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NA TIG Week: Why Journal Articles about Needs Assessment (NA) Aren’t Plentiful? Excerpts from a 2018 AEA Ignite Session by Jim Altschuld

1 Comment / Needs Assessment / June 15, 2019

I’m Jim Altschuld, an AEA charter member who’s written about needs assessments (NAs) for nearly 4 decades and Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University. So why aren’t journal articles about NAs plentiful? Possible answers: Journal reviewers don’t like NAs, are biased, and reject most articles. NAs are for internal organization and agency purposes, not for …

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NA TIG Week: Community Based Participatory… Needs Assessment: Are you trying to tell me what I need??? by Lisle Hites

Leave a Comment / Needs Assessment / June 15, 2019

Welcome to the Needs Assessment TIG’s week on AEA365! I’m Lisle Hites, Chair of the Needs Assessment TIG, Associate Professor in Health Care Organization and Policy and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. On behalf of all of us here at the Needs Assessment TIG, I hope you enjoy this week’s blog entries and look …

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What Social Media Platform Is Best for You and Your Industry? by Jessica Byrnes

2 Comments / Uncategorized / June 17, 2019

Hi, I’m Jessica Byrnes, and I’m a member of the AEA marketing team. Did you know that 92% of marketers say social media has helped increase their business exposure? Essentially: If social media isn’t already a part of your marketing model, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity! However, it’s important that you spend your time and …

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APC TIG Week: It’s Time to Evaluate 501(c)(4) Activities by Kat Athanasiades

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / June 11, 2019

My name is Kat Athanasiades and I’m a Senior Associate with the Center for Evaluation Innovation (CEI). We work to advance evaluation practice in areas that are challenging to assess, which tend to be areas of high complexity such as advocacy and policy change. Nonprofit advocates and funders doing advocacy work engage in a range of tactics such …

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APC TIG Week: Using Twitter to Track Narrative Change for Policy Advocacy Efforts by Laura Pryor & Heather Lewis-Charp

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / June 10, 2019

We are Heather Lewis-Charp and Laura Pryor, researchers at SPR, an evaluation firm located in Oakland, California. Within the advocacy field, framing is often key to winning in the court of public opinion. Phrases that capture the influence of complex issues on people’s lives have a powerful effect on how individuals and policy makers understand …

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APC TIG Week: The Political Context: Paradoxical Observations by Nicole Robinson

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / June 10, 2019

I’m Nicole Robinson, an evaluator of color living in Wisconsin. I will always remember where I was and what I was feeling on election night during the surprise win of Donald Trump. Furthest from my mind was evaluation even though I have been an evaluator for over ten years. His election changed the political context …

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APC TIG Week: Mitigating Advocacy Capacity Assessment Power Dynamics by Anne Gienapp and Sue Hoechstetter

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / June 10, 2019

Hi, we are Anne Gienapp, ORS Impact Director, and Sue Hoechstetter, Independent Advocacy Evaluation Specialist.  Along with evaluators Toyin Akpan, Carlisle Levine, Janet Sawaya, and Rhonda Schlangen, we came together at AEA last year to present on and discuss power dynamics that are often present and challenging when conducting advocacy capacity assessments. Our combined experiences …

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APC TIG Week: How To Evaluate Actions Aimed To Improve Advocacy Capacity by Barbara Klugman

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / June 10, 2019

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 …

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Advocacy and Policy Change TIG Week: Defensive Advocacy by Sarah Stachowiak and Joel Gutierrez

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / June 8, 2019

Hello AEA365ers! We’re Sarah Stachowiak, CEO and Joel Gutierrez, Consultant from ORS Impact in Seattle, WA. Since 1989, we have been partnering with advocates across the globe to help them think about, measure, and learn from their advocacy strategies and outcomes. Lessons Learned: Whether they call it “killing the bill”, “holding the line” or “just …

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CP TIG Week: The Evolution of Action-Orientation in the Field of Community Psychology by Elizabeth McGee

1 Comment / Community Psychology / June 7, 2019

Hi, I’m Elizabeth McGee, Founder and Senior Consultant at LEAP Consulting, helping nonprofits, foundations, and public institutions achieve impact through meaningful evaluations and strategic support. I want to talk about the evolution of action-orientation in the field of Community Psychology. Lessons Learned: A Community Psychologist is action-oriented when they are preemptive and intentional in supplying …

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