Greetings from Maryland! I am Tessie Catsambas of EnCompass LLC, an evaluation, leadership, and organizational development organization. How easy it is to get lost in a client’s maze of politics, anxiety, stress, and complexities! And how easy it is to step on toes you do not even know were there! This post discusses strategies for …
My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and contributor of each Saturday’s aea365 post. I grew up on an island, spent months in a car touring Mexico, lived in a nurse’s dormitory while teaching statistics in Hong Kong, and have visited what certainly must be the most unique sculpture …
Susan Kistler on Offbeat Southern California for Those at Evaluation 2011 Read More »
Greetings from beautiful Boise! We are Rakesh Mohan and Bryon Welch from the Idaho legislature’s Office of Performance Evaluations. Last February, the Idaho legislature asked us to evaluate the state’s new system for processing Medicaid claims. Legislators had received many constituent complaints that claims from Medicaid providers were being denied, delayed, or inaccurately processed. Legislators …
GOV TIG Week: Rakesh Mohan and Bryon Welch on Evaluation of Large IT Systems Read More »
My name is Ariana Brooks and I am the Director of Evaluation, Research and Planning for HeartShare Human Services. Lesson Learned: When I started as an internal evaluator my supervisor, Stan Capela, stressed to me one main point: evaluation does not solve management problems. My initial reaction was it made sense and remember similar issues …
GOV TIG Week: Ariana Brooks on When Evaluation Cannot Solve Management Issues Read More »
My name is Susan Fojas. As the Associate Commissioner for Performance Measurement, Monitoring, and Improvement at New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), my goal is to improve the quality of services and outcomes achieved for children in foster care through evaluation and monitoring. Hot Tip: A valuable part of the evaluation process is …
GOV TIG Week: Susan Fojas on Using Regular Stakeholder Forums to Facilitate Evaluation Read More »
My name is Caroline DeWitt. I am a senior evaluator with Human Resources and Skill Development in Ottawa, Canada, and a member of the AEA Government Evaluation TIG. Our department is responsible for several evaluations ranging from labour market outcomes to grant and contributions programs delivered through third parties. An area of my responsibility was …
GOV TIG Week: Caroline DeWitt on Valuing Stakeholders in the Evaluation Process Read More »
Hi, my name is Nicole Vicinanza. I am a member of the Government Evaluation TIG and a Senior Research Associate with JBS International. In my work with JBS I conduct and review evaluations, and provide technical assistance in evaluation for federally funded programs. Many of these have federal regulations or guidance regarding evaluation with which …
My name is Stan Capela. I am the Corporate Compliance Officer for HeartShare Human Services, as well as the current chair of the American Evaluation Association’s Government Topical Interest Group (GOV TIG). The purpose of this AEA365 is to talk about corporate compliance and its relationship to program evaluation. Also it is an opportunity to …
My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and contributor of each Saturday’s aea365. Today, I’m going to continue with our short series on online surveying. Here are the posts to date: 7/13: Corinne Poth on Skip Logic for Online Surveys 7/2: Susan Kistler on Formatting Categorical and Multiple Choice …
Susan Kistler on Formatting Qualitative Questions for Online Surveys Read More »
My name is Raeal Moore and I am past member-at-large for the Ohio Program Evaluators’ Group (OPEG). I am always thinking of ways in which I can become more involved – especially locally – with colleagues who share an interest in evaluation and research. As a way to get myself “out there” I ran for …
OPEG Affiliate Week: Raeal Moore on Becoming Active in Evaluation Organizations Read More »
