I’m Kelly Robertson and I am a project manager at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University and a student in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation (IDPE). My co-presenter at AEA’s 2011 conference was fellow IDPE student and teacher, Diane Rogers. The title of our presentation was, “Race or Racism? Value Implications and Practical Solutions.” …
I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and I post each Saturday to aea365. On January 1, 2010, we started aea365 with three subscribers – myself, John LaVelle our intrepid intern responsible for overseeing aea365 startup, and a relative who shall remain unnamed but wanted to support our efforts. In the first few …
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Hello. I’m Ehren Reed and I am a Director with Innovation Network. For several years, much of my work has involved the evaluation of advocacy and policy change efforts. During that time, I have witnessed this topic grow from a conversation between a small cadre of evaluators and funders to a full-fledged field with an …
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I’m Tayo Fabusuyi, lead strategist at Numeritics, a Pittsburgh-based research and consulting practice. While advocacy has been around since humans were first able to give voice to different opinions, the evaluation of advocacy efforts is still very much in its infancy. One of the hallmarks of a nascent field is the absence of consensus on …
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Hi. I’m Anna Williams, Senior Associate at Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting, in Seattle, Washington. Advocates, their funders, and policy advocacy evaluators seek to understand the results of policy advocacy work. Advocates promote the adoption (or reversal) of government policies, and many use the term “wins” to refer to successful milestones in their advocacy work. …
Greetings! I’m Gabrielle Watson, and I work at Oxfam America, a global humanitarian and development organization working to end social injustice around the world. As the Manager for Campaign Evaluation, I work with policy advocacy teams to assess their campaigns and facilitate learning. We periodically commission external evaluations. They are a big time and resource …
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Hello. I’m Annabel Jackson. I lead an evaluation practice that I founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom (UK). We work in Europe, Africa and the United States in areas including economic development, the arts, grant making, advocacy and international aid: from evaluating The Office of Tony Blair’s program in Rwanda to assessing implementation of …
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Greetings, aea365 fans: I am David Devlin-Foltz, director of the Aspen Institute’s Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program and co-chair of the American Evaluation Association’s Advocacy and Policy Change Topical Interest Group (TIG). I’m kicking off a week of aea365 posts by members of our fast-growing TIG. Established in 2007, the APC TIG is already almost …
I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and intrepid aea365 Saturday contributor. As 2011 drew to a close, we took the opportunity to look back over the year and see what represented the most-read posts on aea365. Here’s a chance to catch up on some of the hottest content if you missed it …
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I am Joelle Cook with Organizational Research Services (ORS) in Seattle, Washington. ORS designs, implements and coaches clients in outcome-based planning and evaluation. We specialize in advocacy and policy evaluation and our advocacy-related projects often include the investigation of changes in political will. Through a demonstration session at the 2011 AEA conference, Steve Mumford and …
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