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Dan McDonnell on Learning More About Your Twitter Community with FollowerWonk

1 Comment / Uncategorized / July 26, 2014 July 26, 2014

Hello, my name is Dan McDonnell and I am a Community Manager at the American Evaluation Association (AEA). If you’re a frequent Twitter user, you’re probably familiar with Twitter’s ‘Who to Follow’ feature – a widget in the right sidebar that ‘suggests’ Twitter users for you to follow, based on your profile and following list. If …

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Sheila B Robinson on EvalYear: A Taste of 2015 and a bit of Alphabet Soup to Whet Your Appetite

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 19, 2014 July 19, 2014

Good morning! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. I love to share evaluation news and, ever the teacher, I look for opportunities to educate aea365 readers. Today’s lesson is about EvalYear, the International Year of Evaluation. If you haven’t yet heard about this, it’s time to get reading! In October 2013 …

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LAWG WEEK: Michelle Slattery on the Need for Evaluators in Problem Solving Courts

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 17, 2014 July 12, 2014

Greetings from Colorado! I am Michelle Slattery, President and founder of Peak Research, a consulting firm specializing in program evaluation and STEM research, and evaluator for the 4th Judicial District Veteran Trauma Court at University of Colorado – Colorado Springs Trauma, Health & Hazards Center. I am writing about the need for evaluators in problem …

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LAWG Week: Laureen Trainer on Enjoying Evaluation in the Moment

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 16, 2014 July 12, 2014

My name is Laureen Trainer and in January I became Principal of Trainer Evaluation in Denver; to say the past six months have been a mixture of excitement and terror would be an understatement. But, the good news is that I love the decision to start my own business and I’m excited to begin the …

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LAWG Week: Marley Steele-Inama on Collaboratively Building Evaluation Capacity

1 Comment / Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Uncategorized / July 14, 2014 July 12, 2014

My name is Marley Steele-Inama, and I manage Audience Research and Evaluation at Denver Zoo. The Local Arrangement Working Group’s (LAWG) is excited to share with you the great evaluation work taking place in Colorado, as well as give you advice for making the most of Evaluation 2014 in Denver. Coloradoans are very proud of …

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LAWG Week: Antonio Olmos, Stephanie Fuentes, and Sheila Arens on Welcoming You to LAWG Week and Inviting You to Come to Evaluation 2014 in Denver this October

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 13, 2014 July 12, 2014

We are Antonio Olmos, Stephanie Fuentes, and Sheila Arens of the Colorado Evaluation Network (COEN), the local chapter of AEA. Welcome to the Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week. We look forward to your visit to Denver this October for Evaluation 2014. We are working hard with AEA to plan a great event for you …

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Cultural Competence Week: Lisa Aponte-Soto and Leah Neubauer on Culturally Responsive Evaluation 101

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 11, 2014 July 5, 2014

We are Lisa Aponte-Soto and Leah Christina Neubauer, members of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation (The Statement) Dissemination Working Group. Aponte-Soto teaches at DePaul University, and is an independent consultant. Neubauer is based in DePaul’s MPH Program. The Statement reminds us that cultural competence is essential to all evaluation theory and …

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Cultural Competence Week: Osman Ozturgut on Integrating Cultural Competency into Teaching Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 10, 2014 July 5, 2014

Hi! My name is Osman Ozturgut. I am an assistant professor of doctoral studies at the University of the Incarnate Word. I have been teaching about culture and evaluation for some time now and I wanted to share my experiences. Lesson Learned: Learning cannot happen unless we understand the social, cultural, economic, educational, and political …

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Cultural Competence Week: Asma Ali and Anthony Heard on Beyond the Findings: Reflections on the Culturally Competent Evaluator’s Role

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 9, 2014 July 5, 2014

Asma Ali and Anthony Heard, Professional Development Committee co-chairs for the Chicagoland Evaluation Association (CEA), say “Hello!” from the Windy City. CEA’s professional development presentations in 2014 have focused on various strategies employed by professional evaluators to work with their clients and stakeholders. Defining “culture” to include environmental context, attendees agreed that evaluators have a …

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