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Susan Kistler on Submitting a Conference Proposal for Evaluation 2012

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 10, 2012 April 3, 2012

I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and regularly aea365 Saturday contributor. AEA has a few major milestones each year and one is coming up this Friday, March 16 – the deadline for proposal submissions for Evaluation 2012, our annual conference. Evaluation 2012 will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from October 24-27. …

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Susan Kistler on Examining AEA’s LinkedIn Stats Dashboard

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 3, 2012 April 3, 2012

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. AEA has a vibrant community on AEA’s LinkedIn Group, open to members and nonmembers alike. We wanted to take a look at the change in subscribers over time and to learn more about the group’s composition. …

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DVR Week: Stephanie Evergreen on What To Do When You’ve Got It Bad for DVR

Oh, hi. I’m Stephanie Evergreen and I’m in love with data visualization and reporting (DVR). I blog about DVR, I tweet about DVR, and sometimes I even dream about DVR. I was in love with DVR at first sight so I’m here to tell you what you can do when you realize you, too, have …

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Susan Kistler on Joining AEA

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / February 18, 2012 April 3, 2012

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. Once each year I write explicitly to those of you who are not AEA members in hopes of encouraging you to join the association. Hot Tip – Join AEA: Membership in AEA is only $80 per year, $60 if your primary membership is with the Canadian …

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Bloggers Series: Steve Gill on The Performance Improvement Blog

3 Comments / Uncategorized / February 16, 2012 December 16, 2011

I’m Steve Gill, a long-time, independent consultant living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I’ve been a mental health therapist, community mental health worker, university professor, program evaluator, small business owner, employee training and development specialist, strategic planner, and management/leadership consultant. Rad Resource – The Performance Improvement Blog: This is my blog. I post once a week …

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Susan Kistler on The Future of Evaluation: 5 Predictions (building on 10 others!)

10 Comments / Uncategorized / February 4, 2012 April 3, 2012

I’m Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director, and this week John Gargani reflected on what evaluation might look like in 10 years (go ahead, click away – it’s worth a read – but come back!). Lessons [to be] Learned looking into a hazy crystal ball for what evaluation might look like 10 years hence, I wanted …

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Catherine (Brehm) Rain on Grasshopper Moments: The Kung-Fu Masters of Process Evaluation

3 Comments / Health Evaluation, Theories of Evaluation, Uncategorized / February 1, 2012 April 3, 2012

I’m Catherine (Brehm) Rain of Rain and Brehm Consulting Group, Inc., an independent research and evaluation firm in Rockledge, Florida. I specialize in Process Evaluation, which answers the questions Who, What, When, Where and How in support of the Outcome Evaluation. Field evaluations occur in chaotic environments where change is a constant. Documenting and managing …

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Susan Kistler on Learning From Evaluation Bloggers

1 Comment / Uncategorized / January 28, 2012 January 28, 2012

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365 Saturday contributor. Thanks to all who are contributing to our evaluation bloggers series. We started in December and will be including one week each month from evaluators who blog. So far, we’re all the way through the April week and just beginning to fill …

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Susan Kistler on Seeking an aea365 Intern

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 21, 2012 January 15, 2012

I am Susan Kistler, The American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and aea365’s ongoing Saturday contributor. Hot Tip: We’re looking for an aea365 intern! The aea365 intern is responsible for: Recruiting contributors – send invitations, work with leaders of sponsoring groups Shepherding contributors – send reminders, ask questions, give thanks Providing final copyediting – copyedit and …

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Susan Kistler on Tracking aea365 Growth

6 Comments / Uncategorized / January 14, 2012 January 14, 2012

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and I post each Saturday to aea365. On January 1, 2010, we started aea365 with three subscribers – myself, John LaVelle our intrepid intern responsible for overseeing aea365 startup, and a relative who shall remain unnamed but wanted to support our efforts. In the first few …

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