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Summer Evaluation Institute Attendees on Low-cost No-cost Tools for Evaluators Part I

2 Comments / Uncategorized / June 14, 2011 June 14, 2011

At the AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute, over 150 attendees went to a session on Low-cost/No-cost Tools for Evaluators. Here are some of the great ideas recommended from the audience: Prezi: Prezi is presentation software that zooms around your presentation content (yes – truly zooms, you sort of have to see it to get it, go …

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John Fallowsmith on Loving Firefox and Foxy Add-ons

1 Comment / Uncategorized / June 13, 2011 June 13, 2011

My name is John Fallowsmith and I’m a Firefox lover. I’ve tried not to be so attached to my foxy little friend, but I can’t help it. Each time I stray elsewhere, I come back to her open arms, her many talents making any other browser seem limited and limiting. Lesson Learned: Firefox is a …

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Susan Kistler on Evaluation Job Banks

2 Comments / Uncategorized / June 11, 2011 June 10, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler. I’m the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association, and I contribute each Saturday’s post to aea365. It’s spring – time for graduation and new beginnings. Are you searching for positions in evaluation? Here are three places to begin the hunt. Rad Resource – AEA Career Center: This is your …

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Sharon Jones-Viera on Finding the aea365 Archive

1 Comment / Uncategorized / June 3, 2011 June 3, 2011

I’m Sharon Jones-Viera and I subscribed to aea365 back in March. I’m hooked. And, I didn’t know that there was lots more to be had. Hot Tip: There are over 500 past daily alerts in the aea365 archive. I didn’t realize this. I signed up to get aea365 via email and was happy to have …

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LaMarcus Bolton on Online Security

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 31, 2011 May 30, 2011

My name is LaMarcus Bolton, and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Technology Director, as well as a doctoral student in Industrial-Organization Psychology. The majority of us use computers and the Internet on a regular basis for our work and personal lives. However, with the dependence on such technologies comes great risks to our data. …

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Susan Kistler on Evaluating the Zombie Apocalypse

4 Comments / Uncategorized / May 21, 2011 May 20, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. Our Institute partners at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) were kind enough to release this week preparedness guidelines for the Zombie Apocalypse, including: Identify the types of emergencies that are possible in your area. Besides a zombie apocalypse, this may …

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Scribing: Vidhya Shanker on Lessons Learned from Evaluation Leaders

2 Comments / Uncategorized / May 15, 2011 May 15, 2011

This is Vidhya Shanker, a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota. At Evaluation 2010, I served as a scribe for Roundtable Presentation 111, Maximizing Our Collective Talent: Conversations with Senior Evaluators, which brought evaluation leaders together with novice and mid-career evaluators to engage in evaluation discourse around 8 different issue tables. I chose it …

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Susan Kistler on How to Win a Book by Identifying the Essence of Evaluation

28 Comments / Uncategorized / May 14, 2011 May 14, 2011

I am Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director. After my junior year in high school, I attended a short summer program in between working 50 hours weeks at a health food restaurant. The restaurant t-shirts read “Something Natural…and Something Else” on a sea of earthy green. The summer program searched for something similarly pithy. After a …

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Susan Kistler on Thinking Evaluatively in Your Everyday Life

1 Comment / Uncategorized / April 23, 2011 April 23, 2011

Good afternoon! Susan Kistler here, AEA’s Executive Director and regular Saturday contributor. I’m posting a little later in the day than usual for those who receive aea365 in real time. Why? On Friday, my husband and I finally completed the purchase of a small cottage in Provincetown on Cape Cod. We’ve been looking for a …

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Susan Kistler on Conference Proposal Submission

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 12, 2011 March 14, 2011

Susan Kistler here, AEA’s Executive Director. It’s Saturday, March 12, 2010 and I have a question. How is your conference proposal coming for Evaluation 2011? I can’t wait to see everyone in November in Anaheim! Hot Tip: Go ahead, submit a proposal. It is a great way to share what you have learned about evaluation …

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