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Celina Chao & Patricia Quinones on Maintaining Organizational Memory

Hi. We are Celina Chao and Patricia Quinones, second-year doctoral students in the Social Research Methodology (SRM) Division in the Department of Education at UCLA. We are part of UCLA’s SRM Evaluation Group, composed of evaluation graduate students and faculty who work on a variety of education-related projects. Lesson Learned: A challenge that university-based evaluation …

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Bikash Kumar Koirala on The Importance of Effective Communication in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

Hi, my name is Bikash Kumar Koirala. I work as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in the NGO Equal Access Nepal, which is based in Kathmandu, Nepal. I have been practicing monitoring and evaluation work for over five years, which is focused on development communication programs. A research project that EAN has collaborated on Assessing …

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Lisanne Brown on Involving Youth in Interviewing

Leave a Comment / Qualitative Methods, Youth Focused Evaluation / June 27, 2011 December 21, 2011

I am Lisanne Brown, Director of Evaluation and Research at the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI). I lead a staff of 10 evaluators who evaluate LPHI’s programs. Increasingly we are also providing evaluation services to external organizations and programs throughout Louisiana. As part of an evaluation of a peer led HIV and AIDS prevention program …

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Susan Kistler on the OECD Better Life Index

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / June 25, 2011 June 21, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler. I am the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association and author of aea365’s Saturday posts. Today, I wanted to call to your attention the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Better Life Index (BLI). OECD launched the BLI in May, describing it as a “new, interactive index that …

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EPE Week: Matt Keene on Fuzzy Logic Models – Embracing and Navigating Complexity

3 Comments / Environmental Program Evaluation, Systems in Evaluation / April 17, 2011 April 20, 2011

My name is Matt Keene; I work with the Environmental Protection Agency and coordinate the Environmental Evaluators Network. Chris Metzner (freelance graphic designer and data visualization artist) and Jeff Wasbes (independent evaluation consultant with ResearchWorks, Inc.) helped enormously with this post. In 2009 Oregon became the first state to enact a law requiring paint manufacturers …

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Jane Nell Luster on Internal Evaluation for Special Needs

1 Comment / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Internal Evaluation / December 26, 2010 December 16, 2010

Greetings. I am Jane Nell Luster, Senior Manager with the Data Accountability Center (DAC) and Assistant Professor at LSUHSC-Human Development Center. DAC is a technical assistance project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. DAC’s mission is to “support the submission and analysis of high-quality IDEA [Individuals with Disabilities Education …

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Michelle Baron on What Evaluators Have to Be Thankful For

Leave a Comment / Mixed Methods Evaluation, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / November 25, 2010 October 26, 2010

Hi, my name is Michelle Baron. I am the Associate Director of The Evaluators’ Institute, an evaluation training organization, and the chair of the curating team for aea365. On this Thanksgiving Day in the United States, there are many things for which evaluators have to be thankful. Four topics come readily to mind: 1. Automation: …

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Boris Volkov on What (Internal) Evaluators Can Do to Advance Evaluation Capacity Building

Leave a Comment / Internal Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / June 8, 2010 June 3, 2010

My name is Boris Volkov, and I am Assistant Professor in Evaluation Studies at the University of North Dakota. I’m involved with internal evaluation (IE) and evaluation capacity building (ECB) so I’ll share couple relevant tips and resources. We know that the ECB practice is different from program evaluation. Obviously, the goal of ECB is …

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Tanya Ostrogorsky on Joining Your Local Affiliate

2 Comments / Graduate Student and New Evaluators / May 11, 2010 May 10, 2010

Hello from Oregon! My name is Tanya Ostrogorsky. I am the Assistant Dean for Evaluation Science at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing where I am responsible for the evaluation of 13 academic programs across 6 campuses. Although I am sure that sounds just thrilling to many of you, I writing to …

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Emily Warn on Using Online Tools to Measure Outcomes for Not-For-Profit Organizations

Leave a Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / May 9, 2010 May 10, 2010

My name is Emily Warn and I’m a senior partner at SocialQuarry, a social media consulting group that plans and analyzes online networks and social media for non-profits, foundations, and public agencies. Today I’m going to be sharing a hot tip about using social media in evaluations. This past week Facebook surpassed Google in US …

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