Hello! I’m Kathy McKnight, Principal Director of Research, Center for Educator Effectiveness at Pearson. Today I completed my annual 2-day introductory workshop on Quantitative Methods, which I’ve offered at AEA’s annual conference every year since….well, I’ve lost track. Over the years, I’ve observed a lot of evaluators who participate in my workshop, hungry to learn …
Hello and kia ora, folks! I’m Jane Davidson, and I’m one of the pre-conference workshop facilitators at this year’s AEA conference in Washington DC. Right now I just wrapped up Day 1 of a 2-day workshop called Actionable Evaluation: Getting succinct answers to the most important questions. Wow, we have great group in there, and …
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I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s current Lead Volunteer Curator, and a huge Stephanie Evergreen fan. Rad Resource: I’m thrilled to report that SAGE Publications just released Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating Your Findings for Maximum Impact. The book is already a success, as it is sold out on Amazon (at the time of this writing), and …
Greetings. My name is Michael Quinn Patton and I’ve been conducting pre-conference workshops every year since the American Evaluation Association (AEA) was established. (Well, I did miss 1989 when the earthquake in San Francisco led to canceling the workshops.) Over the years I’ve found that the participants in my workshops are increasingly from all over …
Hi, I’m Beverly Parsons, the American Evaluation Association President for 2014. I’m excited as we approach our 2013 conference. I know we will come away informed and inspired. The AEA365 team asked me to share ideas about how this year’s conference can serve as a springboard for preparing for next year’s conference on Visionary Evaluation …
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Hello dear people! I’m Stephanie Evergreen and I talk a lot about data visualization and strong reporting. Today I’m going to share with you another installment in our Fab Five Reboot series, where I redesigned five slides from five of AEA’s eStudy presenters. Let’s take a look at Tom Chapel’s slideshow.
My name is Michelle Mandolia and I work in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Evaluation Support Division. At last year’s conference, I attended Stephanie Evergreen’s three Potent Presentations Initiative sessions on Message, Design, and Delivery (now available as a 3-part webinar series or as PDFs at http://p2i.eval.org/). P2i has been a game changer for me. …
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I am Megan Greeson, an Assistant Professor of Clinical/Community Psychology at DePaul University. I conduct collaborative, utilization-focused program evaluations with community-based organizations and I also teach a graduate seminar course in Program Evaluation. I am Adrienne Adams, an Assistant Professor of Ecological-Community Psychology and Program Evaluation at Michigan State University. I use collaborative evaluation approaches …
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Hello, I am Samuel Otoo, manager of the Capacity Development and Results unit at the World Bank Institute (WBI). Since 2009, our team has been developing a body of knowledge around the results of capacity development initiatives. This work is built around the Capacity Development Results Framework (CDRF), and focuses on capacity development as a …
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Greetings from the University of Chicago! We are Courtney Heppner and Sarah Rand, Associate Project Directors for Research and Evaluation at the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE) at the University of Chicago. We will be presenting at AEA’s Annual Conference in DC about producing online evaluation reports. Sarah has blogged about online …
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