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Dan McDonnell on Using Twitter to Add Value to Your Evaluation 2013 Experience

Leave a Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / April 7, 2014

Evaluation2013 ( #eval13 in Twitter hashtag speak) is less than two weeks away, and already, social media is abuzz with conversation around the conference. Twitter is a truly incredible tool that can greatly enhance your conference experience. You can connect with speakers and other attendees before you arrive in DC, engage in dialogue, capture your key learnings and observations throughout the week — and then evaluate the key trends and topics discussed when you return home. Here’s how to get started.

MNEA Week: Danielle Hegseth on A New Kind of Education at the AEA Conference

1 Comment / Uncategorized / October 4, 2013

Hi my name is Danielle Hegseth from the Improve Group. In the fall of 2012 I was fresh out of grad school and still green in my role as a research analyst. During my short time in the field I had quickly gained experience with the ups and downs of meeting the needs of clients …

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MNEA Week: Joseph Curiel and Kirsten Rewey on Making the Most of EVAL2013

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 3, 2013

Greetings! We are Joseph Curiel and Kirsten Rewey, evaluators with ACET, Inc., an evaluation firm in Minneapolis, MN. We both presented at Eval2012 and would like to share our thoughts on attending Eval2013. Rad Resource: Your smart phone or computer can be your best friend during the conference. It can help you find Eval2013 presentations …

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MNEA Week: Leah Hakkola on Making the Most out of Networking

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 2, 2013

Hello fellow evaluators!  My name is Leah Hakkola and I am pursuing a doctoral degree in organizational leadership, policy and development at the University of Minnesota. After attending AEA for the first time last year, I have some tips I would like share with you to improve your experience in 2013. Hot Tip 1: Go …

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MNEA Week: Traci Capesius and Melissa Chapman Haynes on Lessons Learned from AEA’s Annual meeting

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 1, 2013

Greeting from Minneapolis, Minnesota! This is Melissa Chapman Haynes and Traci Capesius. We are program evaluators at Professional Data Analysts, Inc., where we specialize in the evaluation of public health programs, particularly tobacco control and obesity. A big highlight from AEA’s 2012 meeting was diving into the unknown by facilitating a brown bag exchange titled, …

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MNEA Week: Angie Ficek on Learning about Potent Presentations

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 16, 2016

Hi! My name is Angie Ficek and I am a program evaluator at Professional Data Analysts, Inc., a small firm in Minneapolis, MN specializing in public health evaluation. At least year’s AEA conference I had the great pleasure of attending Stephanie Evergreen’s session on presentation message, sponsored by AEA’s Potent Presentations Initiative (p2i). The session …

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MNEA Week: Leah Goldstein Moses on How Our Team Evaluated the Value of the AEA Conference

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / September 29, 2013

My name is Leah Goldstein Moses, founder and CEO of the Improve Group. As a lifelong learner and cheerleader for evaluation, I was completely geeked out when I learned that the 2012 AEA conference was going to be right in my city. And as the leader of a growing team of evaluators, I knew I …

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Sheila B. Robinson on Joining the aea365 Author Community

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / September 28, 2013

Greetings aea365 readers! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, Lead Curator of my favorite evaluation blog, aea365. As I’ve written many times before, I’ve claimed the title of “aea365’s biggest fan.” Not only have I been an avid reader myself, but a frequent contributor as well. In fact, my first piece of published writing was indeed an …

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LAWG Week: David J. Bernstein and Valerie Caracelli on the Local Arrangements Activities for Evaluation 2013

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / September 27, 2013

We are David J. Bernstein, Senior Study Director with Westat, an employee-owned research and evaluation company and Valerie Caracelli, Senior Social Science Analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). We are honored to be the Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) Co-Chairs for the upcoming 2013 AEA Conference. The LAWG is a group of 74 …

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LAWG Week: Brian Yoder on Evaluators Visit Capitol Hill

2 Comments / Advocacy and Policy Change, Evaluation Policy, Government Evaluation / September 26, 2013

I am Brian Yoder, Director of Assessment, Evaluation and Institutional Research at the American Society for Engineering Education, a professional association located in Washington, D.C.  I also serve as President Elect for the Washington Evaluators, a local affiliate of AEA. I’ve lived and worked in D.C. for the past seven years working as a contractor, …

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