Greetings! I am Esther Nolton and I recently completed my PhD in Research and Evaluation Methods at George Mason University. As a GEDI Scholar, I had an opportunity to witness large-scale changes in the culture of valuing and capacity for using evaluation in the U.S. Federal government when the Evidence Act (P.L. 115-435) was enacted. …
I’m Christen Pentek (MSW), a leader with the Youth-Focused Evaluation TIG and part of a team engaging a new approach called Creative Evaluation and Engagement. I want to partly unpack the overlapping space between evaluation and mental health. Hot Tip Understanding and recognizing unhealthy mental states may allow you to take steps to engage in …
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Hi, we’re Rebecca Baylor, Heather Esper and Yaquta Fatehi from the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI). Our team specializes in performance measurement. We use data to improve organizations’ effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability and create more value for their stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries. We believe combining social and business metrics …
Greetings from Toyin Owolabi at the Women’s Health Action Research Center (WHARC) in Nigeria and Susan Igras at Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH). Last year, we joined together on a cross-country project to build capacity in designing and evaluating programs for younger adolescents. Younger adolescent programming and related program evaluation is nascent in …
Hello, we are Emily Lauer and Courtney Dutra from the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Developmental Disability Evaluation and Research (CDDER). We have designed and conducted a number of evaluations of programs and projects for elders and people with disabilities. In this post, we focus on the topic of person-centered evaluations. We have …
Hello, my name is Sue Hamann. I work at the National Institutes of Health as a Science Evaluation Officer, and I teach program evaluation to graduate students. Today I’m providing tips to novices in needs assessment (NA). Hot Tips: Use the original definition of needs. The original definition of NA is the measurement of the …
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My name is Ellen Steiner, Director of Market Research and Evaluation at Energy Market Innovations, a research-based consultancy focused on strategic program design and evaluation for the energy efficiency industry – we work to create an energy future that is sustainable for coming generations. Lessons Learned: An increasingly common practice… In energy efficiency program evaluations, …
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Hi, we are Tom Archibald and Jane Buckley with the Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation. Among other initiatives, we work in partnership with non-formal educators to build evaluation capacity. We have been exploring the idea of evaluative thinking, which we believe is an essential, yet elusive, ingredient in evaluation capacity building (ECB). Below, we …
Hello, my name is Sue Hamann, and I work at the National Institutes of Health. Today I will share some tips about including intended service recipients in needs assessment and program planning. Lessons Learned: Although leading authorities recommend the inclusion of intended service recipients, that is, those persons who have a need to be met …
My name is Laura Plybon. I am currently the Director of Assessment and Instructional Design for Drury University College of Graduate and Continuing Studies in Springfield, Missouri. In addition to conducting academic assessments for the graduate programs at Drury, I also develop and implement assessment initiatives to improve instructional practices for those adult students who …
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