My name is Stephen J. Gill. I’m author of Developing a Learning Culture in Nonprofit Organizations (SAGE, 2010)*. This might not sound like a book for evaluators, but it is. The book is about how the process of collecting, reflecting on, and learning from evaluative information can help nonprofits become more successful organizations. Nineteen evaluation …
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My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). It is my pleasure to contribute each Saturday’s post to the aea365 blog. Are you seeking work in the field of evaluation? Draw upon AEA resources, networks, and colleagues to identify leads. Hot Tip: Find an Evaluator: Create …
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My name is Kristen Cici, and I am the owner of The Advancement Company (http://www.theadvancementcompany.com) and blogger at NonprofitSOS: http://www.nonprofitsos.com. I tend to primarily work with nonprofit organizations and am interested in nonprofit capacity building. Hot Tip: When most think of evaluation they think of evaluating a program or policy. I like to help people …
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My name is Jack Mills, I’m a full-time independent evaluator. My projects are mostly in higher education, evaluating training programs in science and engineering designed to broaden participation in those fields. I also evaluate K-12 education programs designed to improve student achievement. Hot Tip: One thing I’ve learned when setting up the contract for an …
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My name is Laura Blasi. I work in the field of assessment and institutional research, evaluate grants in the field of education, and teach research methods to graduate students. In all cases I am trying to communicate in ways that are engaging but are still have meaning (to them and for me.) I write a …
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I’m Paul Duignan, I’ve been working in evaluation for twenty years and more recently I’ve combined evaluation with work in the emerging area of what I call ‘outcomes management’. This is the increasing emphasis that people in strategic planning, performance management and outcomes-focused contracting are putting on specifying, measuring and attributing outcomes. Because of our …
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Hello my name is Tarek Azzam and I am an assistant research faculty member at Claremont Graduate University. I am interested in incorporating geography into our evaluation analysis, and reporting. I’ve found many tools that can help us do this through the use of GIS enabled websites like maps.google.com and many-eyes.com. Hot Tip: you can …
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My name is John LaVelle, and I am an advanced graduate student at Claremont Graduate University. An interest (and need) of mine is time management, since it’s so easy to let the day slip away. I’ll be sharing two resources on more effective time management. Rad Resource: When you’re getting started in evaluation, it’s easy …
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My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association. An avid interest of mine is in data visualization – how to make data more accessible through graphical representation. Please note, the following represents my own interests and not an endorsement by AEA. Hot Tip: Periodic Table of Visualization …
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My name is Amy A. Germuth, President of EvalWorks, LLC (http://EvalWorks.com) and owner/blogger at EvalThoughts.com. I’ve worked over the last year on improving my evaluation reports to better meet my client’s needs and have a few great resources to help you do the same. Rad Resource: “Unlearning Some of our Social Scientist Habits” by Jane …
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