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Susan Hahn and Guy Sharrock on How to Establish a Robust Project M&E System

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / June 27, 2011

Hello! This post is by Susan Hahn and Guy Sharrock. Susan works as a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) consultant to Catholic Relief Services (CRS), a Baltimore-based international humanitarian assistance and development agency, with whom Guy is a Senior M&E Advisor. Evaluations are an important part of our project activities, but they must be linked with …

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Eun Kyeng Baek and SeriaShia Chatters on Improving the Dynamics of Metaevaluation Teams

2 Comments / Uncategorized / September 1, 2011

Our names are Eun Kyeng Baek and SeriaShia Chatters and we are an evaluation team and doctoral students at the University of South Florida. The dynamics of a metaevaluation team can determine the overall success of a metaevaluation. Program Evaluation’s Metaevaluation Checklists help guide a metaevaluation, however the dynamics of the team must be considered …

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Julia Williams on Developing the Half-naked Rubric to Define Learning Expectations

2 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / June 20, 2011

Greetings Colleagues from the yet-chilly north shore of Lake Superior. My name is Julia Williams, and I teach courses on assessment and evaluation in the Department of Education at the University of Minnesota Duluth. I have also had the great luck to work as an evaluator with various initiatives. Lessons Learned: Valid measurement of the …

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Susan Kistler on Summer Evaluation Training

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / June 18, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler and I serve as Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association. I wanted to share information about a few events this summer of special interest to evaluators. Rad Resource – Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy Impact: This conference held earlier this month in Cuernavaca, Mexico was packed with …

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Summer Evaluation Institute Attendees on Low-cost No-cost Tools for Evaluators Part IV

2 Comments / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / June 16, 2011

At the AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute, over 150 attendees went to a session on Low-cost/No-cost Tools for Evaluators. Here are some of the great ideas on data collection and management tools recommended from the audience. Microsoft OneNote: OneNote is Microsoft’s free-form note-taking and information-management software where one can capture ideas, information, and other data in …

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Summer Evaluation Institute Attendees on Low-cost No-cost Tools for Evaluators Part III

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / June 15, 2011

At the AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute, over 150 attendees went to a session on Low-cost/No-cost Tools for Evaluators. Here are some of the great ideas on collaborative tools recommended from the audience. Microsoft SharePoint: SharePoint is a web application platform that provides a centralized collaborative hub for web content management. This includes management of documents, …

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Summer Evaluation Institute Attendees on Low-cost No-cost Tools for Evaluators Part II

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / June 15, 2011

At the AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute, over 150 attendees went to a session on Low-cost/No-cost Tools for Evaluators. Here are some of the great ideas recommended from the audience, Day 2! EasyBib: Create your bibliography in MLA Style, add APA style and other added functionality for $20 for the year. Search the database for existing …

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Summer Evaluation Institute Attendees on Low-cost No-cost Tools for Evaluators Part I

2 Comments / Uncategorized / June 14, 2011

At the AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute, over 150 attendees went to a session on Low-cost/No-cost Tools for Evaluators. Here are some of the great ideas recommended from the audience: Prezi: Prezi is presentation software that zooms around your presentation content (yes – truly zooms, you sort of have to see it to get it, go …

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Amir Fallah on Resources for International Evaluators

1 Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / June 15, 2011

My name is Amir Fallah and I will be sharing resources for those practicing M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation) in the international sector. Rad Resource – My M&E: My M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation) MY M&E is an online collaboratively-developed home for M&E practitioners around the world. The list of partners includes the International Organization for Cooperation …

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