Hello, my name is Salvatore Alaimo and I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Public, Nonprofit and Health Administration at Grand Valley State University. I would like to share some tips on the evaluator’s role in evaluation capacity building with nonprofit organizations. Evaluation Capacity Building (ECB) continues to gain momentum in the literature …
My name is Melanie Hwalek and I am the founder and CEO of SPEC Associates, a nonprofit organization with a national reach based in downtown Detroit, Michigan. I have been practicing the art of program evaluation for about 30 years. Our clients range from tiny grassroots organizations to major national nonprofits and foundations. 2014 Update: I’ve now been …
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My name is John LaVelle, I am an advanced graduate student at Claremont Graduate University. When I worked as the Jobs Coordinator for my department, I would encourage the students to develop a personal statement about evaluation. This is important because when they would go to interviews, they would often be asked to describe their understanding …
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Hi, my name is Nicole Vicinanza and I’m a Senior Research Associate with JBS International, a consulting firm. In my consulting work, one of my roles is to provide technical assistance in evaluation to community based organizations, government programs and service providers whose primary job is not evaluation. Hot Tip: How do you explain random sampling to folks …
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My name is Cassandra O’Neill and I’ve been a consultant for the past 10 years. I’m a member of a network of consultants and coaches called Wholonomy Consulting. I’m also the President-Elect for the Arizona Evaluation Network and a member of the AEA Local Affiliate Council. A theme in my work is using effective engagement for high …
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Hello evaluators, my name is Dan McDonnell and I am a Community Manager for the American Evaluation Association (AEA). AEA365 recently had a small technological blip, which resulted in about a dozen posts not being emailed out to subscribers in early January. On behalf of AEA365, I want to offer our readers an apology for …
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Hi, my name is Pei-Pei Lei. I’m a survey research analyst in the Center for Health Policy and Research’s Office of Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. As colleagues Michelle Landry and Judy Savageau pointed out in their earlier AEA365 blog on Project Management, Microsoft Office provides some options for no/low cost …
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Greetings, I am Dawn Henderson, a faculty member in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Winston-Salem State University and a Research Associate at the Center for Community Safety. Program evaluation is a major component of the work that I do and, recently, I have been struggling with the concept of culturally responsive evaluation (CRE). Much …
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My name is Lars Balzer, I am head of the Evaluation Unit at the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) and also responsible for the Evaluation Portal. Congresses, conferences, workshops, lectures, and continuing education programs are excellent opportunities to learn new things about evaluation, discuss interesting topics and exchange ideas with colleagues. …
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My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. In addition to my usual evaluation contracts, I deliver regular webinars on evaluation topics, Twitter weekly at @EvaluationMaven, and co-host the monthly evaluation podcast, Adventures in Evaluation along with my colleague @JamesWCoyle. Logic models (logical frameworks, …
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