I’m Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director and contributor of each Saturday’s aea365 post. I’ve written before about AEA’s Headlines and Resources list which compiles items from across the field into a tidy bundle which most subscribers see each Sunday. Today, I’m listing the top H&R items from 2010 so you are sure not to miss them, and to provide comparison monitoring data for other groups doing similar projects.
1. (1226 clickthroughs/October 2009) Periodic Table of Visualization Methods – examples for each of approx 100 ways to express data visually http://ow.ly/3B3QE
Posted in October of 2009, this ‘went viral’ and was still receiving clickthroughs throughout 2010.
2. (495 clickthroughs/November) Lots of new items this week in the AEA eLibrary from #eval10 presenters! http://ow.ly/3B41j
Presenters have added still more – over 200 to date!
3. (442 clickthroughs/March) AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute Registration Now Open!
Link removed – the 2010 Institute is now well past. Save the dates for 2011 in Atlanta, June 12-15. Registration opens in March.
4. (388 clickthroughs/April) Friday Funny: 62 (Good) Reasons for Avoiding Evaluation in the UN System via the Genuine Evaluation Blog http://ow.ly/3B4ne
Jane Davidson and Patricia Rogers began the Genuine Evaluation Blog in February of 2010. Their Friday Funny posts are at once funny and frightfully on-target.
5. (368 clickthroughs/January) Spread the word! aea365 blog – tip a day for and from evaluators starts today http://ow.ly/3B4BD
Still going strong in 2011 with over 1600 daily subscribers. Thanks to the readers and volunteers making aea365 a success.
6. (357 clickthroughs/October) Rick Davies from the European Evaluation Society conference – Do we need a Minimum Level of Failure (MLF)? http://ow.ly/3B5m4
Rick Davies wrote this post on his ‘Rick on the Road’ blog focusing on evaluation of development aid.
7. (337 clickthroughs/October) Evaluation 2010 Conference Attendees – Nights Out signups are now open!
Link removed – Nights Out brings together groups for socializing and networking. We’ll be in Anaheim for 2011!
8. (290 clickthroughs/April) A bounty of sources on presenting data graphically and presenting results http://ow.ly/3B5B0
Gene Shackman maintains resource lists on multiple topics related to evaluation.
9. (295 clickthroughs/January) E Tufte critiques the 2008 iPhone Interface as an example of data visualization – YouTube Video http://ow.ly/3zdAF
Author ofVisual Display of Quantitative Information turns his eye to Apple’s darling.
10. (283 clickthroughs/April) Time for a laugh: Evaluation focused parody of Snow White from MQ Patton in AEA Public eLibrary http://ow.ly/3B68x
And, a great teaching tool from our own Michael Quinn Patton!
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Great observation Nicole! The range of content is really intriguing – and the split between content inside and outside of AEA as well. Can’t wait to see what rises to the top this year!
Hi Susan- Thanks for posting this list! I love seeing the diversity of what catches peoples eyes (and mice). The serious, the procedural, the technological and the humorous all seem to be represnted here.