I am Robert Picciotto, University of Auckland, New Zealand contributing to this week’s USA Labor Day reflections. How do you answer the question: “what do you do for a living?” The AEA website puts forward suggested responses: evaluators help organizations improve their public image; ascertain whether what they do is effective; help generate data for …

Labor Day Week: Towards A New Division Of Labor In Evaluation: Reflections stimulated by America’s 2020 Labor Day celebration by Robert Picciotto Read More »

I am John Wilson, living in Zimbabwe and working throughout East and Southern Africa as a facilitator with community-based organizations. The Glocal principle in Blue Marble Evaluation states “Integrate complex interconnections across levels”. The premise to this principle is that sustainable systems change and transformation are more likely to take hold if there are strong …

Labor Day Week: Blue Marble Evaluation, cash cropping and labor in an African context: Reflections stimulated Labor Day in the United States by John Wilson Read More »

I am Zenda Ofir, South African scientist and evaluator. I work from local to global level with a special focus on Africa and Asia.  Do you know that every cup of coffee you drink in your favorite chain of US coffee shops pushes a coffee farmer in the Global South deeper into poverty and despair? …

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My Name is Nora F. Murphy Johnson. I’m the CEO of Inspire to Change and I specialize in Creative Evaluation, or principles-focused, arts-infused, developmental evaluation for social justice. Inspire to Change and creative evaluation is a calling for me, and not labor in the traditional sense. And because it’s not labor in the traditional sense, …

Labor Day Week: The Labor of Inner Work: Reflections stimulated by Labor Day in the USA by Nora F. Murphy Johnson Read More »

I am Waapalaneexkweew AKA Dr. Nicole Bowman (Mohican/Lunaape). Labor Day  is a federal holiday that celebrates the labor movement. American workers in the past labored for long hours, in poor conditions, and with insufficient pay. Poor people, immigrants, and people of color were/are most impacted. Systemic disparities are still upheld by laws, policies, and practices …

Labor Day Week: Belabored Labor: A Perspective on Labor Exploitation in the Field of Evaluation by Nicole Bowman Read More »

Hello. What work do you do?  My name is A. Rafael Johnson. I’m a novelist, and the Vice-President of Inspire to Change. I specialize in Creative Evaluation, or principles-focused, arts-infused, developmental evaluation for social justice. I believe every word is a social agreement, meaning only what we have collectively agreed it means. However, the legacy …

Labor Day Week: Labor Day Reflections: Unpacking Work and Labor by A. Rafaeal Johnson Read More »

I am Robert Picciotto, University of Auckland, New Zealand contributing to this week’s USA Labor Day reflections. Labor Day 2020: International Context Covid-19  has triggered the largest economic depression in world history; increased unemployment; destroyed small enterprises; aggravated social inequities and laid bare the inadequacy and inequity of social service systems, especially in countries that …

Labor Day Week: Evaluating Labour Policies: Can The New International Evaluation Academy Help? by Robert Picciotto Read More »