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Making the M&E game worth the candle: How Skillful Facilitation of Staff Engagement Can Unlock the Benefits of Systematic Evaluation Practice by Jennifer (Jenny) Cohen & Shira Ben-Sasson Furstenberg

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 28, 2021

We are Jennifer (Jenny) Cohen and Shira Ben-Sasson Furstenberg of the New Israel Fund. Lessons Learned: Like many strategic foundations, NIF continues to invest sustained efforts to create and more systematically use M&E tools for managing well and increasing impact. These are starting to generate observable, positive and meaningful outcomes, which could never have been …

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Building a Learning Culture and Using Data to Drive Decisions by Hilary Leav

5 Comments / Uncategorized / April 9, 2021

Greetings! I am Hilary Leav. I am the Director of MERL Learning at Compassion International, and I have a Masters degree in Measurement and Evaluation from American University. After nearly a decade conducting evaluations for both non-profit and for-profit industries, my focus has now shifted to learning and providing clear, actionable results for stakeholders. The …

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The evaluation of outcome of TAAT High Iron Beans productivity at Manicaland and Midlands Provinces in Zimbabwe by Rachel Zozo

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 26, 2021

Hi. I’m Rachel Zozo, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), based in Nairobi, Kenya. Presented here are the results of an Outcome Case study of High Iron Beans (HIB) Compact in Zimbabwe to improve productivity for farmers in order to have higher returns. The study used both qualitative and …

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Establishing and Honoring Boundaries While Consulting by Elizabeth Grim

4 Comments / Uncategorized / March 28, 2021

Hi! My name is Elizabeth Grim (she/her). I am an evaluation consultant helping organizations build their evaluation capacity and tell their story through data. I am also President Elect of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS). As we cross the year anniversary of the global coronavirus pandemic, I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept …

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Observation And Participant Observation: What Should We Observe? Part 3 by Beverly Peters

2 Comments / Qualitative Methods / January 30, 2021

Hello again! I am Beverly Peters, faculty member in Measurement and Evaluation at American University. This is the third article in a 4 part series on Using Observation and Participant Observation for Monitoring and Evaluation. In the previous article of this series, we discussed how evaluators might get to the so-called backstage of participant observation, where …

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Ten Tips for Top Notch Conference Proposals by Sheila B. Robinson

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / April 5, 2021

Greetings! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365 Leader Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with tips for tackling conference proposals. Lesson Learned:  Acceptance is not a sure thing. Just because you’ve written a good paper, have a skill to demonstrate that others want to learn, or have stellar results from an innovative evaluation, you must be able …

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Reality TV Lessons Week: Making Meaningful Connections: Reality TV and Culturally Responsive Equitable Evaluation by Karyl Askew & Monifa Beverly

2 Comments / Uncategorized / March 28, 2021

Greetings! I am Karyl Askew, Founder and Principal Consultant of Karyl Askew Consulting, LLC along with Monifa Beverly, Independent Evaluation Consultant and Collaborator. We are U.S. born Black cisgender female evaluation consultants who commit to culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE) that invites multicultural perspectives into program development and evaluation to promote inclusion and equity. …

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Reality TV Lessons Week: What America’s Next Top Model Can Teach Us About Evaluation by Michael Arnold

7 Comments / Uncategorized / March 28, 2021

Hi, my name is Michael Arnold, and I am a co-director with Informing Change. We are a strategic learning firm with a focus on racial and intersectional equity and systems change efforts. Although I don’t watch much reality TV, I did indulge in America’s Next Top Model. Hosted by Tyra Banks, ANTM was a competition …

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Reality TV Lessons Week: What the Great British Baking Show Can Teach Us About Evaluation by Corey Newhouse

3 Comments / Uncategorized / March 28, 2021

Hi, I’m Corey Newhouse, the Founder and Principal of Public Profit. We help mission driven organizations learn from data, make better decisions, and improve the quality and effectiveness of their work.  My go-to reality show is the Great British Baking Show (or Great British Bake Off for those in the UK). For those who aren’t …

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Reality TV Lessons Week: What RuPaul’s Drag Race Can Teach Us About Evaluation by Rhodri Dierst-Davies

4 Comments / Uncategorized / March 26, 2021

Hi, my name is Rhodri Dierst-Davies and I am a senior manager with Deloitte Consulting. As a leader in our Program Evaluation Center of Excellence we help our clients solve their most challenging problems.  I have been a fan of Ru Paul’s Drag Race show since it began back in 2009. For those who may …

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