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SNA TIG Week: What else can you do with SNA besides SNA? by Bethany Laursen

Hello, everyone! I’m Bethany Laursen, principal consultant at Laursen Evaluation & Design, LLC and doctoral student at Michigan State University. I love sense making tools, don’t you? I need help untangling complex data into meaningful findings! Social network analysis (SNA) is one of those tools, and it can do a lot more than its name …

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SNA TIG Week: Social Network Analysis with ORA by Sophia Guevara and Simon Geletta

My name is Sophia Guevara, MLIS, MPA.  I am a co-chair for the Social Network Analysis Topical Interest Group at the American Evaluation Association.   My co-writer is Simon Geletta, who was a past program chair of the SNA TIG. Simon is a professor of public health at the Des Moines University. In this post we …

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SNA TIG Week: SNA for Program Evaluation – Dispelling Common Myths by Rebecca Woodland

Hello, my name is Rebecca Woodland and I teach Introduction Social Network Analysis as an AEA pre-conference workshop and at UMass Amherst. Those who enroll in these courses come from all walks of the evaluation field and I feel quite fortunate to have the opportunity to learn alongside so many talented professionals. What I’ve learned. …

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SNA TIG Week: Social Network Analysis (SNA) TIG Member Survey 2017 by Maryann Maxwell Durland

I am Maryann Maxwell Durland and I am part of the leadership team of the Social Network Analysis (SNA) TIG, along with Rebecca Woodland, and Sophia Guevara. One important distinction between our TIG and many others is that we are not a primary TIG for many members, but rather a “secondary” choice. Primary choices tend …

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OCF Week: Caitlin Ruffenach and Kim Leonard on Lessons learned through the Oregon Arts Education Snapshot

We are Caitlin Ruffenach, Researcher, and Kim Leonard, Senior Evaluation Officer, from The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF). Among other things, we are working on an evaluation of the Studio to School Initiative at OCF, which focuses on the development of sustainable arts education programs through partnerships between arts organizations and schools. This past summer, in …

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SNA TIG Week: Sophia Guevara on Continuing Your SNA learning

My name is Sophia Guevara, Program Co-Chair for the Social Network Analysis (SNA) TIG.  This week, several evaluation professionals have shared with this blog’s readers their thoughts on social network analysis. With posts discussing logic models to examples of the application of social network analysis on a wide-range of evaluation questions, you’ve hopefully gained a better …

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SNA TIG Week: Andres Lazaro Lopez and Mari Kemis on SNA and Statewide STEM Program Evaluation

Hello from Andres Lazaro Lopez and Mari Kemis from the Research Institute for Studies in Education at Iowa State University. As STEM education becomes more of a national priority, state governments and education professionals are increasingly collaborating with nonprofits and businesses to implement statewide STEM initiatives. Supported by National Science Foundation funding, we have been …

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SNA TIG Week: Rebecca Woodland with Ideas to Get You Started Using SNA Program Evaluation

Hi, I’m Rebecca Woodland, an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at UMass Amherst. If there is one thing that I know for certain it’s that relationships matter and how we are connected influences the quality and outcomes of our shared endeavors. Social Network Analysis (SNA) has had a profound influence on my evaluation work. I …

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SNA TIG Week: John Burrett on a Cool trick: Mapping program logic with network analysis

Hi, I’m John Burrett, of Haiku Analytics Inc., Ottawa. One serious problem with logic models is that they usually leave out external influences and feedback effects, even when they may be important, because they make the model “too complex”. It is good to simplify, but ignoring important influences on program success when planning an evaluation …

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SNA TIG Week: Bethany Laursen on defining the standard for “good” when using social network analysis as an evaluation tool

I’m Bethany Laursen, an independent consultant and evaluation specialist for several units at the University of Wisconsin. I fell in love with social network analysis (SNA) as a graduate student because SNA gave me words and pictures to describe how I think. Many evaluators can relate to my story, but one of the challenges to …

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