Susan Kistler on a New Excel Learning Resource Customized for Evaluators

My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Back in May of 2011, Alex da Silva wrote a great aea365 post on Expanding Your Capacity With Microsoft Excel, suggesting resources for beginner, intermediate, and advanced Excel users. Today, I have something new to add to …

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Aubrey Perry on Mind Mapping and xMind

Hello! My name is Aubrey Perry, the Coordinator for Data Collection and Analysis at the Gateway to College National Network. We work with two-year colleges, school districts, and state departments of education to provide opportunities for high school dropouts and underprepared college students to achieve college credentials. Hot Tip: As an internal evaluator for a …

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Jan Losby and Anne Wetmore on Likert Scales—Odd or Even?

We are Jan Losby (a CDC employee) and Anne Wetmore (a former ORISE Fellow at CDC), members of the Evaluation and Program Effectiveness Team in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Inevitably when you start creating a survey and you are using a Likert …

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Ann Emery on Aha Moments for Novice Evaluators

Greetings! I’m Ann Emery from Innovation Network in Washington, DC. I also tweet and blog about my adventures as a nonprofit and foundations evaluator. Lessons Learned: Are you a recent graduate or novice evaluator? If so, you’ve probably already made tremendous professional and personal growth. Congratulations! However, you’ve probably also learned that evaluation is challenging! As I followed the #evalAHA hashtag …

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Kylie Hutchinson on The Internal Evaluator’s Carol

I’m Kylie Hutchinson, AEA Member, independent evaluator and owner of Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation, occasional aea365 contributor, and annual writer of Christmas carols for evaluators and not-for-profits. Each year, I adapt a carol to share with my colleagues and clients. Last year, Susan Kistler asked if I would share one with aea365 and I’m …

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Fatima Frank and Greg Lestikow on Using a Participatory Ranking Methodology in Focus Groups for Sensitive Topics

Hello, we are Greg Lestikow, CEO and Fatima Frank, Project Manager of evalû, a small consulting firm that focuses exclusively on rigorous evaluations of social and economic development initiatives.  We champion impact evaluation that maintains academic rigor but is based entirely on our clients’ need to improve strategic and operational effectiveness and increase profitability. In …

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CP TIG Bonus: Susan Wolfe on Using Performance Data to Empower Staff and Build Capacity

My name is Susan Wolfe and I am the owner of Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC, a consulting firm that applies Community Psychology principles to strengthening organizations and communities. I serve as the local evaluator for four programs that are funded by Federal grants for a five year cycle. Each program was required to set …

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Susan Kistler on Getting Involved With aea365

Hello aea365! My name is Susan Kistler, I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Today, I’m going to write briefly about ways to get a bit more involved with aea365. Hot Tip – Share Your Favorite aea365 Posts: We regularly receive questions about whether the content on aea365 may …

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Wendy Tackett and Joseph Trommater on Local Evaluation Capacity Building

Hi! I’m Wendy Tackett, President of iEval, an evaluation consulting firm in Michigan, and I’m Joseph Trommater, Project Director for S.P.A.R.K.S., a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLCs) program funded in northern Michigan through the Michigan Department of Education. iEval serves as the external evaluators for S.P.A.R.K.S. and has maintained that relationship for ten years. …

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