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#Eval15 Week: Sheila B Robinson on the Journey from Failure to Exemplar and Back!

Hello All! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and very tired conference-goer, sharing some closing thoughts from some of evaluation’s thought leaders. Today we celebrated the end of #Eval15 week in song,* much the same way as we have in past years. Throughout the week we listened, we learned, we observed, we met, and we …

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Sheila B Robinson on Making the Most of Evaluation 2015, Even if You Cannot Attend

Happy Summer! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Last year at this time, I contributed these ideas for enjoying AEA’s annual conference even for those not attending, and they’re well worth repeating this year. Hot Tip #1 – Leverage the all new beautiful Evaluation 2015 site to Build Your Professional Network: The Evaluation 2015 Online …

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Sara Vaca on Creativity and Evaluation Part II

“Creativity is intelligence having fun”, Albert Einstein. Greetings! I’m Sara Vaca, independent consultant (EvalQuality.com) and recently appointed Creative Advisor of this blog. To start contributing I thought of writing some posts about how creativity intertwines with evaluation. This is Part II of a two-part post. You can find Part I here. Lesson Learned: Evaluation is …

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Sheila B Robinson on #Eval14 – Visionary Evaluation and the Big Blue Bear

Hi, I’m Sheila Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with reflections from Denver as we wrap up Evaluation 2014. I’ve enjoyed five AEA conferences now, each one as exciting a learning and community-building opportunity as the last. I spent time thinking deeply about our conference theme and discovering the connections among the various …

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Sheila B. Robinson on Making the Most of Evaluation 2014, Even if You Cannot Attend

Happy Summer! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Last year at this time, Susan Kistler contributed some fabulous ideas for enjoying AEA’s annual conference even for those not attending, and they’re well worth repeating this year. So, with thanks to Susan, here we go! Hot Tip #1 – Leverage the Evaluation …

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Best of aea365: Sheila B Robinson on Being an AEA365 Sponsored Weeks Archaeologist!

Hello! Sheila B. Robinson here, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. I originally composed this post in May of 2013, but feel it deserves another go as I’m feverishly queuing up some fabulous sponsored weeks for summer. Keep up with aea365 through weekly Headlines and Resources, the new and improved AEA website, and AEA newsletters. I work …

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Dan McDonnell on a Few Recent AEA365 Posts You May Have Missed

Hello evaluators, my name is Dan McDonnell and I am a Community Manager for the American Evaluation Association (AEA). AEA365 recently had a small technological blip, which resulted in about a dozen posts not being emailed out to subscribers in early January. On behalf of AEA365, I want to offer our readers an apology for …

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Kim Firth Leonard on How I use Twitter as a Professional Development Resource

Hi! My name is Kim Firth Leonard (@KimFLeonard). I have been working in program evaluation and/or higher education assessment for about as long as Twitter has been around, but only joined the fray about a year ago. I believe Twitter can be a rich professional development resource – this post is meant to help fellow …

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Sheila B. Robinson on #eval13 – Learning from Post-Conference Reflections

Hi! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and once monthly Saturday contributor. With Evaluation 2013 a mere one week in the past, evaluation bloggers are all over it recounting, recapturing, reliving, and reflecting on conference courses and confabulations. Whether you made it to Washington, DC to experience the conference live, or watched your #eval13 …

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