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Kylie Hutchinson on the Top 10 Reasons Why I’m Glad I’m an Evaluator

4 Comments / Uncategorized / August 26, 2011 August 18, 2011

My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. I frequently teach workshops on evaluation and occasionally facilitate the Canadian Evaluation Society’s Essential Skills Series course. I am also a regular workshop presenter at AEA conferences and eStudy Webinars. I also Twitter weekly at @EvaluationMaven. …

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Yusuf Nazim on Evaluation Videos from the Evaluation Center

1 Comment / Uncategorized / August 21, 2011 August 21, 2011

My name is Yusuf Nazim and I am learning about evaluation from aea365 and from people around the world. I wanted to share today a resource that I have found very valuable. Rad Resource – The Evaluation Center Videos on Vimeo: The site says “Lively discussions, engaging debates, and dynamic presentations about evaluation over the …

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Susan Kistler on Content Curation Part III: Seeking Reviewers and Curators

3 Comments / Uncategorized / August 20, 2011 August 21, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. This is the last in a short aea365 series on content curation. Thursday: Content Curation for Evaluators Friday: Comparing Content Curation Tools Saturday: Participating in our Content Curation ProjectT Thursday focused on how evaluators (researchers, professionals, students, others) can use content …

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Susan Kistler on Content Curation Part II: Comparing Curation Tools Using the Same Content Items

4 Comments / Uncategorized / August 19, 2011 August 27, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. This week, I’m running a short series on content curation: Thursday: Content Curation for Evaluators Friday: Comparing Content Curation Tools Saturday: Participating in our Content Curation Project I’m in search of tools that may be leveraged by evaluators in their own …

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Susan Kistler on Content Curation Part I: Five ways to leverage content curation

4 Comments / Uncategorized / August 18, 2011 August 20, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler and I am AEA’s Executive Director. I normally post each Saturday, but this week, I wanted to create a short series to kick off a project: Thursday: Content Curation for Evaluators Friday: Comparing Content Curation Tools Saturday: Participating in our Content Curation Project Content Curation “describes the act of finding, …

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Karen Shepherd on Resolutions for Fall

3 Comments / Uncategorized / August 16, 2011 August 16, 2011

My name is Karen Shepherd and I have had a wonderful summer. I went to Europe, visited with friends, read a trashy novel, and learned to make gazpacho. But September is coming and I need to recommit and refocus. I know that lots of people make New Year’s resolutions; but for me, the timing is …

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Susan Kistler on Handouts from the 2011 AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute

4 Comments / Uncategorized / August 13, 2011 August 16, 2011

I am Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director, and the aea365 contributor for each Saturday. Today, I want to share with you items in the AEA Public eLibrary from a selection of sessions at the 2011 AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute. These are handouts and slides from the 40+ workshops, pre-Institute day-long trainings, and keynotes offered this …

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Pedro Mateu on Evaluation Meta-analysis

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 8, 2011 August 8, 2011

Hello, my name is Pedro Mateu and I am a second year student in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program at Western Michigan University. During last spring I learnt how to do meta-analyses as a part of the program’s core courses. Therefore I would like to share with you some lessons learned. Hot Tip: First …

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Irene Marconi on 10 Great Twitter Feeds for Evaluators

3 Comments / Uncategorized / August 7, 2011 August 7, 2011

Welcome fellow researchers! My name is Irene Marconi and I recently began using Twitter as part of my own professional learning to create a specialized listing for myself consisting of just people who tend to share items that I want to learn more about. I am sharing below my list of those that are related …

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Susan Kistler on the Evaluation 2011 Conference Program and Curate.us

1 Comment / Uncategorized / August 6, 2011 August 4, 2011

I am Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director, and this week I’m posting about two completely separate things: On the one hand, I want to tell you about the AEA conference program and on the other hand, I’m trying out curate.us. Rad Resource – Evaluation 2011 Searchable Conference Program: This highly searchable online program is a …

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