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SEA Week: Dr. Moya Alfonso on the Benefits of Being A Grant Reviewer

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 24, 2014

My name is Moya Alfonso, and I’m an Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University and University Sector Representative and Board Member for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA), a regional affiliate of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). So, you need to improve (or develop) your grant writing skills and perform service. A perfect way to address …

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SEA Week: Jason Lawrence on Making the Most of Graduate Education in the Evaluation Profession

1 Comment / Graduate Student and New Evaluators / August 24, 2014

My name is Jason Lawrence, Grants Manager at the Florida Office of the Attorney General and Student Sector Representative and Board Member for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA), a regional affiliate of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). I am also a second-year Masters of Public Administration (MPA) student in the Askew School of Public Administration …

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SEA Week: Jennifer Johnson and Melanie Meyer on Using Mentoring and Training Programs to Develop Knowledge and Skills

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 24, 2014

We are Jennifer Johnson and Melanie Meyer, and we are evaluators at the Florida Legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.  Jennifer has served as Past President and currently serves as Secretary for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA), and Melanie holds a Master’s degree in Adult and Continuing Education and is a member of SEA. The purpose of continued professional …

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SEA Week: Dr. Fred Seamon on Evaluation Careers in the Private Sector

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 24, 2014

Hi, I`m Fred Seamon, Senior Partner with MGT of America, Inc. and Past President of the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA), a regional affiliate of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). I am also a former Assistant Professor for the Askew School of Public Administration and Public Policy at Florida State University, and former Research Associate for …

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SEA Week: Sean Little on Book Reviewing for Skill Growth

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 24, 2014

My name is Sean Little, Consultant for Sean Little Consulting and Newsletter Editor for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA). I’ve been reviewing books for SEA’s newsletter since 2007. While I began reviewing books to network, and to build my Internet presence, I soon realized a positive unintended consequence.  My reviews constituted Internet accessible writing samples, …

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SEA Week: Sheena Horton on Breaking Into the Evaluation Field

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 24, 2014

My name is Sheena Horton, Senior Analyst at MGT of America, Inc., and Private Sector Representative and Board Member for theSoutheast Evaluation Association (SEA). I have been in the evaluation field professionally since 2008, and would like to offer a few tips from my experience breaking into the evaluation field. Lesson Learned: Evaluation opportunities are …

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Jayne Corso on Using HootSuite to Monitor Evaluation Trends and Conversations on Social Media

Leave a Comment / Social Network Analysis, Uncategorized / August 25, 2014

Hello, my name is Jayne Corso and I work with Dan McDonnell as a Community Manager for AEA. As a frequent social media user, and one of the voices behind @aeaweb, I am always searching for new tools that can organize my social media feeds and help me stay up-to-date on the latest conversations, topics, …

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MIE TIG Week: Andrea Guajardo on Culturally Responsive Evaluation in a Health Setting

Leave a Comment / Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / August 17, 2014

I am Andrea Guajardo, Director of Community Health for CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System and a doctoral student at the University of the Incarnate Word seeking a PhD focused on Organizational Leadership and Program Evaluation.  My role at the hospital provides numerous opportunities for evaluation of community-based programs as well as community collaborations, but the …

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MIE TIG Week: Maurice Samuels on Building an Evaluator’s Capacity to Conduct Culturally Competent Evaluations

1 Comment / Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / August 17, 2014

Greetings my name is Maurice Samuels and I’m a Lead Evaluation and Research Associate at Outlier Research and Evaluation, CEMSE|University of Chicago. Our group recently hosted an American Evaluation Association Graduate Education Diversity Intern (GEDI). This was a wonderful opportunity for me and my colleagues to influence the development of a new member to the …

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MIE TIG Week: Stafford Hood and Rodney Hopson on Continuing the Journey on Culture and Cultural Context in Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / August 17, 2014

Greetings AEA and evaluation family, we’re Stafford Hood, professor, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign and Director, Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) and Rodney Hopson, professor, George Mason University and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Education Policy and Evaluation. We are members of the AEA Multi-Ethnic Issue TIG, having been long time members and …

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