I am Jackson Hille, the Content Associate for FormSwift, a SF-based startup that helps organizations, entrepreneurs, and businesses go paperless. Recently, for a work project, I had to evaluate the current strengths and weaknesses of our content campaigns, and also decide what content avenues present our greatest opportunities and our greatest threats. As a professional …
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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 ongoing quality improvement (QI) efforts to enhance our services for people with disabilities especially during times of major change or crisis. It hit home …
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Greetings! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Recently, Sara Vaca shared her 3 most remarkable evaluation moments and challenged the rest of us to share ours, so here are my 3 moments! Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments. – Rose Kennedy 1. Program evalu-what? My doctoral work in Educational …
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I am Tom Wolff, independent consultant with Tom Wolff & Associates. A recent Boston Globe article, “Trials aim to keep recurring patients from hospitalization” by Sabrina Tavernise, described the work of the $10 billion Innovation Center that is part of the Affordable Care Act. As they attempt to manage the most expensive patients the article …
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¡Hola! from Kirsten Büchner of Insight Evaluation Services in Fairfax, Virginia. I am a bilingual evaluation consultant working with museums and informal learning organizations in the cultural sector. As a native Spanish speaker, I get asked to participate on projects that have components designed for Spanish-speaking audiences, so part of my job includes making sure …
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Hello! I’m Siobhan Cooney, an internal evaluator at the College Board and member of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society’s Board of Directors. In this post I share information on one of my favorite features of Excel – the RAND function – and how it can be used in a random selection process. Evaluators at times …
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I am Rebecca Reznik-Zellen from the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In my work, Open Access (OA) is an issue that I encounter regularly. But OA is becoming a familiar term to many. We hear it from publishers, funders, and research institutions about scientific and scholarly publication. For some, OA …
Hi, I’m Nora F. Murphy, a developmental evaluator deeply committed to social justice. I recently attended the Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute (MESI) Spring Training and Donna Mertens’ workshop on Weaving Social Justice and Evaluation Together. Stimulated by the concepts and conversations I have been reflecting on how social justice appears in my practice and had the …
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My name is Michael Quinn Patton and I am an independent evaluation consultant based in Minnesota but working worldwide. I have had the honor and privilege of participating in and presenting at every Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute since it began 20 years ago. A lot has changed in evaluation over the last two decades but …
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Hi everyone! Liz Zadnik here, aea365 Outreach Coordinator and occasional Saturday poster. Today I’d like to chat about a few people who have shaped the way I approach and appreciate evaluation. Lesson Learned: Feminism is for everybody (…thanks bell hooks). “The soul of our politics is the commitment to ending domination.” I carry this message …
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