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Sherry Campanelli and Laura Newhall on Utilizing Idea Boards as an Evaluation Tool

Hi. We’re Sherry Campanelli, Program Compliance Manager and Laura Newhall, Clinical Training Coordinator, from the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Disability Evaluation Services (DES). As an organization, we are committed to following Lean principles to enhance our services for people with disabilities. Lean principles assist organizations to maximize value while minimizing waste. These principles can …

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Ron Dickson on The Same, But Different: transferring evaluation expertise from the world of business to nonprofit clients

Hello. I’m Ron Dickson. After 23 years in a global business with more than 100K employees around the globe, I recently retired and joined a local nonprofit with fewer than 20 employees. While my role in each organization was similar (measurement and evaluation), I’ve already noticed some key differences. My experiences may help my evaluation …

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Angie Aguirre on Making Your Webinar Accessible

Hello. I am Angie Aguirre from the INDEX program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. INDEX specializes in designing web sites, online courses, learning-management systems, and online databases, all of which are accessible to people with disabilities. Many of you are developing the same as part of your …

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Liz Zadnik with Favorites from Effective Data Visualization: The Right Chart for the Right Data

Happy Saturday everyone!  I’m Liz Zadnik, aea365’s Outreach Coordinator.  I have a bit of a confession to make, I may have set too high of a bar with myself – I expected to share reflections from each of the books on my reading list last year.  Definitely missed the mark.  I’m disappointed in myself, but …

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Sheila B Robinson on Rockin’ the 2016 AEA vote!

Hello AEA members! Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with an important message about the AEA elections. The 2017 ballot is now open for our 2017 President-elect, Treasurer, and Board Members-at-Large. AEA member voting has been historically low. Let’s change that this year! Hot Tip: Don’t recognize some of the names? Get to know …

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Christen Pentek on Vulnerability

Greetings friends! I’m Christen Pentek, a youthworker in the Twin Cities. I rather stumbled into evaluation, trying to figure out how to nourish critical consciousness in community in sustainable ways. This is a post about vulnerability, inspired by the grounded research of Brene Brown. Rad Resources: One ‘rad resource’ is Brene Brown’sTed Talk, capturing reflections …

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Ella Duncan on What Evaluation Teams Can Learn from Content Marketing

Hello from DME for Peace! I’m Ella Duncan, Project Manager of the DME for Peace knowledge sharing platform, managed by Search for Common Ground. Founded in 2011, DME for Peace is an online community dedicated to the collection and curation of the scattered information, evaluation projects, tools, templates, and knowledge on Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation …

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Ruth Aboagye, Sai Cherala, Pam Senesac, and Joan Johnston on Quality Improvement (QI) in Evaluation: Ask Why Again and Again and Again

Hello again from the MBA, doctor and two nurses at UMass Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research – Office of Health Care Innovation and Quality to talk about “5 Whys” as an evaluation tool. We have all encountered problems that refuse to go away. We think we’ve “fixed” it and it comes back …

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Kristin Abner on The Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse: An Online Tool to Support Evaluation

Greetings! My name is Dr. Kristin Abner, and I work at ICF International, a consulting firm offering professional services and technology-based solutions to government and commercial clients. I work in the Education, Community & Social Programs Division of ICF’s Social & Analytic Solutions Group. I’d like to share a relevant resource to evaluators, as well …

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Pat Christian on 5 Tips to Engage International Stakeholders in Planning a Program Evaluation

Hi, I’m Pat Christian and founder of Caleb Missionary Relief Services, an international nonprofit that evolved from evaluating children needs with vulnerabilities in Haiti.  My organization has implemented interventions to improve their quality of education and has made a difference with thousands of Haitian students.  I’ve conducted project level evaluations with input from stakeholders for …

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