Hello, my name is Diamond St. Thomas, Principal Consultant at Facets Consulting. I began my impact measurement journey over 10 years ago as a program analyst for an arts education organization. My first task as a graduate intern was to input data into a custom database. Like so many other evaluators, you hope your “summer …
Hi everyone! My name is Elizabeth (Liz) DiLuzio, Lead Curator for AEA365. Today, I want to talk about data management. While I am no data analyst by training, I do have a lot of experience working with nonprofit, government, and foundation staff on their journey with data. I wrote a post a few years ago …
I am Katie Butler, a 20+ year evaluator of environmental programs. I used to be a director in the EPA’s Office of Inspector General. Now, I run the GeoLiteracy Project, a small consulting company dedicated to improving environmental programs. I’m writing today to invite all of you to consider how the lens of geography can …
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Hello. I am John Baek, chair of the Integrating Technology in Evaluation (ITE) TIG. This is my first year as TIG chair, and I’ve had a number of discussions with TIG members this past year and one question keeps coming up, what does technology mean in the context of evaluation today? This week the members …
I have been writing this blog post in my head for three years. The topic balances my professional and personal lives, taking me out of my comfort zone. I have come to the realization that it is time to put pen to paper.
Hello World! This is the opening statement programmers learn in introductory computer science classes. Soon enough, it may be the one that all evaluators know by heart. I am Jason Block, an AI (artificial intelligence) researcher and experimenter, who helps companies define, measure, and tell the story of their impact. As a creative New Yorker, …
My name is Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi, and I am a program manager on the Performance Measurement and Improvement team at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI). From March 2020 through June 2022, I led a research project with the G-SEARCh consortium, a group of six impact investors – AlphaMundi Foundation, Acumen, …
Hello, we are Nora Prahar from Yunus Social Business (YSB) and Donna Loveridge and Fabiola Lopez–Gomez working with Itad UK Ltd. We have been working together since 2020 to strengthen the IMM framework for YSB’s venture philanthropy fund that invests in social businesses in emerging markets. We did not want to reinvent the wheel but …
Hello! I’m Laura Budzyna, and I’m writing from England, where I’ve just had the pleasure of spending a week as guest faculty for the five-day Oxford Impact Measurement Programme, under the visionary leadership of AEA SIM TIG co-founder Karim Harji. The 42 participants were all grappling with impact measurement (IM) from very different vantage points: …
What’s up, AEA? My name is Nina Sabarre, PhD, and I’m the Founder & CEO of Intention 2 Impact (I2I), a research, evaluation, and strategy firm known for helping funders and social enterprises measure and maximize their impact. I like to call myself an #evalpreneur, because I work, think, play, and thrive in the chaotic …
