kabul. The lessons learned are based on my own experience as I had an opportunity to establish an M&E department for the first time at FEFA organization in Kabul. I Monitored the Election Observation Mission ($ 3.5 million) by deploying and providing trainings …

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Kylie Hutchinson on The Twelve Promoters of Program Sustainability

My name is Kylie Hutchinson and I’m an independent evaluator with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation.  Each year, I adapt a Christmas carol to share with my colleagues and clients. Seasons greetings, and enjoy! The Twelve Promoters of Program Sustainability On the first day of the program, my boss she gave to me, Some tips …

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Sheila B Robinson on Blogging in the New Year!

Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays loyal AEA365 readers! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a few tips and tools for bloggers, and a quick update to our contribution guidelines.   Evaluation and blogging go together like apple pie and ice cream – each great on its own, but together? Fabulous! Many …

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Jayne Corso on What to Expect in Social Media for 2017

Hi my name is Jayne Corso and I am the Community Manager for AEA. As we reach the end of 2016, I wanted to provide some insights on what is predicted for social media platforms for 2017. I put together this list based on numerous industry blogs and my own insights. Let’s see what happens in …

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