Hi! We are representing AEA’s Local Affiliate Collaborative (LAC) as active members of our local affiliates, Gulf Coast Evaluation Network (Steve) and Chicagoland Evaluation Association (Casey and Sheila). Before each AEA conference, the LAC organizes a pre-conference retreat where affiliate leaders come together in community. For many, it’s a conference highlight!

We organized this year’s retreat and want to share our experience. It was hosted in the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s headquarters, where we facilitated roundtables asking how affiliates can prioritize three complementary values: equity, trust, and self-care.

My name is Zachary Grays and I am your Membership and Operations Manager here at the American Evaluation Association! The American Evaluation Association is pleased to share the transition of AEA365 to a new RSS and email service provider, Follow.it. AEA365’s previous email and RSS provider, Feedburner (powered by Google), has quietly been ending their maintenance to the product and its features over the course of 2022. With that, we’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes to transition to a great new service that would still deliver the features you have come to know and love. Enter Follow.it!

Greetings, AEA365 community! I’m Liz DiLuzio, Lead Curator of AEA365. While I am a bit biased in my belief that AEA365 is a treasure trove of wisdom and communication for evaluators around the world, there are a number of other ways to engage with your fellow evaluators. Why not try something new this year?

Happy New Year! This is Elizabeth Grim, AEA365 Curator and sometimes blog contributor. I’m not one for new year’s resolutions, but I do enjoy thinking about learning goals. One way I do this is to consider what professional development and networking opportunities align with my vision for the year. Planning my learning early helps to ensure that I am aware of proposal or registration deadlines, and gives me something to look forward to!Between the AEA Topical Interest Groups, AEA Local Affiliates, and other professional associations, there is no shortage of evaluation conferences, trainings, and events. Below are just a few examples of events to look forward to in 2023.

Hello! This is Elizabeth Grim, AEA365 Curator and sometimes blog contributor. I’m here to answer some of the top questions we receive about AEA365.

Happy New Year! This is Elizabeth Grim, AEA365 Curator and sometimes blog contributor. As we begin another year of AEA365, let’s look back on some of the highlights from 2022, as summarized by MonsterInsights. How popular was AEA365 in 2022? The AEA365 website was visited 111,653 times for a total of 121,198 sessions. Wow, that …

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Happy weekend, AEA365 readers! I’m Liz DiLuzio, Lead Curator of AEA365. Now that you’ve read the top posts from 2022, it’s time to make your voice heard. What topics would you like to read about this year? This blog has become a cornerstone of communication, idea sharing, and learning for evaluators around the world. It …

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Hi, I’m Trilby Smith (she/her).

I was born here, although I have lived in many other places in the interim before moving back to Vancouver 11 years ago. My ancestors are Anglican “smiths” – blacksmiths from the United Kingdom (on my father’s side) and Ashkenazi Jews from the Ukraine (on my mother’s side). Both sides of my family have been in Canada for many generations. I am on a continual journey to explore aspects of my family’s history, such as our involvement in the fur trade in Treaty 1 territory (Winnipeg).