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DG TIG Week: Analyzing DRG Problems Holistically – and Strengthening M&E in the Process by Catherine Kelly and Jeanette Tocol

Leave a Comment / Democracy, Human Rights and Governance / March 25, 2017

Hi, we are Catherine Kelly and Jeanette Tocol from the Research, Evaluation and Learning Division of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) in Washington D.C. Democracy, rule of law, and governance practitioners often speak about the benefits of “holistic” and “systems-oriented approaches” to designing and assessing the effectiveness of programming.  Yet …

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DG TIG Week: Evaluating Political Networks for Democratic Change by Linda Stern

1 Comment / Democracy, Human Rights and Governance, Social Network Analysis / March 25, 2017

My name is Linda Stern, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) at the National Democratic Institute.  One challenge to evaluating democracy assistance programs is developing comparative metrics for change in political networks overtime. The dynamism within political networks and the fluidity of the political environments make traditional cause-and-effect frameworks and indicators superficial for capturing …

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Feminist Issues in Evaluation TIG Week: Participatory methods enable women to analyse shifts in power by Francesca D’Emidio, Liisa Kytola, Sarah Henon, and Eva Otero

5 Comments / Feminist Issues in Evaluation / March 10, 2017

We are Francesca D’Emidio, Liisa Kytola, and Sarah Henon from ActionAid, and Eva Otero from Leitmotiv consultants. ActionAid is a global federation working to achieve social justice and poverty eradication by transforming unequal gendered power relations. We’d like to share an evaluation methodology tested in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Guatemala to measure shifts in power in …

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Kicking Your Cars Into VLOOKUP 4WD by Becca Sanders and Heather Robinson

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / February 17, 2017

Greetings Colleagues!  We are Becca Sanders (Hood River, Oregon) and Heather Robinson (Rochester, New York) of Iteration Evaluation LLC. Our forte is the “…ahhh… there is no button on your system for that” analysis requests.  We work mostly with behavioral health organizations whose current informational needs often far exceed what existing systems can pull off. …

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Giving Power to Paperless Solutions by Elaine Donato, Maria Jimenez and Samantha Moreno

Leave a Comment / Internal Evaluation / February 17, 2017

Hello! We are Elaine Donato, Maria Jimenez (Internal Evaluators), and Samantha Moreno (Research Assistant) from the Evaluation Department at Volunteers of America Greater Los Angeles (VOALA), a large non-profit organization with over 70 human services programs, whose mission is to enrich the lives of those in need.  We have pursued the recent eco-conscious trend to …

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Considering Logic Model Inputs for Sustainability by Kirk Knestis

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 27, 2017

Kirk Knestis (Hezel Associates CEO) here again with more thoughts about ways logic models can inform an evaluator’s work and potentially benefit the program managers and innovation developers with whom we work. One area where I think our contributions may often be underutilized is that of sustainability of the evaluand programs or innovations we study. …

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Approaching Document Review in a Systematic Way by Linda Cabral

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 22, 2017

Greetings AEA365 readers.  I’m Linda Cabral from the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research.  Many evaluations that I’ve been a part of in my 15+ year career have required a review of existing program documents.  This has involved a range of documents such as program descriptions, meeting minutes, proposals and …

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SEA Professional Development Week: Tips for Engaging Stakeholders in Participatory Evaluation by Dr. Moya Alfonso

2 Comments / Uncategorized / January 14, 2017

My name is Dr. Moya Alfonso, MSPH, and I’m an Associate Professor at the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University, and I am University Sector Representative and Board Member for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA). I would like to offer you a few tips on engaging stakeholders in participatory evaluation based …

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Experiments TIG Week: Biggest Complaints: Experiments have limited external validity, take too long, and cost too much by Laura Peck

2 Comments / Design and Analysis of Experiments / January 14, 2017

Welcome to the final installment of the Design & Analysis of Experiments TIG-sponsored week of AEA365.  It’s Laura Peck of Abt Associates, here again to address some complaints about experiments. Experiments have limited external validity Experimental evaluation designs are often thought to trade internal validity (ability to claim cause-and-effect between program and impact) with external …

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