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Navigating Organizational Politics and Paving the Way for Real Organizational Change by Cynthia Cortez

Leave a Comment / Internal Evaluation / January 12, 2019

I’m Cynthia Cortez, current Director of Evaluation and Learning at Bresee Foundation, a multi-service non-profit focused on battling poverty. My experience in promoting organizational improvement as an internal evaluator has taught me something very important: recognize how politics mediates improvement. Politics. Yes, I know it can be triggering. Yet, it’s always present and as a professor used …

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Assessing the Feasibility of Conducting a Retrospective Impact Evaluation by Larry Dershem, Ashley Bishop, and Brad Kerner

1 Comment / Uncategorized / August 7, 2018

Greetings! We are Larry Dershem (Senior Advisor, Research & Evaluation), Ashley Bishop (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor), and Brad Kerner (Senior Director, Sponsorship Program) working for Save the Children (SC), which is an international relief and development organization that seeks to ensure children survive, learn, and are protected internationally and in the US. A retrospective …

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Assessing the Feasibility of Conducting a Retrospective Impact Evaluation by Larry Dershem, Ashley Bishop, and Brad Kerner

7 Comments / Uncategorized / March 31, 2018

Greetings! We are Larry Dershem (Senior Advisor, Research & Evaluation), Ashley Bishop (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor), and Brad Kerner (Senior Director, Sponsorship Program) working for Save the Children (SC), which is an international charitable relief and development organization that seeks to ensure children survive, learn, and are protected internationally and in the US. A …

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PFE Week: Principles-Focused Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton

2 Comments / Uncategorized / November 25, 2017

My name is Michael Quinn Patton, author of Principles-Focused Evaluation: The GUIDE.  Principles-based initiatives, including programs, projects, collaborations, and change efforts of all kinds, base what they do and why they do it on guiding principles. Examples: Build mutually respectful relationships Engage in trauma-informed care Act collaboratively Principles inform and guide decisions and choices.  Principles-driven …

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NPF TIG Week: When Logic Models Alone Just Won’t Do—Use a Conceptual Framework! by Kristina Jamal and Jacqueline Singh

1 Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / October 6, 2017

Greetings, we are Kristina Jamal and Jacqueline Singh. In addition to being NPFTIG members, we serve on the PDTIG leadership team. Kristina is founder of Open Hearts Helping Hands (OH3), a nonprofit that collaborates with student-focused organizations and community members. Jacqueline is an evaluation/program design advisor and founder of Qualitative Advantage, LLC. We started working together …

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WE Week: David J. Bernstein and Kathy Newcomer on Issues and Solutions in Government Evaluation Contracting

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / September 6, 2015

We are David J. Bernstein, a Senior Study Director with Westat, founding chair of the AEA Government Evaluation Topical Interest Group, and President-elect of Washington Evaluators, the DC area affiliate of AEA, and Kathy Newcomer, Director of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration at George Washington University, a former AEA Board Member, and …

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EEE Week: Cheryl Peters on Measuring Collective Impact

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / April 4, 2014

My name is Cheryl Peters and I am the Evaluation Specialist for Michigan State University Extension, working across all program areas. Measuring collective impact of agricultural programs in a state with diverse commodities is challenging. Many states have an abundance of natural resources like fresh water sources, minerals, and woodlands. Air, water and soil quality …

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CP TIG Week: Theresa Armstead on Representing Values in Evaluation Practice: A Balancing Act

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology / August 25, 2013

I am Theresa Armstead, a behavioral scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. I am a co-chair for the Community Psychology Topical Interest Group.   This week’s theme is Pursuing Meaning, Justice, and Well-Being in 21st Century Evaluation Practice. The theme is a blend of …

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OL-ECB Week: Joseph Bauer and Allison Titcomb on Collaboration to Enhance Evaluation Capacity Building

Leave a Comment / Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / November 8, 2012

I’m Joseph Bauer, Chair of the Organizational Learning-Evaluation Capacity Building Topical Interest Group (OL-ECB TIG), here with Allison Titcomb, ALTA Consulting/ Arizona Evaluation Network (AZENET) /Local Affiliate Collaborative (LAC).  We have prepared this post as a model activity that reflects joint purposes of the OL-ECB and the LAC. The OL-ECB TIG and the Local Affiliate …

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EPE Week: Valerie Williams on Evaluating Environmental Education Programs

1 Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / April 15, 2012

My name is Valerie Williams and I am a Program Evaluator at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). One of the programs I work with is Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE), a worldwide, K-12 environmental science and education program. Many environmental education programs struggle with the question of whether environmental …

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