My name is Susan Kistler and I am the AEA Executive Director and contributor of each Saturday’s aea365 post. Since January of 2010, AEA has offered a members-only free series of Coffee Break Webinars. Each is recorded, and we now have over 50 in the archive. I have received a number of inquiries from evaluators …
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I am Phinia Landers and I am not a born leader. But, as evaluators, we are often called upon to lead – whether it be a project, team, or discussion. After ten years, I believe that I have learned what does not come naturally and called upon my leadership skills more than any other skills …
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My name is Stephen McFarland and I’m in love with Ted. He’s erudite, multifaceted, and makes me think. I love to spend an evening with him, or just 16 minutes. I laugh at his jokes, gawk at his ingenuity, and marvel at the way he makes me re-examine the world. About this time last year, …
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I’m Corinne Ranney-Philbrick and this year I have a new daughter and my available funding for profession development has been cut. Taken together, I’m looking online for inexpensive training opportunities and thought that I would share a few free webinar-based options that I have found: Rad Resource – Equity-Focused Evaluations Webinar Series: Sponsored by a …
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Hi, I’m Dawn Hanson Smart, Senior Associate at Clegg & Associates, Inc. in Seattle. My colleagues, Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas from EnCompass LLC and Rakesh Mohan who works with the Idaho Legislature’s Office of Performance Evaluations, and I are presenting at AEA’s upcoming conference on managing the sometimes conflicting agendas of evaluation stakeholders. (They both will …
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I am Karen Chance and I learned the Cornell Note Taking System (CNTS) in a ‘how to succeed’ in college course my freshman year. I found it useful throughout college and have used a modified version of it since then as well when taking interview notes. I was surprised when I mentioned it to friends …
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Hello! Our names are Myia Welsh and Johanna Morariu and we work for Innovation Network, an evaluation consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. We work with nonprofits and foundations to build evaluation capacity, and to support learning and evaluation of nonprofit advocacy, programs, and other services. Lesson Learned: Over the years we’ve provided evaluation capacity …
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I’m Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director, and contributor for each Saturday’s aea365 post. This week I’m writing on Thursday and queuing it up for Saturday, anticipating a couple of busy days ahead. I also serve as a houseparent at a small Boarding school on the south coast of Massachusetts, known as “the School by the …
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My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. I frequently teach workshops on evaluation and occasionally facilitate the Canadian Evaluation Society’s Essential Skills Series course. I am also a regular workshop presenter at AEA conferences and eStudy Webinars. I also Twitter weekly at @EvaluationMaven. …
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My name is Hui-Hui Wang. Currently I am a Doctoral candidate in Science Education at the University of Minnesota. My research and teaching interests have been fostered by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) integration professional development programs. As an evaluator, I encounter some struggles that I would like to share with people who are …
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