Hello, my name is Jennifer Borland. I am the Director of Research Programs at Rockman et al Cooperative, a research and evaluation firm that specializes in the evaluation of educational programs and media in formal and informal settings. I’ve been working as an evaluator for more than two decades, but I always enjoy discovering new […]
Hello! My name is Mindy Hightower King. I am the founder of Limelight Analytics LLC, a measurement and evaluation firm located in Bloomington, Indiana, that conducts research and evaluation on behalf of non-profit organizations, government agencies, and foundations.
Many of our clients are readily embracing opportunities to return to in-person meetings and conferences (we embrace this, too!). We also find there are still some very compelling reasons to engage, learn, and share ideas in online forums. If you find yourself sharing data in online meetings or convenings, and you are interested in creative ways to engage your audience, then this blog post is for you!
Hello, I’m Jennifer Borland. I am currently the president of the Indiana Evaluation Association and also serve as the Director of Research Programs at Rockman et al Cooperative. I love opportunities to think creatively about evaluation and approach specific problems in original ways. There is an art to figuring out the right incentive to drive
When I attend a community impact meeting, sometimes, I remember to sign in.
I’m Kyle Hannon with Filibuster Press, a community development and book publishing consultancy. When I’m involved with a community meeting, we have a sign-in sheet to keep a record of who is there. From across the room, I will see people who walk into the meeting, usually after the meeting has started, and walk right past the sign-in sheet. How could they do that? Don’t they know it is important for record keeping (grant reporting) that we know how many people were at the meeting?
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This post was originally released on AEA365 in 2022, and was so popular the first time around, it is being reshared from the archives at the request of the Indiana Evaluation Association. Greetings! I’m Kate Bathon Shufeldt, MSW, MPA, CEO of Thrive Nonprofit Solutions in Indianapolis, IN. I am a member of the Indiana Evaluation
Hello, I’m Jacqueline Singh, MPP, PhD (she/her), an evaluator and program design advisor from Indianapolis, Indiana. With 30+ years in evaluation, I’ve worked across higher education, government, and nonprofit settings. The 2023 AEA conference theme, The Power of Story, inspired me to explore autoethnography for my round-table session, as a way to bring personal stories
Hello, my name is Jennifer Borland, and I am the president of the Indiana Evaluation Association. Founded in 2002, IEA is an organization for evaluators and those interested in evaluation to network, exchange ideas, and share information. Our local affiliate group is proud to meet the professional development and networking needs of more than 100 evaluators
Hello AEA community, my name is Dr. Tjip Walker, and I would like to share some thoughts about boundaries. I spent a decade at the US Agency for International Development coordinating efforts to embed systems thinking into that agency’s operations, including the way it monitored and evaluated its programs. Since then, I have set up
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Hello Everyone! My name is Omodolapo Ojo, I am a doctoral candidate at the Department of Educational Research Methodology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. My research work and hands-on practices focused on investigating equity and inclusion in evaluation efforts. Specifically, I adopt systems thinking principles in my work and would like to share
Hello! We’re Katie Winters and Beverly Parsons. We are two systems-oriented evaluators with a cumulative 60+ years of evaluation experience spanning education, public health, and environmental sustainability. Evaluation’s orthodoxies are grounded in empiricism. That which can be perceived with the 5 senses is deemed legitimate in the dominant western worldview. If you can see, smell,
