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CP TIG Week: Brian Hoessler on Finding The Best of Both Worlds

My name is Brian Hoessler, and I am the founder and principal of Strong Roots Consulting in Saskatoon, Canada. Actually, my business cards refer to me as Connector-in-Chief, because that’s how I see my evaluation and research work with non-profits: connecting questions with data, dreams with designs, and plans with reality. I also see my …

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Tom Wolff on Community-engaged Scholarship to Create Racial Justice

I am Tom Wolff, independent consultant with Tom Wolff & Associates.  A recent Boston Globe article, “Trials aim to keep recurring patients from hospitalization” by Sabrina Tavernise, described the work of the $10 billion Innovation Center that is part of the Affordable Care Act. As they attempt to manage the most expensive patients the article …

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Madhawa Palihapitiya on Aligning the institutional bottom-line with the societal bottom-line for effective needs assessment

Hi! I’m Madhawa “Mads” Palihapitiya, Associate Director at the Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration at UMass Boston. We recently concluded the first phase of a statewide municipal conflict resolution needs assessment study commissioned by the state Legislature. Hot Tip: The term “need” can mean many things to many people. For needs assessment purposes, needs are …

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Systems Week: Susan Wolfe on Adding an Ecological Perspective to Evaluation

My name is Susan Wolfe and I am the owner of Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC, an independent consulting firm that applies Community Psychology principles to strengthening organizations and communities. Our services include program evaluation. We have found an ecological perspective useful for thinking through evaluation designs and analyzing the results. One ecological framework I …

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Judah Viola on Building Capacity to Succeed as an Independent Consultant

My name is Judah Viola and I am a Community Psychologist at National-Louis University in Chicago. I also manage an independent consulting practice specializing in program evaluation and collaborative community research. Whether boom or bust economy, it is never a bad time to build your own evaluation skills and capacity to provide value for clients. …

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Susan Wolfe on How Community Psychology Influences My Work as an Evaluator

My name is Susan Wolfe and I am the owner of Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC, a consulting firm that applies Community Psychology principles to strengthening organizations and communities. Applied research skills and program evaluation were core features of my Community Psychology graduate curriculum. Over the course of my evaluation career, I have become aware …

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