AEA365 – Page 500 – A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators

GOVT Week: Ted Kniker on Performance Measurement and Evaluation

2 Comments / Government Evaluation / October 5, 2010 October 5, 2010

My name is Ted Kniker and I am an executive consultant with the Federal Consulting Group, an organization comprised of federal employees who provide management consulting, executive coaching and customer satisfaction measurement to other federal agencies. Prior to this, I was the Director for Evaluation and Performance Measurement for Public Diplomacy and for the Bureau …

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GOVT Week: Rakesh Mohan on Celebrating Excellence in Legislative Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / October 4, 2010 October 1, 2010

Namaste! I am Rakesh Mohan, Director of Idaho State Legislature’s Office of Performance Evaluations. I currently serve on the AEA Board and am a former executive committee member of the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES). I hope this post will inform you of some good evaluation resources at the state government level. This past …

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GOVT Week: Stanley Capela on Government Evaluation

My name is Stanley Capela. I am the Vice President for Quality Management at HeartShare Human Services of New York and the current Chair of AEA’s Government Evaluation TIG. Major Hot Tip: If you attend the AEA Conference this November, attend our business meeting where we will celebrate 20 years of Government Evaluation. Joseph Wholey …

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Susan Kistler on Saying Thank You

5 Comments / Uncategorized / October 2, 2010 October 1, 2010

My name is Susan Kistler and I contribute each Saturday’s AEA365 post. This week, I want to encourage you to say thank you. Hot Tip: About a year ago, I began starting each workday by writing five quick “Thank you” emails. Now I don’t manage to do this every single day. Some days I do …

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Andrea Johnston on the Waawiyeyaa Evaluation Tool

2 Comments / Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, Teaching of Evaluation / October 1, 2010 April 20, 2011

Ahneen, hello. My people are from Neyaashiinigmiing, Ontario, Canada and I live in Toronto, Ontario. My name is Andrea L.K. Johnston and I run a small evaluation and research firm named Johnston Research Inc. Our logo is a butterfly that visually displays the initials JR in its wings. The butterfly represents rebirth and transformation, which …

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Allison Titcomb on Gallery Walks

1 Comment / Uncategorized / September 30, 2010 September 14, 2010

Hi, I’m Allison L. Titcomb from ALTA Consulting, LLC. Have you ever looked for a way to engage a group in seeing and interacting with a collection of ideas, set of questions, summary of information, or data/results? Consider using a “Gallery Walk” activity to get your participants up and moving! Hot Tip: A Gallery Walk …

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Korinne Chiu on Engaging Community Agencies in the Evaluation Process

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Research on Evaluation / September 29, 2010 September 14, 2010

My name is Korinne Chiu and I am a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I have a great interest in how program evaluation can contribute to evidence-based policy-making. I have assisted with evaluations and grants at the local and state levels on mental health and educational programs. One of the …

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Michael Schooley & Monica Oliver on Distinguishing Evaluation, Research, & Surveillance

Leave a Comment / Behavioral Health / September 27, 2010 October 22, 2010

We are Michael Schooley, chief of the Applied Research and Evaluation branch in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at CDC, and Monica Oliver, an evaluator in the branch. As public health evaluators, we often encounter the question of when a particular endeavor is ‘evaluation,’ when it is ‘research,’ and when it might …

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Zita Unger on Naked Board Assessment

Leave a Comment / Business, Leadership, and Performance / September 26, 2010 September 4, 2010

My name is Zita Unger. I am director of a private consulting company in Australia offering online corporate diagnostic tools. I also participate in a program for company directors that provides a confidential forum to share experiences of directorship and discuss current challenges faced by directors. One recent company director session centered on a credit …

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