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NPF TIG Week: P.U.S.H. Evaluation: Practice (Equity, Justice and Liberation) Until Something Happens by monique liston

Leave a Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / March 19, 2024

Sending love to all of my evaluation friends worldwide! My name is monique liston and I am the Founder, Chief Strategist, and Joyful Militant at UBUNTU Research and Evaluation based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As our organization is working towards a decade of learning with organizations using evaluative thinking, we wanted to share three lessons for all evaluators working with philanthropy for a more equitable, just and liberated world. Our practice of equity, justice and liberation is never episodic but is always a constant persistent call to action in our work. We must practice the world we want to create in order for others to join us.

NPF TIG Week: Co-creating Meaningful Metrics Across Teams by Emily Kalnicky

Leave a Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / March 19, 2024

Greetings! I am Emily Kalnicky, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at the non-profit Partnership for Public Service, along with being an independent consultant. I started at the Partnership in February 2021, and I am responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing policies and procedures for all monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities, as well as building capacity for their use. 

Needs Assessment TIG Week: Evaluating Student Success in Higher Education: A Plea for Needs Assessment by Jessica Osborne

Leave a Comment / Needs Assessment / February 29, 2024

Hello! I am Jessica Osborne, Principal Evaluation Associate at the University of Mississippi Center for Research Evaluation. My role involves providing evaluation services for the higher education field, with projects located across the US, and my background includes not only evaluation but also experience working as a professor, administrator, and student success practitioner within numerous higher education contexts including community colleges, adult education, and R-1 institutions. I love working in evaluation and higher education and am passionately committed to helping students succeed by providing high-quality evaluation that improves student programs, and consequently student outcomes. One commonality I have seen across projects, positions, and institutions: we do not have a solid understanding of our students – who they are, what they need, what motivates them, why they struggle, why they succeed.

Arts, Culture, and Museums TIG Week: Dance as a Means of Documentation, Exploration, Interpretation and Communication of What and How We Value by Vincent E Thomas and Geri Lynn Peak

Leave a Comment / Arts, Culture, and Museums / February 2, 2024

This post was originally released on AEA365 in 2023, and was so popular the first time around, it is being reshared from the archives at the request of the Arts, Culture, and MuseumTIG. I’m Vincent E Thomas, a dancer/choreographer/professor. I move the body as a way to unearth layers of self for deeper understanding of …

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University-Based Centers TIG Week: Working with Students at a University-Based Evaluation and Research Center by Rae Jing Han, Liz Litzler, Erin Carll, Emily Knaphus-Soran, and Daniel Mackin Freeman

Leave a Comment / University-Based Centers / January 27, 2024

Hi! We are Rae Jing Han, Liz Litzler, Erin Carll, Emily Knaphus-Soran, and Daniel Mackin Freeman from the University of Washington Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity. Our center usually employs 6-10 students (graduate and undergraduate) to help us with our evaluation and research projects. We love the energy and perspective students bring, and over time, we have learned a few things about the strengths students bring to our work and some strategies for supporting them in their role.  We have incorporated student voices in quotes.

American Journal of Evaluation Week: Meet AJE’s International Developments in Evaluation Section Editors by Alysson Akiko Oakley and Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 12, 2024

Happy New Year! We are Alysson Akiko Oakley, PhD (Vice President, Pact) and Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa, PhD (Associate Professor and Research Director, Wits School of Governance). We serve as the new co-editors of the International Developments in Evaluation section of the American Journal of Evaluation. We are evaluation educators and practitioners and are delighted to join the AJE team. We share a love of learning, of supporting research in evaluation, and of advancing diverse experiences and perspectives. We come to our role as editors with a desire to increase the dissemination of these experiences and perspectives, with the hope of improving the practice of evaluation.

Meet The Team: Senior Membership and Operations Manager, Zachary Grays

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 22, 2024

My name is Zachary Grays and I am the Senior Membership and Operations Manager here at the American Evaluation Association (AEA). AEA plays an important part in shaping the career journey and identity of our approximately 5,0000 members as their professional home. At the core of the AEA member community are our Topical Interest Groups (TIGs), exclusive member communities defined around a special topic or interest whereby the knowledge, experience, and skills of each member can become a resource that the entire community can leverage. I LOVE our TIGs! And here is the simple reason why you should too: TIGs are the way to find your people.

Meet The Team: Elizabeth Grim, AEA365’s Curator

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 11, 2024

Greetings, evaluation friends! Elizabeth Grim here. Founder of Elizabeth Grim Consulting and Curator of AEA365. I blend learning, evaluation, and strategy to support purpose-driven organizations in making bold decisions with data through intentional inquiry, meaningful measurement, and sustainable solutions.

Meet The Team: Let’s Play ‘Guess Who’ by Elizabeth DiLuzio and Elizabeth Grim

4 Comments / Uncategorized / January 8, 2024

Hi everyone! AEA365 Lead Curator Elizabeth DiLuzio and Curator Elizabeth Grim here with a Guess Who style game for you. We have a sneaking suspicion that the two curators of AEA365 both being named Elizabeth might have confused a few folks over the years. So, in today’s post, we’re going to play a game of …

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