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STEM Week: Jack Mills on STEM Education Evaluation in Higher Education

Leave a Comment / STEM Education and Training / March 10, 2013

My name is Jack Mills, PhD. I am an Independent Evaluation Consultant and I evaluate programs designed to increase participation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Programs run by and for underrepresented minority (URM) scholars are a primary focus of this work. I’m especially excited to help inaugurate the STEM Education TIG so that …

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Susan Kistler on Remembering the Ides of March and Thinking About Your Message

4 Comments / Uncategorized / March 9, 2013

I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. We have a busy week coming up with all conference proposals due next Friday. Hot Tip – Beware the Ides of March (for it is the AEA conference proposal submission deadline): Famously known as the date of Caesar’s assassination at …

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Christine Johnson and Terri Anderson on the Quality Improvement – Evaluation Connection

Leave a Comment / Health Evaluation, Internal Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / March 8, 2013

Hi, we are Christine Johnson and Terri Anderson, members of the Massachusetts Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative (MA-PCMHI). MA-PCMHI is Massachusetts’ state-wide, multi-site PCMH demonstration project engaging 46 primary care practices in organizational transformation to adopt the PCMH primary care model.  Our roles as Transformation and Quality Improvement Director (Christine) and Qualitative Evaluation Study Team …

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Johanna Morariu, Kat Athanasiades, and Ann Emery on New Research: The State of Evaluation 2012

5 Comments / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design, Research on Evaluation / March 7, 2013

Hello! We are Johanna Morariu, Kat Athanasiades, and Ann Emery from Innovation Network. For 20 years, Innovation Network has helped nonprofits and foundations evaluate and learn from their work. In 2010, Innovation Network set out to answer a question that was previously unaddressed in the evaluation field—what is the state of nonprofit evaluation practice and …

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Tania Jarosewich and Linda Simkin on Using the College Access Network Survey

2 Comments / College Access Programs / March 6, 2013

Hi, this is Tania Jarosewich of Censeo Group, a program evaluation firm in northeast Ohio, and Linda Simkin of Action Research Associates of Albany, New York. We worked on different aspects of the evaluation of KnowHow2GO, an initiative funded by Lumina Foundation to strengthen college access networks.  We are excited to share with you the …

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Maggie Miller on Follow up to Small is Beautiful

2 Comments / Independent Consulting / March 5, 2013

Hello, I am Maggie Miller, the principal of Maggie Miller Consulting.  I conduct program evaluation for small to mid-size nonprofits in the Denver/Boulder area.  Sometimes I think I should change that tagline because I’ve gotten referrals to larger nonprofits (whom I adore), but I am still very attached to the small identity. Hot Tips: Trust …

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Tarek Azzam on Using Crowdsourcing in Evaluation Practice

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / March 4, 2013

I am Tarek Azzam, assistant professor at Claremont Graduate University and associate director of the Claremont Evaluation Center. Today I want to talk about crowdsourcing and how it can potentially be used in evaluation practice. Generally speaking, crowdsourcing is the process of using the power of the many individuals (i.e. the crowd) to accomplish specific …

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Manny Straehle on the ICA Data Visualization Competition

6 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / March 3, 2013

Hello! I am Manny Straehle and I work with International Credentialing Associates (ICA). ICA is a measurement consulting firm with expertise in developing certificates, certification, and licensing programs. We are committed to producing reports and visualizations that are simple and easy to understand for the clients we serve, but we need your help. Hot Tip …

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Susan Kistler on Thinking Imaginatively for Evaluation Reporting

5 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / March 3, 2013

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association and the regularly Saturday contributor on area365. Next week I am traveling to Minnesota to give a workshop at the Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute on “Data Visualization, Presentation, and Reporting That Engages Stakeholders, Elevates Your Message, and Enhances Use.” …

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LAWG Week: Megan Grimaldi on Using NVivo to Examine Trends in a National Nonprofit Network

2 Comments / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / March 6, 2015

Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. I’m Megan Grimaldi from Communities In Schools.  When I think about how I’ve grown in my life, I see a cycle.  I start out with a goal or a need (wanting to lose weight); I work with supportive people who can help …

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