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 …
Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365.Howdy! My name is Jennifer Hamilton, and I am a Senior Study Director at Westat and a Board member of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society, an AEA affiliate. I am also a statistician and methodologist, who sometimes tweets about evaluation, in addition …
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Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. I am Joseph Gasper, and I am a Senior Study Director with Westat, an employee-owned research corporation in Rockville, Maryland. Westat was hired by New York City’s Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) to evaluate approximately 35 programs to move economically disadvantaged …
Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. My name is Fatima Frank. I am the Evaluation Specialist for evalû, a small consulting firm that focuses exclusively on rigorous evaluations of social and economic development initiatives. I was recently part of a discussion with fellow evaluators on how organizations with limited resources …
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Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. I’m Will Fenn from Innovation Network a Washington, D.C.-based monitoring and evaluation consulting firm specializing in advocacy and policy change evaluation. There is an all too common situation that arises around evaluation — I’ll call it the evaluation merry-go-round. I saw …
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I am David J. Bernstein, a Senior Study Director with Westat, an employee-owned research and evaluation company. I am a Past Chair of the Government Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG), and have been an evaluator in the DC area for over 30 years. Val Caracelli and I are the Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) Co-Chairs …
My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Are you using video as part of your evaluation work? Over the past couple of weeks, I have had the privilege of speaking with a number of AEA members who are using video in different ways …
I’m Robert Hoke, independent evaluation consultant, and co-chair for the LGBT Issues TIG. Today, I want to share some reflections from this AEA365 week. Although it is becoming easier, it remains challenging to be different regarding sexual identity and gender issues. The “It Gets Better” campaign grew out of the bullying of youth, and primarily …
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My name is David Fetterman. I’m President & CEO of Fetterman & Associates, an international evaluation consulting firm (with 25 years experience at Stanford University) and past-president of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). I am probably best known for empowerment evaluation work (helping people learn how to evaluate their own programs). For examples see our …
I am Efrain Gutierrez and I work for FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm that helps foundations, nonprofits and corporations increase their social impact. Last year a friend started collaborating as an evaluator for a program that works with LGBTQ youth. Before starting his evaluation he wanted to talk about cultural competency when working with the LGBTQ community. As …
