My name is Susan Kistler. I’m AEA’s Executive Director and I contribute each Saturday’s aea365 post. Last week, I attended an unconference on Data Visualization hosted by tech@state, a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of eDiplomacy. Both the format and the content proved to be transformative. First, let’s talk format – in …
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My name is Susan Kistler. I serve as the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and I provide each Saturday’s post for aea365. Rad Resource: This week, I am reading Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. It is a paean to monitoring if not evaluation. Gawande weaves a tale of how checklists …
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My name is Penny Black and I am a Public Health Program Evaluator at the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute. As an evaluator, I am often called upon to present or facilitate discussions of evaluation results. Rad Resource – Prezi: For years, the presentation tool standard has been Microsoft PowerPoint. I have recently begun …
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My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and contributor of each Saturday’s aea365 post. I grew up on an island, spent months in a car touring Mexico, lived in a nurse’s dormitory while teaching statistics in Hong Kong, and have visited what certainly must be the most unique sculpture …
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My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and contributor of each Saturday’s aea365. Today, I’m going to continue with our short series on online surveying. Here are the posts to date: 7/13: Corinne Poth on Skip Logic for Online Surveys 7/2: Susan Kistler on Formatting Categorical and Multiple Choice …
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My name is Raeal Moore and I am past member-at-large for the Ohio Program Evaluators’ Group (OPEG). I am always thinking of ways in which I can become more involved – especially locally – with colleagues who share an interest in evaluation and research. As a way to get myself “out there” I ran for …
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My name is Rachel Holbert, and I am the Secretary of OPEG, the Ohio Program Evaluators’ Group. Our AEA affiliate organization began with a Code of Regulations in 1980. Over time, the Board revised the Code, and added policy statements a nearly identical set of Bylaws as governing documents. Updating this unwieldy mess began a …
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My name is Tucker Handley, and I am the treasurer of the Ohio Program Evaluators’ Group (OPEG). I was approached by the OPEG board to serve as treasurer. Despite some initial reluctance, I accepted the position and have grown to enjoy the opportunity to work and interact with evaluation professionals throughout the state. OPEG holds …
I am Sheri Chaney Jones, president of Measurement Resources Company and a Member at Large for the Ohio Program Evaluators’ Group (OPEG). As an independent evaluator with a passion for data-driven decision making, I desire to network with other evaluators and those that could benefit from evaluation. One way I do this is by staying …
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I am Brenda Peters and I am a volunteer Member at Large on the board of the Ohio Program Evaluators’ Group (OPEG). Working with our fabulous board to support colleagues in the region is rewarding, even when tasks seem challenging. In case others might be thinking of trying to assemble or reinvigorate a regional association …
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