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International Evaluation Academy (IEA) Week: Evaluation, Transformation & Power – Unearthing and Navigating Values in Evaluating Programmes Focused on Women’s Rights and Social Justice by Mine Pabari and Alejandro Imbach

Hello! Our names are Alejandro Imbach and Mine Pabari. We are independent evaluation consultants, focused on participatory, learning and utilisation evaluation. Mine is a member of the International Evaluation Academy (IEAc). Recently, we conducted evaluations for two large scale programmes which involved multiple countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Both programmes focused on …

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YEE Week: Emerging Evaluators’ Ethos on Transformational Change by Phung Pham and Ann Marie Castleman

Greetings! We are Phung Pham and Ann Marie Castleman, emerging evaluators from Claremont Graduate University. In reflecting on transformational change, we have been thinking about what may be our emerging evaluators’ ethos. Today marks the second anniversary of the World Health Organization being officially informed about what is now known as SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus …

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DUP TIG Week: Inclusive Evaluation Design – Tolerance for Error by June Gothberg and Caitlyn Bukaty

Welcome to Day 5 of Inclusive Evaluation Design hosted by the Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations TIG. We are June Gothberg and Caitlyn Bukaty, the chairs of the TIG. Over the past two years, the chairs, and other invited members of the DUP TIG have been collaborating with the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Gender, Disability …

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DEME TIG Week: Disaster, Emergency, and Crisis Definitions by Phung Pham

Greetings!  My name is Phung Pham and I am currently serving as the Chair of the Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation (DEME) TIG.  You may have heard and seen the words disaster, emergency, and crisis a lot since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and even before that.  The definitions of these words come from …

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DEME TIG Week: Lessons Learned from Evolving Evaluation Practice in the Evaluation of Humanitarian Action by Minji Cho, Ann Marie Castleman and Scott Chaplowe

Hi, we are Minji Cho and Ann Marie Castleman, independent evaluation consultants and PhD students studying evaluation at Claremont Graduate University, and Scott Chaplowe, evaluation, strategy and capacity development specialist. We recently collaborated on a project with the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance (ALNAP) to understand past, present, and future challenges in the …

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DEME TIG Week: Lessons Learned from Evaluating an Opioids and Workplace Training Program by Eric Persaud

Hello!  We are Sue Ann Sarpy and Phung Pham, Co-Chairs of the DEME-TIG.  One of the most important functions of our DEME-TIG is to support the evaluation activities of new and emerging evaluators.  We would like to highlight Eric Persaud, who recently received his DrPH and is now focusing his efforts on evaluation of various …

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DEME TIG Week: Assessing Adaptive Capacity of Organizations During Dual Disasters: Lessons Learned from Evaluating Effectiveness in Addressing Emerging Needs of Vulnerable Populations by Sue Ann Sarpy

Hello!  My name is Sue Ann Sarpy, Principal of Sarpy and Associates, LLC, and Co-Chair of the DEME TIG.  During the pandemic, I was part of a COVID-19 Working Group for Public Health and Social Sciences Research, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards Center at the University …

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Internal Eval TIG Week: Evaluation in the Era of the “Great Resignation” by Rachel Sier and Morgan Buras-Finlay

Hello! We are Rachel Sier and Morgan Buras-Finlay. In the Jobs Report released in August 2021, the US Department of Labor reported that over 4.3 million people quit their jobs or 2.9% of the American workforce, the highest number on record since December 2000. While much of this upheaval is occurring in customer service facing …

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New Directions for Utilization-Focused Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton

We are Michael Quinn Patton, founder and original author of Utilization-Focused Evaluation, and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Director of Organizational Development and Evaluation for our Utilization-Focused Evaluation consulting practice. We are father-daughter and evaluation partners. A major challenge in designing and carrying out evaluations in these turbulent times is dealing with complexity. In working with intended …

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NA TIG Week: Conducting a Labor Market Assessment for Youth Employment Programs: Three Resources by Sylvia Otieno

Hi, my name is Sylvia Otieno and I am a Research Assistant at Higher Ed Insight, we work with nonprofits, foundations, colleges and universities to help develop, implement, research and evaluate programs and efforts to improve education and workforce outcomes. In this blog, I highlight three resources on conducting a labor market assessment for youth …

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