Happy Pi Day! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. If you had an internet browser open to this site today, 3.14.15 at precisely 9:26:53 am (EST) looking for today’s post to be about Pi Day, then you probably know that today is a particularly prodigious Pi Day as we have …
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Dear Evaluators, will you be my valentine? Sheila B Robinson here, aea365’s Lead Curator and Saturday contributor feeling a bit mushy today. On holidays, we are reminded of the way we feel about life, ourselves, and each other. We express thanks on Thanksgiving, appreciation for military personnel on Memorial Day, and hope for the future on New Year’s …
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Hi! We are Kathryn Sielbeck-Mathes and Rebecca Selove, co-authors of Chapter 6 of “Feminist Evaluation and Research: Theory and Practice”. In our article, based on three evaluations of substance abuse treatment programs for individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse issues, we discuss the importance of framing and shared understanding between evaluators and evaluation stakeholders. …
My name is Naomi Walsh. I am an independent consultant working primarily with nonprofits. Today, I want to share information about a favorite, free, online journal. Rad Resource: NTEN is the Nonprofit Technology Network. Their annual membership is only $85 per year, about like AEA’s, and if you work with nonprofits at all – even …
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Greetings aea365 community! I’m Ann Emery and I’ve been both an external evaluator and an internal evaluator. Today I’d like to share a few of the reasons why I absolutely love internal evaluation. Lessons Learned: Internal evaluation is a great career option for fans of utilization-focused evaluation. It gives me opportunities to: Meet regularly with Chief Operating Officers and Executive …
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My name is Phil Levine and I’m a full-time statistician in search of things that make me laugh, because a lot of my work just isn’t funny and there is research that shows that laughing will make me live longer. The Genuine Evaluation Blog (always a good read) regularly posts “The Friday Funny” (always a …
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Aye! I’m David Hanson, a Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) scholar and a fellow in the Environmental Leadership Program Delaware River Watershed Network (DEWN). Recently, during an in-person DEWN meetup, we dove into a fascinating conversation about power dynamics in environmental leadership. Since the concept of power is something I’ve delved into deeply …
EPE TIG Week: Beyond Humanity: Rethinking Power in Honor of Earth Week by David Hanson Read More »
We are David Hanson (Senior Consultant, Social Contract) and Evan Kuras (Evaluation Consultant, MXM Research Group), two mid-level environmental evaluators finding our way through professional and leadership journeys. As reflexive evaluators motivated by issues at the intersection of the environment and social justice, we have both found it challenging to find professional development, mentorship, and …
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 …
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 …
