Hi, my name is Valentine J Gandhi and I am the Senior Researcher, Evaluator and ICT4D Expert at The Development Café. In development agencies across the globe from donors to implementers there is discussion about emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, big data, internet of things (IoT). Given the hype, evaluators have a responsibility …
Hello, I’m Melissa Chiu, the 2019 Program Chair for Washington Evaluators (WE). This year, the Washington Evaluators Board set priorities focusing on two broad themes: evaluation as community and evaluation in the community. Also, we particularly wanted to highlight issues of diversity and social justice, all while getting evaluators out into the city and their …
Washington Evaluators Week: Programming for Community Engagement by Melissa Chiu Read More »
Hi, my name is Elizabeth DiLuzio, and I’m the Manager of Evaluation and Strategy at Good Shepherd Services in New York City. Today, I want to talk about race. As evaluators, we are united by a commitment to social justice. Yet when is the last time you stopped to consider what it means when race …
LA RED TIG Week: Let’s Talk About Race by Elizabeth DiLuzio Read More »
Hello! My name is Ayesha Boyce. I am a co-chair of the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation (MIE) Topic Interest Group (TIG) and member of the Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse (La RED) TIG. I am also an assistant professor within the Department of Educational Research Methodology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. I am excited …
MIE & La RED TIGs Week: Welcome to MIE & La RED AEA 365 Week by Ayesha Boyce Read More »
I am Michael Quinn Patton of Utilization-Focused Evaluation. Engaging intended users I have to be thoughtful about words, attempting to avoid jargon and words that make people cringe. What those words are can change –and surprise. Take, for instance, the notion of competency. The profession of evaluation is fairly obsessed with competency: a major factor …
A Look at Language Week: Beyond Competency by Michael Quinn Patton Read More »
Hi! My name is Nora Murphy Johnson, a Creative Evaluator and co-founder of TerraLuna Collaborative and the Developmental Evaluation Institute. Our blog posts this week are written by Minnesota evaluators working in justice and equity spaces, focus on words–words to retire, discard, or include. I am writing about words that make me cringe because the …
A Look at Language Week: Words That Make Me Cringe by Nora Murphy Johnson Read More »
Hi, I’m Barbara Klugman. My practice focuses on evaluation of social justice advocacy. One of the challenges I frequently bump into is how to evaluate training done or conferences run in support of advocacy. Clients may have done a post-event survey indicating that participants gained new knowledge or met new people, both of which were …
Koolamalsi Nii ndushiinzi Waapalanexkweek wuk Lunnapeexweew. Hello, my name is Nicole Bowman (Mohican/Lunaape), Ph.D. I am the Co-Chair of the Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation TIG and a task force member of AEA’s International Work Group and EvalIndigenous. Nii shaaxkaaptóoneew alíhkaweew sh?wánakw. I will speak the exact truth as I know it about European impacts. This …
Hi, my name is Marisol Diaz and I am a research analyst with Arizona State University’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (also a member of #AZENet!). This year my New Year’s resolution is to meditate more often. Although we breathe all day long without thinking, I find it rewarding to take a moment to focus on …
AZENet Week: New Year Resolutions & Rethinking Data by Marisol Diaz Read More »
Hi, I am Barbara Klugman, an independent evaluator based in South Africa. I use outcomes harvesting mostly for evaluating progress of social justice advocacy initiatives and outcomes of training initiatives. I also support funders in using it for monitoring progress and strategic learning about their grantmaking portfolios. OH can reveal processes and patterns of change …
