I evaluate and I know things! I am Glenn Page, Principal of SustainaMetrix and founder of COBALT based out of Portland Maine. RECENT HEADLINES within a week of each other: THE GREAT HOUSES IN ‘GAME OF THRONES’ THAT COULD GO EXTINCT! (Newsweek April 29, 2019). And from the New York Times on May 6: HUMANS …
Memorial Day Week: Humanity’s Game of Thrones in the Anthropocene by Glenn Page Read More »
I’m Michael Quinn Patton, founder and director of Utilization-Focused Evaluation. This is my fourth year curating AEA365 in conjunction with the Memorial Day holiday in the USA. 2016 featured a series remembering the contributions of distinguished evaluators no longer with us. 2017 memorialized obsolete and problematic evaluation terminology. 2018 commemorated pioneering and landmark evaluation publications. This week …
Hello readers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator but I’m also an evaluator and consultant. I often write about what’s going on at AEA, but today I’m returning to my roots and sharing a bit about data collection. Almost a year ago, I transitioned from full time employment with an organization and part-time freelance work …
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Hi. I’m Emil Salim Miyar, Training Coordinator at the CLEAR LAC Center at CIDE in Mexico City. The CLEAR Initiative (Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results) is a network of M&E centers hosted at universities across the globe. Today I’m sharing information about (Latin America) Evaluation Week. The initiative began in Mexico in 2015 …
We’re Leo Lemes, Operations Officer, and Mariana Branco, Evaluation Consultant, both writing from the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group and affiliated with the CLEAR Initiative – Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results. We live in a world where global knowledge increasingly shapes local evaluation practices and experiences that, in turn, influence global evaluation thinking. …
Hi! I’m Dana Wanzer, doctoral candidate at Claremont Graduate University and an avid #EvalTwitter user! Many people new to evaluation—students and clients alike—struggle with understanding what evaluation is, and many evaluators struggle with how to communicate evaluation to others. This issue is particularly difficult when evaluation is so similar to related fields like auditing and research. …
What is evaluation? And how does it differ from research? by Dana Wanzer Read More »
Hi, I’m David Keyes. I started R for the Rest of Us this year to help evaluators (and others) embrace the incredibly powerful piece of software that is R. This awkwardly named tool has the power to completely transform the way we work. There are many reasons to learn R. Here are a few of …
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Hi, I am Awuor Ponge, an Independent M&E Consultant; Associate Research Fellow in a Think Tank and Adjunct Faculty in a Public University in Kenya. I’m passionate about Participatory Approaches and Tools in Gender and Development. This prompts interest in Outcome Harvesting (OH) as a Participatory Evaluation approach, and the desire to make the process …
Hi, I am Awuor Ponge, an Independent M&E Consultant; Associate Research Fellow in a Think Tank and Adjunct Faculty in a Public University in Kenya. I have a passion for Participatory Approaches and Tools in Gender and Development and this prompts my interest in Outcome Harvesting (OH) as a Participatory Evaluation approach, and the desire …
Hello Evaluation Learners! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. It’s that time of year again! I’m writing about AEA’s Summer Evaluation Institute, a perennially great learning opportunity. Anyone who knows me knows that I love learning and especially attending professional development workshops. Registration is now open for the 2019 AEA Summer Evaluation …
AEA’s 2019 Summer Evaluation Institute by Sheila B Robinson Read More »
