Dear Evaluators, will you be my valentine? Sheila B Robinson here, aea365’s Lead Curator and Saturday contributor feeling a bit mushy today. On holidays, we are reminded of the way we feel about life, ourselves, and each other. We express thanks on Thanksgiving, appreciation for military personnel on Memorial Day, and hope for the future on New Year’s …
Sheila B Robinson on Love, Admiration, Passion…and Evaluation Read More »
Greetings loyal aea365 readers AND authors! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote this post asking readers what they would like to read about on aea365 in 2015. Many thanks to those who offered their comments with ideas for posts and responses to each …
Sheila B Robinson on A Call for Blog Posts! Read More »
Hello Loyal aea365 readers! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with one question for you: What is it that YOU would like to read about on this blog? Lesson Learned: AEA365 has been going steadily since January 1, 2010 with 1800+ contributions from hundreds of evaluators across the globe. We accept individual …
Sheila B Robinson on Calling all aea365 readers: What do YOU want to read more about? Read More »
Hello loyal aea365 readers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Thank you for being “here” today and reading this post! As I was searching for inspiration for this Saturday’s post, I turned to our aea365 archives and found a post from fall 2010 by Susan Kistler (thank you Susan!) that really …
Sheila B Robinson on the Importance of Saying Thank You Read More »
Hello fellow evaluators! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor, and I have to admit, I get lonely sometimes. After all, I’m the only program evaluator in my organization. Sure, there are other people who collect and analyze data, but no one who can sit down with me over lunch and …
Sheila B Robinson on A Sure Cure for Evaluation Isolation Read More »
Happy November loyal readers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. A daily blog is a daily job, and I’m here to tell you that it takes a vill um, a team of enthusiastic volunteers along with our SmithBucklin* partners to make it happen. Today, I’m pleased to introduce two new members of …
Sheila B Robinson on Introducing our Newest aea365 Team Members Read More »
Hi, I’m Sheila Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with reflections from Denver as we wrap up Evaluation 2014. I’ve enjoyed five AEA conferences now, each one as exciting a learning and community-building opportunity as the last. I spent time thinking deeply about our conference theme and discovering the connections among the various …
Sheila B Robinson on #Eval14 – Visionary Evaluation and the Big Blue Bear Read More »
Hello! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and frequent contributor with a woman-on-the-street (well, woman lurking in conference room) report from first time attendees at #eval14. This afternoon, I caught up with participants from Presenting Data Effectively: Practical Methods for Improving Evaluation Communication. Tanya Hills, Evaluation Manager with the USTA Foundation wanted to learn …
Sheila B Robinson on Perspectives from First-Time #Eval14 Attendees Read More »
Hello All! Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor here with even more good news about audience engagement! Last Saturday, I wrote this post introducing the new Audience Engagement Workbook, the new Potent Presentations (p2i) tool featuring the WHY, WHAT and HOW of audience engagement, along with 20 specific strategies any presenter can use with limited …
Sheila B Robinson on Engaging Your Audience and a New Learning Opportunity! Read More »
Hello! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Evaluation is my newer career. I’m actually an educator, having taught in K12 schools and at a university. I’m also a professional developer, having provided PD courses, workshops, coaching, and mentoring to educators and evaluators for more than 15 years, so I’m no stranger to …
Sheila B Robinson on a new p2i tool: The Audience Engagement Workbook! Read More »
