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Linda Cabral and Jillian Richard-Daniels on Using Qualitative Data Collection to Better Understand Measure Development and Reporting

1 Comment / Health Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / June 11, 2014 June 8, 2014

Hello, we are Linda Cabral and Jillian Richard-Daniels from the Center for Health Policy and Research at University of Massachusetts Medical School. Collecting and reporting data on a set of predefined measures is something that many evaluators are asked to do. This typically quantitative process involves gathering data, often from multiple sources and stakeholders, to …

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Andrea Crews-Brown, Tom McKlin, Brandi Villa and Shelly Engelman on Analysis of Retrospective Surveying

1 Comment / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / June 10, 2014 June 8, 2014

Hi! This is Andrea Crews-Brown, Tom McKlin, and Brandi Villa with SageFox Consulting Group, a privately owned evaluation firm with offices in Amherst, MA and Atlanta, GA, and Shelly Engelman with the School District of Philadelphia. Today we’d like to share results of a recent survey analysis. Lessons Learned: Retrospective vs. Traditional Surveying Evaluators typically implement …

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Susan Kistler on a Free Tool for Adding Interactivity to Online Reports: Innovative Reporting Part IV

3 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / June 9, 2014 June 10, 2014

I am Susan Kistler, contributing editor at TheSmarterOne.com (we finally launched this month – yay!) and former Executive Director for the American Evaluation Association. aea365 contributors have written before about producing online reports (for example here and here), wherein we learned, among other things, that evaluators are still feeling their way in terms of online reporting. …

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Jordan Slice on LucidChart for Free Flow Chart Construction

2 Comments / Uncategorized / June 8, 2014 June 7, 2014

Hi everyone! I’m Jordan Slice – a Research Specialist with Richland One, an urban school district in Columbia, South Carolina. Not long ago I wrote an aea365 post about how being a creator informs being an evaluator. As my original post may have made obvious, I’m a very visual person. That being said, I have …

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Sheila B Robinson on A Rad Resource for Game Theory or Geisteswissenschaften

Leave a Comment / Teaching of Evaluation / June 7, 2014 June 7, 2014

Hello! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a great resource for evaluators and one of my perennial go-to guides for evaluation work. Do you ever need to explain the central limit theorem, counterfactual, or construct validity and need a little help? Do you confuse mediating and moderating variables? Do you know …

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WE Week: Nick Hart on the Value of Affiliate Connections with the Academic Community

1 Comment / Uncategorized / June 6, 2014 May 26, 2014

Hello, I am Nick Hart, Treasurer of AEA’s Washington Evaluators (WE) affiliate and a PhD student in Program Evaluation at The George Washington University. I’d like to share some thoughts on the value of local affiliates’ connections with the academic community. Situated in the Washington, D.C. area, WE has a unique opportunity to connect …

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WE Week: Matthew Von Hendy on High Quality Low Cost Research Resources For Evaluators

2 Comments / Uncategorized / June 5, 2014 May 26, 2014

Hello! My name is Matthew Von Hendy, I am the owner of Green Heron Information Services, which provides research and information services to evaluation professionals. I love helping connect people with the information that they need to solve problems or make decisions. Many evaluators are working in budget constrained environments which can make accessing the …

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WE Week: Ladel Lewis and Bernadette Wright on Members Wanted: Recruitment, Retention and Reclamation

3 Comments / Uncategorized / June 4, 2014 June 30, 2014

We are Ladel Lewis and Bernadette Wright, the leadership team of Meaningful Evidence LLC and co-founders of ASK MATT and active on the Membership Committee of Washington Evaluators (WE), the AEA affiliate for the National Capitol Area. Like a great party needs guests, your organization needs members to succeed. Here are some example ways a …

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WE Week: Ann K. Emery on Transforming your Affiliate or TIG into a Well-Oiled Machine

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / June 3, 2014 May 30, 2014

Welcome! I’m Ann K. Emery, longtime fan of AEA affiliates and proud Secretary of the Washington Evaluators. WE has transformed from an informal organization into a lean, mean fighting machine. We’ve standardized our procedures for planning events and tracking members; transferred institutional knowledge from our brains into documents; and improved how we share information with …

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WE Week: David J. Bernstein on Sustaining an Evaluation Community of Practice

1 Comment / Uncategorized / June 2, 2014 May 26, 2014

I am David J. Bernstein, a Senior Study Director with Westat, an employee-owned research and evaluation company. I am the President-elect of Washington Evaluators (WE), the Washington, DC/Virginia/Maryland area affiliate of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). This year marks the 30th anniversary of the WE. As WE founder Michael Hendricks has noted, affiliates help develop …

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