Hi! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365 Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. We all know (I hope!) the four basic Program Evaluation Standards – utility feasibility, propriety, and accuracy. Not familiar? You may want to start by reading this. These standards sound simple enough, right? Wrong! Turns out, there is a lot to know in …
Hi! I’m Mallory Johnson, an Evaluation Specialist with the UC Davis Schools of Health Evaluation Unit. Have you been frustrated by webpages that allow you to view data in a browser, but don’t have export or download functions? Government websites in particular often post useful evaluation information in useless formats. After all, that table is …
Hi I’m Pat Campbell, president of Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc. A couple of years ago, Eric Jolly, president of the Science Museum of Minnesota and I were wondering why, with so many evaluations of so many programs, we didn’t know more about “what works, for whom in what context”. Our conclusion—rigor is not enough. Even the …
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I’m Nicole Vicinanza, a Senior Research Associate at JBS International, and a member of the AEA Board. As part of our work on the board, we seek input from AEA members and other stakeholders so that we can establish policies that help AEA as an association better succeed in our mission, attain our vision and …
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I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. You’ve probably read about AEA’s LinkedIn page for fabulous free discussion about anything evaluation. Today, I want to highlight one particular discussion that has sparked a good deal of participation from a diverse group of evaluators. Terminology has always been a sticky point for …
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My name is Dan McDonnell, and I am a Community Manager at the American Evaluation Association.
If you couldn’t already tell, I am a huge fan of Twitter, both personally and professionally. Whether I’m analyzing the latest set of #eval tweets, seeking new craft beer releases, or making connections with new people who share my similar interests, I am logged into Twitter 365 days a year. I am constantly learning new, interesting ways to get great data out of Twitter, and to better engage with my fellow Tweeters. In this post, I’ll outline five short tips you can add to your bag of Twitter tricks, and help you on your road towards becoming a Twitter Power User.
Hi! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Today, I want to remind you about a fabulous resource for evaluation-related content – the AEA Public eLibrary. I’ve always been impressed with this organization’s generous offering of evaluation resources to members and non-members alike, and the Public eLibrary is one of my …
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Hello, we are Rupu Gupta, Dominica McBride and Leah C. Neubauer, members of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence Dissemination Working Group. At AEA 2013, we participated in the Birds of a Feather session Critical Self-Reflection and Cultural Competence: From Theory to Practice with five others to learn from each other’s experiences in evaluation settings. We’d like to share some …
Hey there! I’m Stephanie Evergreen, AEA’s eLearning Initiatives Director and the lead of the Potent Presentations Initiative. We merged those two things in a project to revamp five slides from five of AEA’s eStudy presenters. This month I’ll share the reboot we did to Michael Quinn Patton’s slides.
Hi! My name is Kim Firth Leonard (@KimFLeonard). I have been working in program evaluation and/or higher education assessment for about as long as Twitter has been around, but only joined the fray about a year ago. I believe Twitter can be a rich professional development resource – this post is meant to help fellow …
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