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Evaluating Balance Between Work and Life: A Worthy Effort by Lisa Moore and Sy Islam

We’re Lisa Moore, an I-O Psychology Doctoral candidate at the Florida Institute of Technology and Consulting Research Intern, and Sy Islam, Principal Consultant with Talent Metrics, a data-driven consulting firm. Frequently we say, “What gets measured–matters, and vice versa” to imply that as both professionals and people we want to know that our invested efforts …

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The Value of an Independent Evaluation Advisory Group for Developmental Evaluators by Barbara Klugman

Hi, I’m Barbara Klugman. I offer strategy support and conduct evaluations with social justice funders, NGOs, networks and leadership training institutions in South Africa and internationally.  This blog is about the value of establishing an Evaluation Advisory Group when your task requires more skills that you have! I’m currently the ‘learning and assessment partner’ of …

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ICCE TIG Week: Invisibility in Evaluation by Stephen Porter

I am Stephen Porter, an evaluator in Oxfam, an international non-governmental organization (INGO). A major part of my job is to provide evidence on whether people live equitably and free from the injustice of poverty.  When conducting evaluations we often seek to apply tools to improve the quality and use of evaluations in an ethical …

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ICCE TIG Week: End-User Feedback in Speaking Truth to Power By Veronica Olazabal

Hello and welcome to International and Cross-Cultural (ICCE) Evaluation Week! This is Veronica Olazabal, ICCE TIG Chair, AEA Board Member and Head of Evaluation at The Rockefeller Foundation. This week is intentionally designed to preview the international and cross-cultural evaluation offerings at AEA’s Annual Conference. Please follow along!     I’ve been reflecting on how …

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LA RED TIG Week: Beyond the zero-impact result: have you checked the spillover effects? By María Fernanda Rodrigo

Greetings! I am María Fernanda Rodrigo and I am a Senior Associate evaluator at the Office of Evaluation and Oversight at the Inter-American Development Bank, where my research focuses on productive sectors. Have you ever found zero effects in your impact evaluation? After incorporating many specifications, the data is clear: your program has no effect …

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DEME TIG Social Networking Among Citizen Scientists for Monitoring Environmental Contamination by Alicia Stachowski

My name is Alicia Stachowski and I am an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Stout.  I am working with Sue Ann Corell Sarpy on a Citizen Science Program sponsored by the National Academies of Science.  We would like to share some preliminary findings from this research. Lessons Learned: Why Use Citizen …

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APC TIG Week: Using SNA to quantify and visualise relationships of power and influence in advocacy networks by Barbara Klugman

Hi, I’m Barbara Klugman. I offer strategy support and conduct evaluations with social justice funders, NGOs, networks and leadership training institutions in South Africa and internationally. I practice utilization-focused evaluation, frequently using mixed methods including outcomes harvesting and Social Network Analysis (SNA). Rad Resource: For advocacy evaluation, SNA can help identify: how connected different types …

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APC TIG Week: Evaluating a Dynamic Initiative by Susanna Dilliplane

Hello, I’m Susanna Dilliplane, Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Planning and Evaluation Program. Like many others, we wrestle with the challenge of evaluating complex and dynamic advocacy initiatives. Advocates often adjust their approach to achieving social or policy change in response to new information or changes in context, evolving their strategy as they …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: The first national Head Start evaluations by Lois-ellin Datta

This is a post in the series commemorating pioneering evaluation publications in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 28). My name is Lois-ellin Datta and I am reviewing some early and pioneering Head Start evaluations. I served as National Director of Evaluation for Project Head Start and the Children’s Bureau in the 1960’s. …

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Ed Eval TIG Week: Applying Developmental Evaluation in the Education Sector by Chad Green and Keiko Kuji-Shikatani

Hi, I’m Chad Green, program analyst at Loudoun County Public Schools in northern Virginia.  Over the past year I’ve been seeking developmental evaluation (DE) practitioners in school districts throughout the U.S. and abroad. Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Keiko Kuji-Shikatani (C.E.) who is an educator and internal evaluator with the Ontario Ministry of …

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