MN EA Week: Susan Keskinen on Applying Culturally Competent Practices

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My name is Susan Keskinen. I work for Ramsey County (Minnesota) Community Human Services as a Senior Program Evaluator.  My evaluation projects are related to adult services and to employment related services provided to Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) participants, Minnesota’s version of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program.  I am also the […]

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MN EA Week: Leah Goldstein Moses on Cultivating Relationships

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Hi, I am Leah Goldstein Moses, current President of the Minnesota Evaluation Association (MNEA) and founder of the Improve Group. In both roles, relationships are very important—to both our success and joy. How do you cultivate relationships that energize and support you – and allow you to give in return? Hot tip 1: Find a

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Susan Kistler on Submitting a Conference Proposal for Evaluation 2012

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I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and regularly aea365 Saturday contributor. AEA has a few major milestones each year and one is coming up this Friday, March 16 – the deadline for proposal submissions for Evaluation 2012, our annual conference. Evaluation 2012 will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from October 24-27.

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YFE Week: Rob Shumer on Involving Youth in School-Based Participatory Evaluation

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My name is Rob Shumer and I work at the University of Minnesota.  I’ve taught a few courses on participatory evaluation, some which focus on youth led evaluation.  I am currently involved with a few projects that engage youth in evaluation of their school programs. Most youth participatory evaluation happens through programs that occur after

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YFE Week: Shepherd Zeldin and Jane Powers on Involving Young People in Organizational Change

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Greetings!  I’m Shep Zeldin and I am a professor in the Civil Society and Community Research Graduate Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and I’m Jane Powers from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at Cornell University. We are engaged in a long term project to promote and support youth-adult partnerships (Y-AP) in organizational and

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YFE Week: Krista Collins on Supporting Positive Developmental Outcomes

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Hi! My name is Krista Collins, and I am an Applied Developmental Psychology doctoral candidate at Claremont Graduate University.  As a developmental psychologist and practicing evaluator, I am interested in how youth-participatory evaluation can engage youth in meaningful activities that will enable them with the tools to promote their own development. Best practices about how

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YFE Week: Mary Arnold on Getting Youth Participatory Evaluation Projects off to a Solid Start

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Hi, I’m Dr. Mary Arnold, a professor and youth development specialist at Oregon State University. We are not lacking great ideas for how to involve youth in program evaluation, but we often struggle with how to actually making it happen! Here are a few starter tips for ensuring success in involving youth in participatory evaluations.

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YFE Week: Katie Richards-Schuster on a Declaration for Youth Participation

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Hi, I’m Katie Richards-Schuster from the Michigan Youth and Community Program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.  Over the last 10 years, the Michigan Youth and Community Program has been working to engage young people in community-based participatory evaluation.   Much of our work has focused on capacity building activities—training and education—but also

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YFE Week: Kim Sabo Flores and David White on A New Youth Focused Topical Interest Group

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The onset of spring is a wonderful time of year. Cold weather, dreary skies, and minimal sunlight give way to warmer climes, cloudless firmaments, and sunsets that form noticeably later. Could there be a better time to celebrate the germination and growth of a new Topical Interest Group? My name is Kim Sabo Flores (Thrive

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Susan Kistler on Examining AEA’s LinkedIn Stats Dashboard

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My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. AEA has a vibrant community on AEA’s LinkedIn Group, open to members and nonmembers alike. We wanted to take a look at the change in subscribers over time and to learn more about the group’s composition.

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