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CASNET Week: Frances Lawrenz and Amy Grack Nelson on What Do You Do When IRB Approvals Differ?

This is Frances Lawrenz and Amy Grack Nelson from University of Minnesota; Amy also works at the Science Museum of Minnesota. We’re part of the Complex Adaptive Systems as a Model for Network Evaluations (CASNET) research project, which has involved observing, interviewing, audio recording and collecting artifacts about adult participants in the NSF-funded Nanoscale Informal …

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CASNET Week: Jean King, Frances Lawrenz, and Elizabeth Kunz Kollmann on Taking Advantage of Insider/Outsider Perspectives in Evaluation Research

We’re Jean King and Frances Lawrenz (University of Minnesota) and Elizabeth Kunz Kollmann (Museum of Science, Boston), members of a research team studying the use of concepts from complexity theory to understand evaluation capacity building (ECB) in networks. We purposefully designed the Complex Adaptive Systems as a Model for Network Evaluations (CASNET) case study research …

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CASNET Week: Sarah Cohn and Scott Pattison on Team-Based Inquiry

Sarah Cohn, Science Museum of Minnesota, and Scott Pattison, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, here, members of the CASNET research team. Together we led NISE Net’s evaluation capacity building (ECB) initiative, Team-Based Inquiry (TBI), “. . . a practical approach to empowering education professionals to get the data they need, when they need it, …

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Sheila B Robinson on Spreading Your Wings and Registering for Evaluation 2015!

Happy Fall loyal readers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a reminder to register early for Evaluation 2015. Hot Tip: Be an early bird! Register now. If you are planning to attend Evaluation 2015, the American Evaluation Association’s Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois this November, and have not yet done so, register …

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LAWG Week: Gabriela Garcia and Rebecca Teasdale on Chicago for Students and Evaluators on a Budget

Hello! We are Gabriela Garcia and Rebecca Teasdale, two Chicagoans who are also doctoral students in Educational Psychology specializing in program evaluation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We want to take this opportunity to not only welcome all graduate students who will be attending the AEA conference this fall, but to also share …

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LAWG Week: John Ridings on Social Justice and Non Profit Evaluation

Hello, my name is John Ridings and I’m a member of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association (CEA), along with being IRB Chair and faculty at the Institute for Clinical Social Work here in Chicago. Over the past 10 years, I’ve had the distinct privilege of serving as evaluation director for two of the largest providers of …

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LAWG Week: Juda Viola on Chicago’s Culture of Evaluation Capacity Building

Greetings. My name is Judah Viola. I am a community psychologist, long time member of the Chicago Evaluation Association, and Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Advancement at National Louis University in Chicago. My evaluation experiences are separated into the two distinct settings in which I work: 1) institutional work within universities and …

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LAWG Week: Andrew Means on Data that Makes Chicago Great

Hello, American Evaluation Association and prospective Evaluation 2015 attendees. My name is Andrew Means and I’m writing as the co-founder of the Impact Lab which works with clients to solve big government problems using data, strategy, and analysis. I am passionate about increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the social sector. Lesson Learned: Two of …

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LAWG Week: Jennifer Greene on Context of evaluation, and the evaluator as part of the context

Hello, evaluation colleagues! I am Jennifer Greene, a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, just a short trip on I-57 through the corn and soybean fields due south of Chicago. The Department of Educational Psychology has long been the home of evaluation at Illinois (for close to half a century, thanks …

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LAWG Week: Dominica McBride and Leah C. Neubauer on Chicago From All Sides

Hi, we are Dominica McBride and Leah C. Neubauer, members of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association and the Local Affiliate Working Group. This LAWG week includes posts designed to be real about our city, share local evaluator insights, and continue to build conference excitement! Lessons Learned: Chicago is an amazing city filled with rich history, beautiful …

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