This is part of a two-week series honoring our living evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Labor Day in the USA (September 5). Greetings! I am Elena Polush, independent consultant and founding member of the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA). As I reflect on my education and work across various fields, evaluation is my passion; a …
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This is part of a two-week series honoring our living evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Labor Day in the USA (September 5). Greetings, I am Melvin Hall, a current AEA Board Member and program evaluation specialist for over forty years. I have had many excellent mentors throughout my career including Tom Hastings, Bob Stake, Terry Denny, and …
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This is part of a two-week series honoring our living evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Labor Day in the USA (September 5). Hello! We are Lauren Workman (Research Assistant Professor) and Kelli Kenison (Clinical Assistant Professor), at the Core for Applied Research and Evaluation in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. …
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Hi there, I’m Erin Bock, Director of Research and Evaluation for The Sherwood Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska. I am writing to honor Nora Murphy as a leader in “Next Generation” evaluation. Why I chose to honor this evaluator: I met Nora while an evaluation newbie. I was struck by her “special sauce” of authenticity, passionate …
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This is part of a two-week series honoring our living evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Labor Day in the USA (September 5). I am Leah C. Neubauer, an Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University. I am past-President of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association (CEA) and serve with Allison Titcomb as co-chair of AEA’s Local Affiliate Collaborative …
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This is part of a two-week series honoring our living evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Labor Day in the USA (September 5). Hi! I’m Molly Engle, a past president of AEA and professor and evaluation specialist at Oregon State University. I nominate Jim Altschuld (that is James W. Altschuld), the needs assessment guru. Why I chose …
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AEA365 Curator note: Today, along with the next two Saturdays will be part of a very special two-week series. Hello! We are Sheila B Robinson, AEA365’s Lead Curator, and Ricardo Wilson-Grau, an independent evaluator based in Rio de Janeiro who works internationally. In conjunction with Labor Day in the USA (September 5) AEA365 is featuring two …
Hello again! Paul Collier here. Yesterday, I shared several resources that helped me create repeatable data and evaluation processes at SFCAPC Today I’d like to share with you six of the specific habits I followed to manage our “data” function, develop our Efforts to Outcomes database, and provide consistent value to our staff. Lessons Learned: …
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Hello AEA365! I’m Paul Collier. Over the last two years I worked as the Data and Evaluation Manager at the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center (SFCAPC), a mid-size nonprofit focused on ending child abuse in San Francisco. At SFCAPC, I worked with all our 50+ staff members to help them use our data to …
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Hi! I’m Neha Sharma, I work with the World Bank and we host the CLEAR Initiative – Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results. CLEAR is a global partnership program that aims to build M&E capacity through Regional Centers. CLEAR Regional Centers work with a diverse set of clients (government, civil society, international donor agencies, …
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