AEA365 – Page 460 – A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators

Dan Jorgensen on Effective Data Management

1 Comment / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / July 26, 2011 July 25, 2011

My name is Dan Jorgensen and I currently serve as the evaluation and research coordinator for the State Personnel Development Grant at the Colorado Department of Education. My primary responsibilities involve the evaluation of six state initiatives including Response to Intervention, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Autism/Significant Support Needs, Early Childhood, Communities of Practice, and …

Dan Jorgensen on Effective Data Management Read More »

Anthony Zambo on a Call to Arms Regarding Evaluation on Wikipedia

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 25, 2011 July 25, 2011

When you type a general search term into google, the most frequently returned first response is from Wikipedia, the giant online crowd-sourced encyclopedia of knowledge. While wikipedia’s reliability may be called into question, its accuracy is based on the work of the masses – of you and I and our willingness to contribute, edit, correct, …

Anthony Zambo on a Call to Arms Regarding Evaluation on Wikipedia Read More »

Allen Blair on Readings for Numbers People (or those who wish they were)

Leave a Comment / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / July 24, 2011 July 25, 2011

My name is Allen Blair and I’m not an evaluator per se, but rather a statistician. I work with evaluators to assist with statistical analyses and I am posting to aea365 to share three favorite blogs for those who are ‘numbers people’, although I think that they are actually more useful for those who find …

Allen Blair on Readings for Numbers People (or those who wish they were) Read More »

Susan Kistler on Commenting and Gravatars

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 23, 2011 July 22, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler, and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. Today, following up from vacation, I’m updating a post from February of 2010 in order to encourage you to make the most of aea365 and blog-based web content. Hot Tip – Add to and read the comments: Most, but not all, …

Susan Kistler on Commenting and Gravatars Read More »

David Hawkins on The Research Methods Knowledge Base

1 Comment / Mixed Methods Evaluation, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / July 22, 2011 July 24, 2011

Salutations aea365ers. I am David Hawkins, closet dummy. I have read Wine for Dummies so that I can order wine in a restaurant without getting fleeced. I bought Birds for Dummies when my daughter wanted a parakeet. Costa Rica for Dummies is helping me to plan an upcoming vacation. But as far as I know, …

David Hawkins on The Research Methods Knowledge Base Read More »

Rena Matthews on Getting Names Right

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / July 21, 2011 July 21, 2011

My name is Rena Matthews and I work in a small firm in California named ORI Consulting. I thought that I would share a few of the tricks that I don’t usually mention out loud but that have served me well in connecting with people and overcoming my own lack of memory for names and …

Rena Matthews on Getting Names Right Read More »

Stan Capela on The Philosophical Evaluator

3 Comments / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Internal Evaluation, Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / July 20, 2011 July 19, 2011

As an evaluator I am often confronted by questions that I often think about while taking the Staten Island Ferry at the end of the day. My name is Stan Capela and I am the VP for Quality Management and Corporate Compliance Officer for HeartShare Human Services. I am also the current AEA Government TIG …

Stan Capela on The Philosophical Evaluator Read More »

Lisa Chauveron on the Roadmap to Effectiveness

1 Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / July 19, 2011 July 19, 2011

My name is Lisa Chauveron. I am the Director of Research & Evaluation at The Leadership Program, an urban organization that serves 18,000 youth, 500 teachers, and 6,000 parents annually in 250 underserved New York City schools. I oversee all internal program evaluations, coordinate with outside consultants, and lead external evaluations for other organizations. We …

Lisa Chauveron on the Roadmap to Effectiveness Read More »

Ariana Weld on Scrivener

2 Comments / Uncategorized / July 18, 2011 July 18, 2011

My name is Ariana Weld and I am slowly but surely writing my doctoral thesis. I want to tell you about Scrivener. Rad Resource – Scrivener http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php: According to its website “Scrivener is a powerful content-generation tool for writers that allows you to concentrate on composing and structuring long and difficult documents. While it gives …

Ariana Weld on Scrivener Read More »

Victor Kuo on Contributing to AEA’s International Listening Project

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / July 17, 2011 July 14, 2011

Hi. I’m Victor Kuo, one of AEA’s Board Directors and liaison to the International Listening Project (ILP). AEA has launched the ILP to consider strategies that will guide AEA into enhanced engagement with the international communities of evaluators, evaluation organizations and clients of evaluation in the coming years. The Board sees this initiative as aligned …

Victor Kuo on Contributing to AEA’s International Listening Project Read More »