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No More Crappy Surveys: Best Practices in Survey Design for Evaluations by Janelle Gowgiel, JoAnna Hillman, and Christiana Reene

Janelle, JoAnna, and Christiana here, evaluators from Emory Centers for Public Health Training and Technical Assistance. We had the opportunity to present a session entitled No More Crappy Surveys at the AEA Summer Evaluation Institute, teaching fellow evaluators how best to plan, design, execute, analyze, and report on surveys. We are on a mission to rid the world of crappy surveys, and are here to share some of our Hot Tips and Rad Resources to do so.

Evaluation 2022 Equity Working Group Week: The Practice and Business of Equitable Evaluation by Carlos Romero

I’m Carlos Romero from Apex in Albuquerque.  We are systems evaluators working with health, education, and social programs that address the wicked problems of inequity. I aspire to Equitable Evaluation (EE) which the Center for Evaluation Innovation defines as “using evaluation as a tool for advancing equity and involves diversity of teams, cultural appropriateness and …

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Finding What Works When Working with Kids by Shannon Sharp and Moira Ragan

Greetings from the Center for Research Evaluation (CERE) at the University of Mississippi. In our roles as Evaluation Associate (Shannon) and Senior Evaluation Associate (Moira), we regularly work to engage children of various ages in research and evaluation. Using a few things that seem to work well—and many that didn’t—we hope to share some tips to give youth a voice in evaluating programs that involve them and solicit your help in compiling more.

How to Make Evaluation Results Actionable for Decision-Makers by Pam Lilleston

Hello, AEA365 community! Liz DiLuzio here, Lead Curator of the blog. This week is Individuals Week, which means we take a break from our themed weeks and spotlight the Hot Tips, Cool Tricks, Rad Resources and Lessons Learned from any evaluator interested in sharing. Would you like to contribute to future individuals weeks? Email me …

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AKEN Affiliate Week: Science Writing Skills by Alda Norris

Greetings! I’m Alda Norris, Ph.D, evaluation specialist with the Institute of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Extension (IANRE) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.I serve as webmaster for the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN). As we spend this week highlighting the innovative work of our Alaskan affiliate members, I’d like to offer some tips related to science …

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Indiana Evaluation Association Week: Evaluators: The ‘E’ in Grant Writing Team by Kate Bathon Shufeldt

Greetings! I’m Kate Bathon Shufeldt, MSW, MPA, CEO of Thrive Nonprofit Solutions in Indianapolis, IN. I am a member of the Indiana Evaluation Association and currently serve as the Board President. In addition to evaluation work, I utilize my social work and nonprofit background as a grant writer for a variety of clients. Having both …

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Chicagoland Evaluation Association Week: Using CBPR Evaluation Methods to Train Community Researchers by Amanda Dougherty

Welcome to The Chicagoland Evaluation Association Week on AEA365! This week’s postings reflect the diversity of our Local Affiliate members and their work, using a lens of cultural responsiveness evaluation with various types of communities. We are excited to share some of our projects along with lessons learned, hot tips, and rad resources from our …

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Building a Culture of Data for Decision Making By Elena Pinzon O’Quinn

Hi, my name is Elena Pinzon O’Quinn and I am the National Learning and Evaluation Director at LIFT. I have been a nonprofit internal evaluator for most of my career. The nonprofits I have worked with engage in ongoing performance measurement for the goal of using data for continuous program improvement. Stakeholders need to see …

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Internal Eval TIG Week: Internal Evaluation as a Catalyst for Cross-Program Collaboration by Amber Kraft, Melissa Schwarz, and Lindsay Zeman

Hi everyone, we are Amber Kraft, Melissa Schwarz, and Lindsay Zeman. We are internal evaluators at Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) in Chicago, IL. In Fall 2020, we completed an evaluation project to help program managers at ACCESS learn how the pandemic had impacted their programs. This was the first time an evaluation activity had …

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