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Bloggers Series: Steve Gill on The Performance Improvement Blog

3 Comments / Uncategorized / February 16, 2012 December 16, 2011

I’m Steve Gill, a long-time, independent consultant living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I’ve been a mental health therapist, community mental health worker, university professor, program evaluator, small business owner, employee training and development specialist, strategic planner, and management/leadership consultant. Rad Resource – The Performance Improvement Blog: This is my blog. I post once a week …

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Bloggers Series: Ellie Buteau on the CEP Blog

Leave a Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / February 15, 2012 February 13, 2012

My name is Ellie Buteau. I am the vice-president for research at The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). CEP is a 10-year old nonprofit organization. Our mission is to provide data and create insight so philanthropic funders can better define, assess, and improve their effectiveness – and, as a result, their intended impact. Rad Resource – …

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Bloggers Series: Trina Willard on For Good Measure

Greetings! I’m Trina Willard, Principal of Knowledge Advisory Group, a small, woman-owned management consulting firm. I’ll be sharing information about our company’s blog, For Good Measure. Rad Resource – For Good Measure: Knowledge Advisory Group publishes For Good Measure about 1-2 times per month to disseminate information about measurement and evaluation as it relates to …

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Bloggers Series: Charles Gasper on The Evaluation Evangelist

5 Comments / Health Evaluation / February 13, 2012 January 6, 2012

My name is Charles Gasper and I am the Director of Evaluation for the Missouri Foundation for Health. I also Blog under the name of The Evaluation Evangelist and can be found on Twitter and Facebook. Below, you will find some painful lessons and hopefully useful resources. Rad Resource – The Evaluation Evangelist: My blog …

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Bloggers Series: Molly Engle on Evaluation is an everyday activity

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / February 12, 2012 January 8, 2012

Hi! I’m Molly Engle, Evaluation Specialist for the Oregon State University Extension Service. I blog weekly (unless I’m out of town) at a blog I call, Evaluation is an everyday activity. Rad Resource –Evaluation is an everyday activity was started in December 2009 to provide program personnel, nascent evaluators, faculty interested-in-evaluation-and-not-evaluators, and anyone who might …

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Susan Kistler on Evaluation in Informal Learning Environments

Leave a Comment / Arts, Culture, and Museums / February 11, 2012 April 3, 2012

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. Today, I am writing from the AEA Board of Director’s meeting being held at the Hilton Minneapolis. Why would you care? This is the headquarters hotel for Evaluation 2012 and it’s a lovely place – right downtown, lots to do within walking distance, restaurants galore, and …

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LGBT Week: Robert Hoke on Resources, Lessons, and Tips for Evaluators Attending to LGBT Issues

2 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 10, 2012 January 30, 2012

Greetings. I’m Robert Hoke, an independent consultant and co-chair of AEA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues TIG. We hope you have found this week’s AEA365 blogs to be thought-provoking and informative. As we all strive to embody the principles found in the AEA Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation, it is important to …

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

3 Comments / Advocacy and Policy Change, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 9, 2012 February 10, 2012

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

2 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 8, 2012 January 30, 2012

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

Leave a Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / February 7, 2012 January 29, 2012

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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