We are P. Antonio Olmos-Gallo, Kathryn K. DeRoche, and C.J. McKinney. We work at the Mental Health Center of Denver, a non-profit community mental health center which has become the de-facto mental health authority for the City and County of Denver. On any given day we provide services to about 4000 adults and 1000 youth. …
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My name is Cassandra O’Neill and I’ve been a consultant for the past 10 years. I’m a member of a network of consultants and coaches called Wholonomy Consulting. I’m also the President-Elect for the Arizona Evaluation Network and a member of the AEA Local Affiliate Council. A theme in my work is using effective engagement …
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My name is Jenny Jones, and I am an Associate Professor in the school of social work at Virginia Commonwealth University. I have spent a considerable amount of time engaging in evaluation research with numerous community based organizations. The majority of my work is done in communities of color, specifically within the African American community …
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My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. I am also a regular facilitator of the Canadian Evaluation Society’s Essential Skills Series course. One question my students regularly bring up when learning to develop logic models and evaluation plans is the issue of “contribution …
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Hello, My name is Michael Duttweiler and I am assistant director for program development and accountability for Cornell University Cooperative Extension. One of my roles is to provide evaluation planning assistance to local extension educators, many of whom do not have formal backgrounds in program development or evaluation. Hot Tip: Talking Your Way Into a …
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My name is Rodney Hopson. I am a faculty member in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership in the School of Education at Duquesne University. For the last several years (with a host of great colleagues in AEA, with Torres Consulting Group and OMG Center for Collaborative Learning with the support of the National …
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If it’s Saturday it must be Susan! My name is Susan Kistler. I am the Executive Director for the American Evaluation Association and I contribute each Saturday’s post to the aea365 blog. Today, I am going completely practical and broadly applicable. The range of opportunities that call for working with photographs is ever increasing, including …
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My name is Kim Norris and I am the Evaluation Coordinator for University of Maryland Extension’s Food Supplement Nutrition Education (FSNE) program. Included in my work is to assist educators in developing useful strategies for assessing the impact of their work on our target audience, limited-income, and often, low-literacy, populations. Hot Tip: Utilize Audience Response …
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My name is Cindy J Wong. I am a consultant evaluation and a social science researcher in health and human services. Recently, I have been obsessed with digital video technology as a tool in social, organizational, instructional, and evaluative documentation. I recently had the chance of bringing portable video recorders to a visit to a …
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Greetings! We are Tom McQuiston (USW Tony Mazzocchi Center) and Tobi Mae Lippin and Kristin Bradley-Bull (New Perspectives Consulting Group). We have collaborated for over a decade on participatory evaluation and assessment projects for the United Steelworkers (labor union). And we have grappled mightily with how to complete high-quality data analysis and interpretation in participatory …
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