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OL-ECB TIG Week: Using a culture of learning models to build organization-wide evaluation capacity by Arin Ahlum Hanson, Kristen Gardner-Volle, and Laura Pinsoneault

Hello! We are Arin Ahlum Hanson, former Director of Outreach at Living Beyond Breast Cancer, and Kristen Gardner-Volle and Laura Pinsoneault, of Evaluation Plus. In 2022, Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) and Evaluation Plus (E+) partnered to build evaluation capacity across all levels of staff rather than through one centralized evaluation role. While our project’s …

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OL-ECB TIG Week: Ten Tactics Internal Evaluators Can Use to Build Organizational Learning within Nonprofits by Gretchen Biesecker

Hi, I’m Gretchen Biesecker, Principal Consultant with Bee’s Knees Consulting LLC in Somerville, MA. Most of my work focuses on evaluation capacity-building with nonprofits. I’ve been immersed deeply in building culture and practices for organizational learning for over 15 years, both as an internal evaluator and as a coach to many internal evaluators. Based on …

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OL-ECB TIG Week: Why is Organizational Learning Relevant for Evaluation Today? By Dr. Cynthia Phillips and Courtney Long

Hi, we are Dr. Cynthia Phillips with Decision Catalyst, LLC and Courtney Long from UPMC HealthPlan. We both work in spaces that require us to make connections, put the focus on learning, and think out-side-the-box about evaluation. We are excited about this week of AEA365, where the Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building (OL-ECB) TIG …

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Health Evaluation TIG Week: Harnessing the Power of PowerBI to Support Evaluations by Gizelle Gopez, Kim Ho, Michele Sadler, Cathy Lesesne

Hi, we are Gizelle Gopez, Michele Sadler, Kim Ho, and Cathy Lesesne from Deloitte’s Evaluation for Research and Action Center of Excellence. As evaluation consultants, we work with federal evaluation clients to transform their data into actionable insights. Several data visualization tools have been effective in producing reports and dashboards for monitoring, data interpretation sessions, …

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Health Evaluation TIG Week: Applying Program Evaluation Frameworks for Training Development and Design by Emily Barkin

Hello! I’m Emily Barkin, a public health program evaluator at Deloitte Consulting LLP. I design and evaluate training ranging from specific health care programs (e.g., women’s health) to workforce development (e.g., clinical informaticists, data managers) to large-scale health care operations (e.g., medical claims processing). While designing training across these various landscapes, I often question: Can …

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Health Evaluation TIG Week: Data Collection for Robust Evaluations: Rigor Doesn’t Always Equate to the Same Mundane Data Collection Approach…Right? by Hope Gilbert

My name is Hope Gilbert, and I am an evaluation specialist at Deloitte Consulting LLP. Like many in our field, as we review proposals and design our methodologies in response to potential projects, our teams engage in planning sessions about the various evaluation tools we might consider and that are most appropriate for implementation. After …

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Health Evaluation TIG Week: Simple GenAI Tips and Tricks for Evaluators by Molly Linabarger

My name is Molly Linabarger and I am a part of the Evaluation and Research for Action practice at Deloitte Consulting LLP. I serve as an evaluator for government clients, helping them to assess, understand, and communicate the implementation and impact of their programs. You likely have heard about Generative Artificial Intelligence, or GenAI. Precursor …

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Health Evaluation TIG Week: Challenges to Engaging the Community for Health Evaluation by Lorin Boyce and Lori Zakalik

Hello! This is Lorin Boyce and Lori Zakalik. We are evaluators with Deloitte Consulting LLP working with U.S. federal health agencies to plan, design, and implement program evaluations. There are many creative and flexible strategies we can employ as evaluators to better engage communities with lived experience. In public health evaluation, often the communities impacted …

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Health Evaluation TIG Week: The Health Equity Indicators for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Toolkit by Lauren Toledo

Hello! My name is Lauren Toledo, an evaluator with Deloitte Consulting LLP. I work with U.S federal health agencies to plan, design, and implement program evaluations.  Rad Resource Today, I would like to highlight a new resource published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: The Health Equity Indicators …

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Health Evaluation TIG Week: Fostering a Community of Health Evaluators by Jenica Reed, Grace Bachman, Gizelle Gopez, Faiza Haq, Molly Linabarger, and Leslie Otto

Hello! I am Jenica Reed, a Chair for the Health Evaluation TIG and leader within Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Evaluation and Research for Action (ERA) practice. We are hosting this week and sharing some of our favorite lessons learned, techniques for growing skillsets, tools to aid efficiency, and engagement strategies. We value learning from colleagues and …

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