My name is Sheena Horton, Senior Analyst at MGT of America, Inc., and Board Member for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA). It is no surprise that the use of data visualization in reporting and marketing is thriving. Studies have shown that humans process visual information better and faster than text. Data visualization can provide viewers …
Hi. I am Don Glass, an independent consultant who is a visual artist, learning designer, and developmental evaluator. Hot Tips: One of the things that I love about attending the AEA annual conference is getting the opportunity to better understand how my work can relate to and be informed by recent debates and developments in the …
ACA TIG Week: Don Glass on Seeing the System Using Root Cause Analysis Read More »
I’m Alice Walters, a member of AEA’s Graduate Student and New Evaluator TIG. I am a doctoral student in human services and work as a non-profit consultant in fund development, marketing, and evaluation. I share some networking tips, below. Networking is needed at every career stage. Review tips and resources to increase your effectiveness. Enjoy …
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My name is Kelly Smith, and I’m an evaluator, policy analyst and economist at ECONorthwest, a consulting firm in Portland, Oregon. I’ve been a devoted member of OPEN (Oregon Program Evaluators Network), an AEA affiliate, since I was introduced to it in graduate school in 2007. OPEN works hard to provide our members with a …
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Hello there! This is Jes Koepfler, Principal of UXR Consulting in Philadelphia, PA, and a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland in Information Studies, and Derek Hansen, Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University in the Information Technology department and one of the team members behind NodeXL. We are working with some of our colleagues at the Information Policy and Access …
Hi, this is Tania Jarosewich of Censeo Group, a program evaluation firm in northeast Ohio, and Linda Simkin of Action Research Associates of Albany, New York. We worked on different aspects of the evaluation of KnowHow2GO, an initiative funded by Lumina Foundation to strengthen college access networks. We are excited to share with you the …
Tania Jarosewich and Linda Simkin on Using the College Access Network Survey Read More »
Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. I’m Megan Grimaldi from Communities In Schools. When I think about how I’ve grown in my life, I see a cycle. I start out with a goal or a need (wanting to lose weight); I work with supportive people who can help …
Greetings fellow evaluators! Our names are Veena Pankaj and Myia Welsh and we work for Innovation Network, a Washington DC-based evaluation firm. While Innovation Network has always used a participatory approach to evaluation, we recently came to the realization that much of the ‘participatory-ness’ of our evaluation projects was limited to evaluation planning and data …
Hello all! This is Shelly Engelman and Tom McKlin, and we are evaluators at The Findings Groups, LLC, a privately-owned applied research and evaluation firm with a focus on STEM education. Recently, we have used NodeXL, a free and open add-in for Excel, to conduct a social network analysis to assess inter-organizational collaboration among a …
I am Rucha Londhe, a Research Associate/Project Manager at Goodman Research Group, Inc., a research company that specializes in evaluation of programs, materials, and services. I recently evaluated Black Holes Exhibit Gallery (BHEG) – a traveling exhibit on black holes and the accompanying materials produced by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), which aimed at engaging …
R Londhe on Networked Technology as an Embedded Assessment Tool in Museum Settings Read More »
