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NPF Week: Johanna Morariu and Debra Natenshon on Nonprofit Rating Systems

1 Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / September 24, 2010 September 1, 2011

Hi! We are Johanna Morariu (from Innovation Network) and Debra Natenshon (from the Center for What Works). Today we will be sharing some tips on non-profit rating systems. Efforts to use common measures to assess and compare nonprofit performance have multiplied. Interest in comparing nonprofit performance is in a dramatic upswing, and new approaches seem …

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NPF Week: Bickel, Iriti & Meredith on a Learning Protocol for Learning From Grantmaking

1 Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / September 23, 2010 September 9, 2010

Hello. We are Bill Bickel, Jennifer Iriti, and Julie Meredith. We make up the optimistically named Evaluation for Learning Project (EFL) at the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh. We are writing to share a recent experience we had working with a small, regional foundation interested in learning more from its grant making …

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NPF Week: Sandi Adams on Models for System Change

My name is Sandi Adams, and I am the Program Associate in Evaluation and Planning at the William Penn Foundation. The William Penn Foundation is a regional foundation dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Greater Philadelphia region through efforts that foster rich cultural expression, strengthen children’s futures, and deepen connections to nature …

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NPF Week: Helen Davis Picher on Program Plans

Leave a Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / September 21, 2010 September 21, 2010

My name is Helen Davis Picher, and I am the Director of Evaluation and Planning at the William Penn Foundation. The William Penn Foundation is a regional foundation dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Greater Philadelphia region through efforts that foster rich cultural expression, strengthen children’s futures, and deepen connections to nature …

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NPF Week: Najah Callander on Enhancing Evaluation in a Non-Profit

1 Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / September 20, 2010 September 1, 2011

My name is Najah Callander and I am a Manager in Community Investment at the United Way of Greater Houston (UWGH). The mission of UWGH is to help children and youth reach their full potential, create strong families and safe neighborhoods and help them thrive, keep seniors independent and living in their homes, and support …

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NPF Week: Charles Gasper on Getting Involved in the NPF TIG

Leave a Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / September 19, 2010 September 9, 2010

Hello! My name is Charles Gasper and I am the Director of Evaluation for the Missouri Foundation for Health. I am also co-chair for the Non-Profit and Foundations TIG. I am pleased to announce that this week the AEA365 blog will be focusing on specific issues on evaluation in support of funders and non-profits. Hot …

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Susan Kistler on aea365 on your Cell, Bookmarking Keyword Searches, & Eval 2010 Prep

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / September 18, 2010 October 22, 2010

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association. I contribute each Saturday’s post to aea365. AEA365 was and is an experiment – it is a work in progress. Since January 1, 2010 when we started, we’ve evolved the format, dropped ‘blog’ from the name (having discovered that …

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Internal Evaluation Week: Debbie Cohen on Working with External Evaluators

Leave a Comment / Internal Evaluation / September 17, 2010 September 14, 2010

Hi, my name is Debbie Cohen. I am the Director of Evaluation at Community Mental Health Center, Inc., a community mental health center that serves five rural counties in Southeastern Indiana. One of my roles in the agency is to work with Indiana University to evaluate a Systems of Care collaborative that involves children utilizing …

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Susan Hibbard on Conducting Anonymous Focus Groups

2 Comments / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / September 16, 2010 September 2, 2010

Hello Colleagues. My name is Susan Hibbard and I am an Assistant Professor of Research & Evaluation at Florida Gulf Coast University. Through my work conducting research on evaluation, I experienced difficulty in recruiting participants for focus groups due to political sensitivity. I wanted to conduct focus groups with personnel who conduct program evaluations as …

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Aubrey Perry on Ensuring a Positive Practica Experience

Leave a Comment / Graduate Student and New Evaluators, Teaching of Evaluation / September 15, 2010 September 1, 2011

Hello colleagues! My name is Aubrey W. Perry, a graduate student in the Community Psychology doctorate program at Portland State University. I have had the privilege of working on two evaluation practicum projects before completing my master’s requirements. Through the completion of these projects, I have learned several actions that can be taken to ensure …

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