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CEA Week: Shana Alford on The Art of Asking the Right Evaluation Questions

Greetings! My name is Shana Alford and I am an internal program evaluator at ACCESS Community Health Network, a 501 (c) federally qualified health center network of more than 40 health centers in under-served communities within the City of Chicago. As an internal evaluator, I objectively analyze how federally funded community health programs are implemented …

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CEA Week: Leah C. Neubauer on Adult Education, Planning for Learning & AEA 2012

Welcome to the Chicagoland Evaluation Association’s  (CEA) week of AEA 365.   My name is Leah Christina Neubauer and I am the President of CEA. CEA has organized a stimulating week of posts that address the evaluation-related work of our members. As the lead post for the week, I offer insights and resources related to the …

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SCEA Week: Kara Crohn on the AEA Annual Conference Fieldtrip and Using Multiple Methods to Check Your Assumptions

My name is Kara Crohn. I am a Research Manager for EMI (http://www.emiconsulting.com). We are best known for our research and evaluation related to energy efficiency. We also assist clients with strategic planning, policy, program design, and program optimization. EMI is based in Seattle, Washington. I had the good fortune to start our Southern California …

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SCEA Week: Connie Hoskins on Managing a Project Remotely

I am Connie Hoskins, a Research Associate at Vital Research, a research and evaluation consulting firm in the education, health, social services, aging services, and corporate sectors. Although we are based in Los Angeles, we conduct a great deal of our work in other states and nationwide. In one biennial project, we conduct interviews with …

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SCEA Week: Bill Shennum & Kate LaVelle on the Multiple Uses of Multiple Data Sources

Greetings. We are Bill Shennum and Kate LaVelle, staff members in the Research Department at Five Acres, a nonprofit child and family services agency located in Altadena, CA and serving the greater Los Angeles area. We work as internal evaluators to support outcome measurement and continuous quality improvement within the organization. In our roles as …

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SCEA Week: Leslie Fierro & Deanna Rossi on Evaluating State Asthma Programs

We are Leslie Fierro, former CDC ETA and Deanna Rossi, California Breathing asthma program evaluator, and we’d like to share some of the issues that make California’s asthma program unique and some of the resources we’ve used to facilitate evaluation in this context. California is one of 36 states receiving funds from CDC to implement …

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SCEA Week: Bonnie Richards on Valuing in the Social Services

My name is Bonnie Richards, and I am a Research Associate with Vital Research, an evaluation and consulting company located in Los Angeles, California. The Social Services sector is among the industries we serve when designing and implementing evaluation projects. Lessons Learned: So, what frames a Social Services evaluation project? Consider how values and valuing …

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SCEA Week: Anne Vo & John LaVelle on the Landscape of Evaluation Practice in Greater Los Angeles

Hi! This is Anne Vo from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and John LaVelle from Claremont Graduate University (CGU). We are the Co-directors of the Southern California Evaluation Association (SCEA), a local affiliate of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Today marks the launch of the SCEA-themed week on aea365 so we will be …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Evaluation Footprints in Unprecedented Times by Asma M. Ali

Hello! I am Asma M. Ali Ph.D., president of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association [CEA]. CEA, a local affiliate of the American Evaluation Association, is a membership network for evaluators and students in the Chicagoland area to exchange ideas and knowledge, meet other evaluators, and participate in professional development activities that promote evaluation excellence. Our posts …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Networking Karma by Matt Feldmann

Hello, I am Matt Feldmann, with Goshen Education Consulting, Inc. and a collaborator for the weekly Independent Consulting Topic Chat.  Does it seem like some of our colleagues are lucky, that they can do no wrong? This blog post concerns Networking Karma, the idea that we can create our own luck. By engaging in our …

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