Hello and kia ora, folks! I’m Jane Davidson, and I’m one of the pre-conference workshop facilitators at this year’s AEA conference in Washington DC. Right now I just wrapped up Day 1 of a 2-day workshop called Actionable Evaluation: Getting succinct answers to the most important questions. Wow, we have great group in there, and …
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Greetings. My name is Michael Quinn Patton and I’ve been conducting pre-conference workshops every year since the American Evaluation Association (AEA) was established. (Well, I did miss 1989 when the earthquake in San Francisco led to canceling the workshops.) Over the years I’ve found that the participants in my workshops are increasingly from all over …
Hi, I’m Beverly Parsons, the American Evaluation Association President for 2014. I’m excited as we approach our 2013 conference. I know we will come away informed and inspired. The AEA365 team asked me to share ideas about how this year’s conference can serve as a springboard for preparing for next year’s conference on Visionary Evaluation …
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Hi, We are Teresa Doksum and Sean Owen, from the Abt Associates Institutional Review Board (IRB). Teresa is a health services researcher and IRB Chair. Sean is an information security expert and Director of Abt’s Client Cybersecurity Center. We review large-scale evaluations of government programs in the fields of health, education, social policy, housing, and …
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Hi my name is Danielle Hegseth from the Improve Group. In the fall of 2012 I was fresh out of grad school and still green in my role as a research analyst. During my short time in the field I had quickly gained experience with the ups and downs of meeting the needs of clients …
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Greetings! We are Joseph Curiel and Kirsten Rewey, evaluators with ACET, Inc., an evaluation firm in Minneapolis, MN. We both presented at Eval2012 and would like to share our thoughts on attending Eval2013. Rad Resource: Your smart phone or computer can be your best friend during the conference. It can help you find Eval2013 presentations …
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Hello fellow evaluators! My name is Leah Hakkola and I am pursuing a doctoral degree in organizational leadership, policy and development at the University of Minnesota. After attending AEA for the first time last year, I have some tips I would like share with you to improve your experience in 2013. Hot Tip 1: Go …
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Greeting from Minneapolis, Minnesota! This is Melissa Chapman Haynes and Traci Capesius. We are program evaluators at Professional Data Analysts, Inc., where we specialize in the evaluation of public health programs, particularly tobacco control and obesity. A big highlight from AEA’s 2012 meeting was diving into the unknown by facilitating a brown bag exchange titled, …
Hi! My name is Angie Ficek and I am a program evaluator at Professional Data Analysts, Inc., a small firm in Minneapolis, MN specializing in public health evaluation. At least year’s AEA conference I had the great pleasure of attending Stephanie Evergreen’s session on presentation message, sponsored by AEA’s Potent Presentations Initiative (p2i). The session …
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My name is Leah Goldstein Moses, founder and CEO of the Improve Group. As a lifelong learner and cheerleader for evaluation, I was completely geeked out when I learned that the 2012 AEA conference was going to be right in my city. And as the leader of a growing team of evaluators, I knew I …
