My name is Leah Christina Neubauer. I am the President of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association and the Program Manager and an Instructor in the MPH Program at DePaul University. Today, I am writing to extend three updates from the Practice committee of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. We …
Greetings, I’m Ann Emery from Innovation Network in Washington, DC. A few years ago, I discovered Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes video. I’d never seen anyone share data in a way that simply made so much sense. Since then, I’ve been hooked on dataviz. Thankfully, I’m not alone! As the demand for …
DVR Week: Ann Emery on the Dataviz Hall of Fame for Evaluation Read More »
My name is John LaVelle, I am the Director of Operations and External Affairs for the School of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences and the School of Politics & Economics at Claremont Graduate University. I’m also a PhD candidate specializing in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods, and a past curator of the AEA365 blog. Today I’m …
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I’m Chad Green, Program Analyst at Loudoun County Public Schools in Ashburn, VA. For over seven years I’ve served as an internal evaluator of instructional initiatives sponsored by central office administrators. Do you have an interest in understanding school-based professional development from a sociocultural learning perspective? Read on! Years ago I evaluated two school-wide improvement …
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My name is Anna Williams. I’m an independent evaluator based in Seattle, Washington. I evaluate global societal challenges. I would like to have reason to unlearn a lesson. How many of you tune out when you hear the word “environment”? If you are a self-described “environmentalist” do you see eyes glaze over when you use …
EPE Week: Anna Williams on Why I am NOT an Environmentalist Read More »
Greetings. I’m Paul Barese, Owner-Director of Quimera, a small business based in Washington, DC. Quimera isn’t a traditional media house, rather, teams are interdisciplinary and our approaches are informed by social science and qualitative research, change management, film studies, and social enterprise. Quimera helps clients identify innovative ways to use video. In some projects video-based …
Video in #Eval Week: Paul Barese on the Value Added of Video Read More »
I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. We have a busy week coming up with all conference proposals due next Friday. Hot Tip – Beware the Ides of March (for it is the AEA conference proposal submission deadline): Famously known as the date of Caesar’s assassination at …
Susan Kistler on Remembering the Ides of March and Thinking About Your Message Read More »
I am David J. Bernstein, a Senior Study Director with Westat, an employee-owned research and evaluation company. I am a Past Chair of the Government Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG), and have been an evaluator in the DC area for over 30 years. Val Caracelli and I are the Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) Co-Chairs …
Greetings! I’m Ann Emery from Innovation Network in Washington, DC. Rad Resource – Emery Evaluation: Like many evaluators, I wear several hats – full-time evaluation consultant, part-time research methods graduate student, and 24/7 data nerd. My blog weaves these roles together: I blog about my adventures as a nonprofit and foundations evaluator. I share data …
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Welcome aea365 colleagues. I am Stafford Hood, Director of the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The overall goal of CREA is to encourage evaluation research and practice that is not only culturally sensitive but also culturally responsive. Hot Tip – Attend the 2013 CREA Conference: …
