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CAP Week: Kirsten Rewey on Developing a Research Design With College Access Programs

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, College Access Programs / July 27, 2010

My name is Kirsten Rewey and I am a Senior Research and Evaluation Associate at ACET, Inc. Two years ago ACET was selected to provide evaluation services for a federally-funded Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) implemented by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE). As part of the services, OHE …

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Heidi Gegax on Creating a Consultants Collaborative

1 Comment / Independent Consulting / July 2, 2010

Hi, my name is Heidi Gegax and I am a Minneapolis-based independent evaluator.  In my business, I focus on clients who work with youth in out-of-school time programs.  Most of the work I do is solo, which leaves me craving professional development without the cost and time needed for conferences or workshops. Rad Resource: Create …

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Linda Lee on Using Visual Methods to Give Voice in Evaluations

2 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / April 20, 2011

I’m Linda Lee, partner in a Canadian social research and program evaluation company. We work in the public and not-for-profit sectors often evaluating programs that concern children and youth. Both in our work in Canada and internationally, we are frequently working in communities that have been marginalized, such as First Nations communities in Canada or …

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IRB Part II: Stephen Meyer on Contracting with Commercial Providers

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting / May 21, 2010

My name is Stephen Meyer and I am a Senior Research Associate with RMC Research Corporation in Denver, Colorado. RMC Research conducts research and evaluation related to a wide range of education topics. Colleagues and I recently noted on AEA’s LinkedIn group that there are at least three ways to address the issue of Institutional …

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IRB Part I: Benjamin Cohen on Partnering With a University

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting / May 21, 2010

My name is Benjamin Cohen and I am Director of Evaluation at the Center for Schools and Communities, a division of the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit. We currently coordinate several interventions and initiatives for school-age youth that are funded by federal, state and private funders. My current focus is the evaluation of a state-wide bullying prevention …

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Susan Kistler on Taking a Professional Development Break This Summer

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 21, 2010

I am Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director, and I contribute each Saturday’s post to aea365. Today I want to encourage you to take time out over the coming months to take advantage of some of the great upcoming opportunities for learning face-to-face with evaluation colleagues. Rad Resource – AEA Events Directory: AEA’s directory lists professional …

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Jim Altschuld on So They Think They Need a Needs Assessment!

1 Comment / Needs Assessment / May 14, 2010

Hi, my name is Jim Altschuld.  I am a faculty emeritus at the Ohio State University in the school of educational policy and leadership.  Today I will be sharing some tips on needs assessment. You’re called in and they want to assess their needs.    That’s great because you’ve been steeped in Witkin, Altschuld, Kaufman, Gupta, …

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Sally Bond on Peer Review to Improve Evaluation Consulting Practice and Reports

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / April 27, 2010

My name is Sally L. Bond, President & Senior Consultant, The Program Evaluation Group, LLC. In 2004, Marilyn Ray (Finger Lakes Law & Social Policies Center, Inc.) and I began development of a peer review process for the American Evaluation Association’s Independent Consulting TIG. One of the defining objectives of the IC TIG is to …

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EPE Week: Karlyn Eckman on Using the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Study Method

1 Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / December 4, 2011

My name is Karlyn Eckman. I’m a researcher at the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center, and also a long-time United Nations consultant. I’d like to share an evaluation tool that we’ve borrowed from our colleagues in public health and psychology. The knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) study method has been used for decades in …

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EPE Week: Jane Peters on Engagement in the Field of Energy Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Environmental Program Evaluation / December 4, 2011

My name is Jane Peters, and I am the owner of a 19 person firm in Portland Oregon that conducts process and market evaluations of energy efficiency, renewable energy program and other resource conserving programs. I am a 20-year member of AEA and a board member of the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC), which …

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