AEA365 – Page 408 – A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators

Bloggers Series: Fatima Frank on Chronicling Impact

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Uncategorized / January 6, 2013 January 6, 2013

Hello, 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. 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. Rad …

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Susan Kistler on Going Global With aea365

1 Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / January 5, 2013 January 5, 2013

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. For 2013, we’re striving to increase access to evaluation resources for our colleagues from around the corner and around the world. Rad Resource – Translate! We have installed Google Translate on aea365. To translate both current …

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Jake Lee on Using Dipity to Chronicle Personal and Professional Milestones

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / January 3, 2013 January 6, 2013

I am Jake Lee and it’s time to get organized! I know that many of us say that each new year, and then clean out a closet or read Getting Things Done and check off the resolution for another year. My personal challenge is not around organizing THINGS. My recycling is sorted, my spices alphabetized, …

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Stacy Johnson on Analyzing Less Than Perfect Longitudinal Data

3 Comments / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / January 2, 2013 January 3, 2013

Hi, I’m Stacy Johnson, Senior Research Analyst at the Improve Group a national and international evaluation consulting organization based in Saint Paul, MN. The Improve Group works with organizations to make the most of information, navigate complexity and ensure their investments of time and money lead to meaningful, sustained impact. This past October at Evaluation …

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Karen Anderson on Winning a SAGE Gift Certificate With Your Cultural Competence in Evaluation Resolutions for the New Year

22 Comments / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / January 1, 2013 January 1, 2013

Hello! My name is Karen Anderson and I’m the American Evaluation Association’s Diversity Coordinator Intern. Your participation in today’s post will place you in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate from SAGE Publications! Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions? Even if you’re not a fan of making resolutions during this time of the …

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Susan Kistler on Thanking the aea365 Community

1 Comment / Uncategorized / December 31, 2012 December 31, 2012

My name is Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and I’m posting a bonus contribution this week. This is the perfect time to reflect and thank all of those who have made 2012 a banner year for aea365. Lesson Learned – Leadership Is Key: This year, June Gothberg served as the lead curator …

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Monica Hargraves and Miranda Fang on Operationalizing the “Golden Spike” – Practical Guidance for Literature Searches to Complement Program Evaluation

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / December 30, 2012 December 15, 2012

Hello! We are Monica Hargraves and Miranda Fang, from the Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation. We presented together at Eval2012 would like to share some practical tips on literature searches in the context of evaluation. Program managers often face an expectation worthy of Hercules: to provide strong research-quality evidence that their program is effective …

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Susan Kistler on a New Excel Learning Resource Customized for Evaluators

3 Comments / Uncategorized / December 29, 2012 December 29, 2012

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

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Evaluation Managers and Supervisors / December 28, 2012 December 15, 2012

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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