LGBT Week: Cary Johnson and Efrain Gutierrez on Evaluating Advocacy Efforts to Promote LGBT Human Rights Around the World

Hello! We’re Cary Johnson, Executive Director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Efrain Gutierrez, Associate at FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm, and Co-leader of the LGBT TIG. We want to share with you some initial lessons learned and resources we have found since IGLHRC engaged with FSG in the development …

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LGBT Week: Joe Heimlich on Including Trans When We Talk of Gender

Hi. I’m Joe Heimlich, a professor at Ohio State, senior research associate with the Institute for Learning Innovation, and member of the LGBT TIG. I’d like to share some thoughts on including transgender in our discussions of gender when we gather data. In a study of gay and lesbian museum visitors, I was struck by …

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LGBT Week: Jason Taylor on the Educational Context for LGBT Youth

My name is Jason Taylor and I’m a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I study programs and policies related to educational access, equity, and success, particularly as they relate to higher education. Among the tragic legacies of 2011 is the widespread publicity …

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LGBT Week: Kathleen Tinworth on Being an LGBT Ally

I’m Kathleen Tinworth, co-chair of AEA’s Evaluating Art & Culture TIG and member/avid supporter of the LGBT TIG. I am humbled and honored to be a part of the LGBT TIG’s AEA365 blog series and excited to share with you why I feel being an ally is essential to our work as evaluators. First of …

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LGBT Week: Robert Hoke and Efrain Gutierrez on Insights Into LGBTs and Evaluation

Hi. We’re Robert Hoke and Efrain Gutierrez, co-chairs for the TIG, with John Dawes, one of the program co-chairs, and we’re part of the leadership team for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues TIG. Today’s provocative blog was written with the intent to build awareness of LBGT issues in Culturally Sensitive Evaluation. Through …

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Susan Kistler on The Future of Evaluation: 5 Predictions (building on 10 others!)

I’m Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director, and this week John Gargani reflected on what evaluation might look like in 10 years (go ahead, click away – it’s worth a read – but come back!). Lessons [to be] Learned looking into a hazy crystal ball for what evaluation might look like 10 years hence, I wanted …

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Dawn Henderson on Managing Boundaries

Hello, I am Dawn Henderson, a doctoral student in the Psychology in the Public Interest program at North Carolina State University and 2010 – 2011 fellow of the AEA’s Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI). I am currently working as an evaluator with a community-based organization and wanted to share some tips on managing boundaries. So …

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Asil Ozdogru on Evaluation Capacity Building through Local Partnerships

Hello. I am Asil Ozdogru, an evaluation specialist with the Early Care & Learning Council in Albany, NY. In the realm of nonprofits and smaller-size organizations, capacity to conduct quality evaluations can be enriched through partnerships with local and regional entities. Establishing or enhancing relationships with key individuals and organizations plays an essential role in …

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Catherine (Brehm) Rain on Grasshopper Moments: The Kung-Fu Masters of Process Evaluation

I’m Catherine (Brehm) Rain of Rain and Brehm Consulting Group, Inc., an independent research and evaluation firm in Rockledge, Florida. I specialize in Process Evaluation, which answers the questions Who, What, When, Where and How in support of the Outcome Evaluation. Field evaluations occur in chaotic environments where change is a constant. Documenting and managing …

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Melissa McGuire on Selecting Outcome Indicators for Evaluation – Leverage Divergent Points of View with Group Priority Sort

I’m Melissa McGuire, a Partner at Cathexis Consulting Inc., an evaluation practice in Toronto, Canada. I was inspired by Ricardo Gomez’s recent post on Q methodology to share an adaptation of Q which we’ve been using in our practice that we call Group Priority Sort. Lesson Learned: As many evaluators have experienced, it’s important to …

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