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Liz Zadnik on #SocialJusticeDay 2016

Happy Saturday!  I’m Liz Zadnik with another Saturday post.  As you may know, I am part of the anti-sexual violence movement and work at a state sexual assault coalition – my main focus being prevention and community engagement.  Today is International Social Justice Day and I would like today’s post to be celebration by sharing …

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Bernadette Wright On “Little Is Known?” Better Using Background Research

I’m Bernadette Wright, partner at Meaningful Evidence, LLC. In this post, I’m going to tell you about a new method for integrating your background research, to strengthen your evaluation results. Lessons Learned:   “Little Is Known”? I’ve seen that many program evaluation reports include short “background research” sections that quickly decide “little is known.” At …

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Joseph E. Bauer on Observational Studies

Hi, I’m Joseph E. Bauer, Director of Survey Research & Evaluation in the Statistics & Evaluation Center (SEC) for the American Cancer Society (ACS) in Atlanta, Georgia. I am in my eleventh year as an internal evaluator. I am the former Chair of the Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building (OL-ECB) TIG, and am currently …

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Sheila B Robinson on Fantastically Free Photo Sites for Your Projects

Hello All! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a bunch of Rad Resources – free photo sites for all your evaluation projects and presentations. In case you haven’t heard, cheesy stock photos are out! Show me a stock photo of an office setting and I guarantee someone in the photo …

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SEA Professional Development Week: Jason Lawrence on Utilizing Statistical Dashboards for Local Government Performance Reporting

My name is Jason Lawrence and I am a Management Fellow on the Economic Development and Intergovernmental Affairs teams for Leon County Government in Florida. I am also a recent graduate of the Master of Public Administration Program at the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. Local governments are the …

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SEA Professional Development Week: Melanie Meyer on Developing Interpersonal Skills in Evaluators

My name is Melanie Meyer and I work with the research office of the Florida Legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA). As my background is in health and human services policy and administration, and I have a Master’s in Adult and Continuing Education, I am interested in how organizations develop their …

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SEA Professional Development Week: Marina Byrd on Skills Graduate Students Should Develop Before Entering the Evaluation Field

My name is Marina Byrd, analyst with the Florida Legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) and program co-chair for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA). I started my evaluation career with OPPAGA after graduating with a Master’s of Public Policy from the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University …

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SEA Professional Development Week: Dr. Michelle Chandrasekhar on Increasing the Utility of an Evaluation

My name is Dr. Michelle Chandrasekhar and I am an Independent Evaluation Consultant and serve as Board Secretary for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA). From my work in higher education and state government, I’ve often walked into situations where trust and transparency issues are present, in particular, when my work is part an organizational change …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Elizabeth Williams on Is Cultural Competence Enough?

I am Elizabeth Williams, assistant professor in the Department of Public Health, Health Administration and Health Sciences at Tennessee State University. As a scholar/practitioner of color who teaches emerging public health leaders and works as a health equity researcher, I think a lot about cultural competence and what it means in research and practice. In …

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MSI Fellowship Week: José Muñoz on Seeing Cultural Competency as a Sociologist

Hello, I’m José Muñoz. I am an Assistant Professor in my fifth year in the Department of Sociology at California State University, San Bernardino where I regularly teach Sociological Theory, Qualitative Research, and Latino Health. I am part of the 2014-2015 MSI AEA Fellowship Program. From our AEA fellowship project I have learned that on the practical …

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