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SNA TIG Week: What else can you do with SNA besides SNA? by Bethany Laursen

Hello, everyone! I’m Bethany Laursen, principal consultant at Laursen Evaluation & Design, LLC and doctoral student at Michigan State University. I love sense making tools, don’t you? I need help untangling complex data into meaningful findings! Social network analysis (SNA) is one of those tools, and it can do a lot more than its name …

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Scholarly Productivity and Impact Metrics Roundup by Rebecca Reznik-Zellen

Hello! My name is Rebecca Reznik-Zellen and I am a librarian at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Lamar Soutter Library. If you are submitting a grant application, preparing your resume/curriculum vitae (CV) or Annual Performance Review (APR), or if you are going up for tenure or promotion, you may be thinking about how best …

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BECOME Week: Lessons Learned in applying Culturally Responsive Evaluation in Building Computational Thinking by Mila Kachovska

Hi, I’m Mila Kachovska, a Fellow of Become. I often ask myself and our partners, “How does culture influence us?” Culture shapes our thoughts and perceptions in all areas of life, from interactions with friends and family, to conducting work, to how language is used, to how problems are solved, and challenges faced. Culturally Responsive …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Using geographic thinking to understand a wide range of SDOH and identification of at-risk groups in affected communities by Imelda K Moise

Hello!  My name is Imelda K Moise, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Geography and Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami, Florida. Prior to this, I was a GIS /Global Health M&E Advisor, a Research Specialist and spent six years as a Peace Corps technical trainer in Zambia. Because of these experiences, much …

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Seven-Step Approach to the Integrated Planning of Performance Measurement Step 7 by Michel Laurendeau

Hello, my name is Michel Laurendeau, and I am a consultant wishing to share over 40 years of experience in policy development, performance measurement and evaluation of public programs. This is the last of seven (7) consecutive AEA365 posts discussing a stepwise approach to integrating performance measurement and evaluation strategies in order to more effectively …

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Conducting Evaluation in Academic Medical Centers by Anne Vo and Jacob Schreiber

Hi there! We’re Anne Vo, Ph.D., Director of the Keck Evaluation, Institutional Reporting, and Assessment (KEIRA) Office at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and Jacob Schreiber, Evaluation Assistant at KEIRA. Today, we offer reflections on what we’ve learned about conducting evaluation within an academic medical center—an environment that offers rich opportunities to observe, …

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¡Milwaukee Evaluation! Week: Capacity building around evaluation practices for non-profits by Dawn Helmrich

Hello! I am Dawn Helmrich, Director of Research and Evaluation at United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County. I work with over 100 nonprofit programs in a four county area around program evaluation. I train nonprofit organizations on how to create and implement logic models, how to design evaluation plans and what outcomes measures …

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TRE TIG Week: Why Evaluators Should Learn about Implementation Science and Research by Adrienne Zell

I am Adrienne Zell, Incoming Chair of the AEA Translational Research Evaluation TIG, and a Co-Director of the Evaluation Core at Oregon Health and Science University. Over the last 10 years, the rapidly evolving field of Implementation Research has made significant contributions to our understanding of the translation of evidence-based interventions (EBI) from demonstration, or …

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Labor Day Week: Working with Policymakers and the Legislative Decision-Making Process by Calista H. Smith

Happy Labor Day Week! I am Calista H. Smith, President of C H Smith & Associates, a project management consulting and evaluation firm in Ohio.  C H Smith & Associates has done multiple evaluation projects for the Ohio Department of Education and designed evaluations for other clients related to public policy. In this work, it …

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BH TIG Week: Balancing Complexity and Diversity in Reviewing Behavioral Health Systems by Saumitra SenGupta and Gale Berkowitz

Greetings from Saumitra SenGupta and Gale Berkowitz.  Together we lead the External Quality Review of 56 California Medi-Cal managed specialty mental health plans (MHPs) through Behavioral Health Concepts. Each year we are required to review all 56 MHPs, produce a report for each, AND produce a statewide annual report. Our role is more to validate …

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