Happy Saturday readers! Liz Zadnik here with a post on one of my FAVORITE topics (other than evaluation, of course): typography and font types. I believe an appreciation of fonts and some intentional steps in selecting a font or fonts can really “up our game” with proposals, reports, blog design, and even email! I …
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Hello Evaluation Learners! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Today, I’m writing about AEA’s Summer Evaluation Institute, a perennial fabulous learning opportunity. Anyone who knows me knows that I love learning and meeting with evaluation colleagues, and this is the perfect opportunity for both. Registration is now open for the 2016 AEA Summer Evaluation …
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I’m Tara Gregory, Research and Evaluation Coordinator for Wichita State University’s Center for Community Support and Research (CCSR). CCSR works with non-profit, community and faith-based organizations across Kansas and was originally supported through the Community Psychology graduate program at Wichita State University. Many of our staff members, myself included, are graduates of this program so we’ve …
Hi, I’m Samantha Grant, and I work for the University of Minnesota Extension as a Program Evaluator for the Center for Youth Development. As an internal evaluator, building evaluation capacity is crucial for my organization (and my mental health!) Building capacity doesn’t happen overnight, but with a few tactical strategies, you will be on your …
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I’m Liz Zadnik, Evaluation Enthusiast and lover of all things relationship-building. Although you’d typically hear from me on Saturdays, I’ve been doing some research lately on interorganizational dynamics and partnerships and wanted to share some of my reflections. I have often heard “collaboration” used to describe the pinnacle or ideal state of interorganizational partnerships. Whether …
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Hello, I am Lacy Fabian, a Healthcare Evaluation Specialist. Moving the needle toward higher quality healthcare at the national level brings with it tremendous amounts of data. The volume of data is beneficial for designing complex models; however, the downside is that the data are often processed manually and years old by the time they …
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Hello! I am Ravneet Tiwana, principal independent consultant with KHOJ Consulting. Evaluation questions are one of the most important elements in an evaluation design because they focus the study by functioning as flashlights in a deep sea of data. Often times, determining evaluation questions is something the client believes the evaluator should do as a …
Hi my name is Jayne Corso and I am the Community Manager for AEA. When you are managing multiple social media channels it can be difficult to keep track of posts and messages while still monitoring online conversations for relevant content to share with your followers. Having a strong dashboard is a great resources for …
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Hi! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. I often think about which great resources to share and highlight each time I compose a post and it’s been quite a while now since I’ve shared EvalTalk. What does this have to do with 15,000 unread emails? Sounds pretty scary, right? I’ll tell …
Sheila B Robinson on EvalTalk: 20+ Years of Rich Discussion and 15,000 Unread Emails! Read More »
Happy Saturday! I’m Liz Zadnik, Outreach Coordinator here at aea365. You may also recall I work in the anti-sexual violence movement at a state coalition. This time of year is incredibly important and busy for folks in the movement, as April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Activists and communities have been commemorating and …
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