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LAWG Week: Valerie Williams on Connecting with Teachers for Front-End Evaluation

My name is Valerie Williams and I am Senior Program Evaluator at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) located in Boulder, CO. UCAR’s Center for Science Education is currently developing a new climate exhibit for the Mesa Laboratory Visitor Center and I am providing front-end evaluation support to help them test concepts and ideas …

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p2i Week: Kate Haley Goldman on Using p2i Outside of AEA

I’m Kate Haley Goldman, and I’m the co-owner of Audience Viewpoints Consulting. We work with informal science and arts and cultural institutions. Last year, I applied p2i Design principles to a presentation I gave at the Visitor Studies Association conference. It was the best way to showcase my content for several reasons. First, it fit …

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ACA Week: Don Glass on Arts, Culture, and Audiences Week

Hi. I am Don Glass the co-chairperson of the Arts, Culture, and Audiences TIG. Along with my co-chair Kathleen Tinworth, we are excited to host a week of aea365. Our colleague Joe Heimlich has curated this series to explore evaluation of arts and culture, arts education, arts participation, informal learning, and visitor studies. Please join …

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Girija Kaimal on The pragmatist’s guide to successful long distance evaluations

My name is Girija Kaimal and I am an Assistant Professor at Drexel University. Several evaluations I have done lately have been conducted remotely. Long distance evaluations can result from a range of reasons: modest program budgets, location independence of the initiatives as well as, short turnaround times that preclude travel and on-site data collection. …

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Susan Kistler on Evaluation in Informal Learning Environments

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. Today, I am writing from the AEA Board of Director’s meeting being held at the Hilton Minneapolis. Why would you care? This is the headquarters hotel for Evaluation 2012 and it’s a lovely place – right downtown, lots to do within walking distance, restaurants galore, and …

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