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What I Have Learned From Having A Website/Blog For 7 Years by Sara Vaca

3 Comments / Independent Consulting / May 30, 2019

Hello, AEA365 readers! I’m Sara Vaca (frequent Saturday contributor to this blog), independent consultant specializing in evaluation of international development and in playing with data visualization. Since the start of my practice which started almost at the same time as my passion for dataviz, I’ve always had a website that has evolved over the years. …

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Some R Packages, Tips, and Tools for Getting Started on Your Next Project by Jennifer Dolatshahi

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / April 13, 2019

I’m Jennifer Dolatshahi, an evaluator at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In addition to my evaluation activities, I also teach internal workshops on beginner and intermediate R. No matter how many other programs cross my desk, R remains one of my favorite tools for data manipulation, analysis, visualization, reporting, etc. …

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Blogging in the New Year 2018! by Sheila B Robinson

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / December 30, 2017

Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays loyal AEA365 readers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a few tips and tools for blogging in 2018. First off, content is king with blogging. Always. There’s no other rule as important as composing well-written, well-conceived content that is relevant and relatable to your audience. …

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Dabbling in the Data – data games for teams by Corey Newhouse and Stephanie Kong

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 27, 2017

Greetings AEA365 bloggers! Corey Newhouse and Stephanie Kong here from Public Profit – a consulting firm helping mission-driven organizations measure and manage what matters. If you are like us, you often need to facilitate meaning-making sessions with stakeholders from all levels. Programs are being asked to use more and more data, but it can be …

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Is R right for you? If yes… by Pei-Pei Lei

6 Comments / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / July 30, 2017

Greetings AEA community, I’m Pei-Pei Lei, a biostatistician in the Office of Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Have you been looking to expand your skill set in statistical programming? Have you wondered if R is the appropriate statistical software package for your needs? The purpose of this post is to help …

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IC TIG Week: Robert Perez on Experiences as an Early Career Evaluator

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting / July 1, 2017

Hello good people! My name is Robert Perez and I am a research assistant at Hamai Consulting and a Data Analyst at Youth Policy Institute. My first foray into independent consulting happened was when I was offered the opportunity to work at a small consulting company. Admittedly, I was nervous in the beginning but I …

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SEA Professional Development Week: Maintaining Your Professional Growth by Sheena Horton

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 14, 2017

Hi! This is Sheena Horton again, President-Elect and Board Member for the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA). I wanted to close out SEA’s AEA365 week by providing you with a few tips for stimulating and maintaining your professional growth. In a similar vein of thought as evaluation being an everyday activity, our own professional growth should be approached as an …

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Sheila B Robinson on Blogging in the New Year!

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / December 23, 2016

Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays loyal AEA365 readers! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a few tips and tools for bloggers, and a quick update to our contribution guidelines.   Evaluation and blogging go together like apple pie and ice cream – each great on its own, but together? Fabulous! Many …

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Sheila B Robinson on Reflections and Continuing the Learning from #Eval16

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / November 26, 2016

Hello! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with some “in case you missed it” or “want to relive it” moments from Evaluation 2016, AEA’s annual conference held this year in Atlanta, GA. Lesson Learned: I wasn’t able to attend the conference this year, but I am able to find out …

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Sheila B Robinson on Evaluators and Their Blogs

1 Comment / Uncategorized / May 7, 2016

Hello! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Hey, it’s been awhile since we have talked about evaluators and their blogs! There are more than 60 evaluators out there blogging away, sharing their work, their knowledge, their resources, and their creative ideas. Get to know them! Some blog daily, some weekly, …

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