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Brian Yates on Doing Cost-Inclusive Evaluation. Part II: Measuring Monetary Benefits

Leave a Comment / Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits and Economics / December 16, 2010

Hello again! I’m Brian Yates, your Treasurer, Director of the Program Evaluation Research Laboratory (PERL) at American University in Washington, DC, and a Professor there too. A few weeks ago I wrote an AEA365 on “Doing Cost-Inclusive Evaluation. Part I: Measuring Costs.” Measuring the costs of programs is only part of cost-inclusive evaluation. This week …

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Brian Yates on Doing Cost-Inclusive Evaluation – Part I: Measuring Costs

1 Comment / Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits and Economics / December 7, 2011

Hi! I’m Brian Yates, Professor in the Department of Psychology, and Director of the Program Evaluation Research Laboratory (PERL), at American University in Washington, DC. I’ve also been the AEA Treasurer for the past 3 years, and am looking forward to serving for 3 more. I’ve included cost as well as outcome measures in my …

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CAP Week: Kathryn Hill on Cost Analysis

Leave a Comment / College Access Programs, Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits and Economics / July 27, 2010

My name is Kathryn Hill and I work with the state of Minnesota’s GEAR UP college access initiative as the Evaluation and Research Manager. GEAR UP is the acronym for the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs federal grant program, designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter …

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Susan Kistler on Free/Low-cost Software for Evaluation for Nonprofits

3 Comments / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / August 24, 2010

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director for the American Evaluation Association. I contribute each Saturday’s post to the aea365 blog. This week I am writing from Atlanta at the Nonprofit Technology conference. Do you work for or with nonprofit organizations? Have you experienced challenges due to financial constraints that make …

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YFE TIG Week: Stronger Relationships and Centering Learning Opened Pathways to Youth Participation by Natalie De Sole

Leave a Comment / Youth Focused Evaluation / April 14, 2024

I’m Natalie De Sole (she/her), a white, multicultural, independent consultant and founder of the evaluation firm Rooted-Growth. Elevating youth voice requires me to walk the tightrope of values and relationships. My outsider status often goes beyond that of a third-party party evaluator; my race, ethnicity, gender, culture, lived experiences, education, and community usually differ from …

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

Leave a Comment / Health Evaluation / April 4, 2024

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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Uncovering Hidden Data to Address Organizational Slack: Decolonizing Efficiency-Centric Evaluation by Mita Marra

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 27, 2024

I’m Mita Marra. As an economics professor at the University of Naples in Italy, specialized in policy evaluation in regional development, innovation and work-family interface, my engagement with the evaluation community has spanned over two decades. I have served as the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Evaluation and Program Planning since 2019, and as President of the Italian Evaluation Association (AIV) between 2013 and 2017. Currently, I am a member of the Board of the European Evaluation Society and the Council of the International Evaluation Academy.

Washington Evaluators Affiliate Week: Research Partnerships for Better Evidence-based Policy Making by Matt St. John

Leave a Comment / Washington Evaluators Affiliate / February 28, 2024

How can the US federal government bring new perspectives of evidence generation and evaluation to improve programs and policy? I’m Matt St. John, Program Evaluation Specialist with Guidehouse and Evidence Act advisor to the US Department of State (DOS), and I would like to share one initiative that I am working on with my colleagues …

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