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Linda Scheu and Angela Baldasare on Using Good Presentation Principles to Increase Potential Impact

Good Day! We are Linda Scheu and Angela Baldasare, evaluation and assessment professionals working in higher education, at the University of Arizona. One of the things we have learned in our combined 20 years of experience in evaluation/assessment work is in the evaluation process planning, collecting, and analyzing the data are almost equally paramount. However, …

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Susan Kistler on Welcoming Sheila Robinson and Contributing to aea365

I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. So, what I am doing here on this fine Monday? On Saturday, I had to share the Evaluation 2013 Call for Proposals, but I had another piece of news to spread the word about as well. Sheila B. Robinson will …

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Susan Kistler on the Evaluation 2013 AEA Annual Conference Call for Proposals

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director for the American Evaluation Association. I contribute each Saturday’s post to aea365. One of my favorite components of my work with AEA is the opportunity to read the proposals for the annual conference as they are submitted. It is a bit like being the …

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Kathy Bolland on EVALTALK

I am Kathy Bolland, charter member of the American Evaluation Association (AEA), and “owner” of EVALTALK. My primary professional identity is evaluator although now my primary responsibilities are in research, education, and administration. Rad Resource: EVALTALK. Evaltalk is an electronic discussion “list” sponsored by AEA. Subscribers need not be AEA members. In 1995, during the …

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Eva Bazant and Vandana Tripathi on Using Observation to Evaluate Performance

Hi, we’re Eva Bazant, evaluation staff at Jhpiego, and Vandana Tripathi, consultant to global public health programs. Jhpiego is an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, working to improve maternal, newborn and child health globally. In many sectors, such as education, observations are used for professional evaluation. We are sharing lessons learned from …

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Bloggers Series: Fatima Frank on Chronicling Impact

Hello, my name is Fatima Frank. I am the Evaluation Specialist for evalû, a small consulting firm that focuses exclusively on rigorous evaluations of social and economic development initiatives. We champion impact evaluation that maintains academic rigor but is based entirely on our clients’ need to improve strategic and operational effectiveness and increase profitability. Rad …

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Susan Kistler on Thanking the aea365 Community

My name is Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and I’m posting a bonus contribution this week. This is the perfect time to reflect and thank all of those who have made 2012 a banner year for aea365. Lesson Learned – Leadership Is Key: This year, June Gothberg served as the lead curator …

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Susan Kistler on a New Excel Learning Resource Customized for Evaluators

My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Back in May of 2011, Alex da Silva wrote a great aea365 post on Expanding Your Capacity With Microsoft Excel, suggesting resources for beginner, intermediate, and advanced Excel users. Today, I have something new to add to …

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Jan Losby and Anne Wetmore on Likert Scales—Odd or Even?

We are Jan Losby (a CDC employee) and Anne Wetmore (a former ORISE Fellow at CDC), members of the Evaluation and Program Effectiveness Team in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Inevitably when you start creating a survey and you are using a Likert …

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Susan Kistler on Getting Involved With aea365

Hello aea365! My name is Susan Kistler, I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Today, I’m going to write briefly about ways to get a bit more involved with aea365. Hot Tip – Share Your Favorite aea365 Posts: We regularly receive questions about whether the content on aea365 may …

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