Hello, so nice to virtually meet you! My name is Jill Brown (she/her) and I am a research and evaluation scientist with a passion for using data analysis and clear communication to inspire change. As evaluators, we both know how important it is to report clear and actionable findings. We want our stakeholders to use …
Hi again, I’m Dominica McBride, Founder and CEO of Become: Center for Community Engagement and Social Change. A few weeks ago, I wrote a tip on the importance of cultural competence. I wrote on the perpetual sociopolitical dilemmas we face as a society. Today, I’m providing a way to contribute to alleviating these issues. Start …
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Hi folks! I’m JT Taylor, Director of Research and Evaluation at Learning for Action (LFA), and I’m here with my colleague Emily Drake, Senior Consultant and Director of Portfolio Alignment. LFA is a San Francisco-based firm that enhances the impact and sustainability of social sector organizations through evaluation, research, strategy development, and capacity-building services. Emily …
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Hello everyone. I’m Miranda Lee, and I am a project manager here at the Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University. My colleague Michael Maranda and I would like to talk to you about conducting evaluations of programs when the client agency has requirements to use evidence-based interventions (EBIs). Major issues The first thing to know …
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Hello, I am Jaideep Visave, part of a team of passionate evaluators who are concerned about our planet. If you are interested in evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to combat climate change problems, then this blogpost is for you. Our team is led by Scott Chaplowe and Adam Hejnowicz. Through “Transformations Conference 2021: Enabling …
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I’m Tamara Young, an associate professor in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis at North Carolina State University. Today, I’m sharing a heuristic I use with students to help them generate a comprehensive list of potential areas of focus for an implementation evaluation (of course, with the understanding that stakeholders, preferable primary intended users, ultimately select the focus). …
Happy weekend! My name is Elizabeth DiLuzio, volunteer curator for AEA365. About a month ago, a friend and former colleague reached out with “some good news and some bad news”. The good news: she was recently promoted to Director of HR at her company. The bad news: she wanted some free consulting services. Her first …
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Hello! We are Tyler Clark, Joy Alcantara, Omodolapo Somo-Aina, and J.R. Moller, graduate students in the UNC Greensboro Educational Research Methodology department program evaluation track. We participate in the STEM Program Evaluation Lab (SPEL) under the direction of Drs. Ayesha Boyce, Aileen Reid, and Tiffany Tovey. In this lab, we: 1) outline our community commitments/values …
Hello! We are Adeyemo Adetogun, Onyinyechukwu Onwuka, and Grettel Arias Orozco, three international doctoral students from Nigeria and Costa Rica, and members of the STEM Program Evaluation Laboratory (SPEL) at UNC Greensboro (UNCG). We like to share with you some of our perspectives on multiculturalism as part of our research and evaluation assistantship in the …
We are Christopher Hall, Brianna Hooks Singletary, Charity Odetola, and Sara Stephenson, doctoral and masters students in the UNC Greensboro Educational Research Methodology department specializing in Program Evaluation. We are members of the STEM Program Evaluation Lab (SPEL) under the tutelage of Drs. Ayesha Boyce, Aileen Reid, and Tiffany Tovey. Reflective evaluation practice involves intentional …
