?Saludos! We are Lisa Aponte-Soto and Wanda Casillas, AEA GEDI alumni from LA RED network. Aponte-Soto serves as National Program Deputy Director of RWJF New Connections at the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning. Casillas is a postdoctoral scholar with the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan. The growing Latino presence in …
My name is Art Hernandez and I am a Professor and Dean at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. I teach and practice research and evaluation, have participated in the AEA Minority Serving Institution initiative also serving as Director. As a supporting member of the newly formed LA RED network, this post focuses on Latino Cultural …
LA RED Week: Art Hernandez on Latino Cultural Competence Read More »
¡Salud! and Seasons Greetings! We are Lisa Aponte-Soto and Saúl I. Maldonado, AEA GEDI alumni and co-chairs of LA RED, the Latina/o Responsive Evaluation Discourse Network. Aponte-Soto serves as National Program Deputy Director of RWJF New Connections at the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning. Maldonado is Adjunct Faculty at Santa Clara University’s School of Education …
Hello Loyal aea365 readers! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with one question for you: What is it that YOU would like to read about on this blog? Lesson Learned: AEA365 has been going steadily since January 1, 2010 with 1800+ contributions from hundreds of evaluators across the globe. We accept individual …
Sheila B Robinson on Calling all aea365 readers: What do YOU want to read more about? Read More »
Hello, I’m Katherine Haugh, an evaluator at Innovation Network—a nonprofit consulting firm based in Washington DC. What is the best way that you retain and recall information? Do text-heavy reports speak to you? Or do you prefer images, infographics and colorful fonts? I recently attended AEA’s 2014 conference in Denver, Colorado. While I was there, …
Katherine Haugh on Strategies for Visual Note Taking (Write this Down) Read More »
My name is Kylie Hutchinson and I’m an independent evaluator and owner of Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. Each year, I adapt a Christmas carol to share with my evaluation colleagues and not-for-profit clients. Enjoy! Hot Tip: Poems and songs are one way of communicating evaluation concepts in a fun and memorable way. Rad Resource: …
Kylie Hutchinson on “O Collective Impact,” an Evaluator’s Carol Read More »
Hi! I’m Josh Twomey, evaluation specialist at UMass Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research (in the Office of Clinical Affairs). As evaluators, we are often tasked with providing participants in our evaluations with individualized results. This can be challenging as results must be easy to interpret, display individual results in the context of …
Josh Twomey on Simple and Effective: Using Boxplots to Display Individualized Results Read More »
I’m Ann Martin, an evaluator working with a team of science educators and outreach professionals in Hampton, VA. I frequently employ Google Formsfor evaluation and even other projects. Forms are free, simple, intuitive for users, and get the job done. In the past, though, Google Forms had several notable limitations. If you found that Forms …
Ann Martin on Handy New Survey Features in Google Forms Read More »
My name is Sharon Wasco, and I am a community psychologist and independent consultant. I describe here a recent shift in my language that underscores, I think, important trends in evaluation: I used to pitch evaluation as a way that organizations could “get ahead of” an increasing demand for evidence-based practice (EBP); Now I sell …
Sharon Wasco on Practice-Based Evidence: Another Frame for Evaluation Read More »
My name is Roxann Lamar and I work in research and evaluation at the Center for Human Development, University of Alaska Anchorage. Our local AEA chapter, the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN) hosted a discussion on cultural competence, particularly relevant toNative cultures. About 19% of Alaskans have all or partial Native heritage. The AEA’s statement on …
Roxann Lamar on Culturally Responsive Terminology Read More »
