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Memorial Week: Sara Miller McCune on Remembering Marcia Guttentag (1933-1977), Pioneer in establishing evaluation as a distinct field

1 Comment / Uncategorized / May 22, 2016 May 21, 2016

This is the beginning of a series remembering and honoring evaluation pioneers leading up to Memorial Day in the USA on May 30. My name is Sara Miller McCune, Co-founder and Chair of Sage Publications. In 1975, Sage published the 2-volume Handbook of Evaluation Research co-edited by Marcia Guttentag. That Handbook helped establish Evaluation as a distinct field of …

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Vardhani Ratnala on “CONTEXT” in Evaluations

2 Comments / Uncategorized / November 19, 2014 November 16, 2014

I am Vardhani Ratnala, a monitoring and evaluation professional. In this post, I would like to share my views on the importance of CONTEXT in evaluations. Recently, at a high tea event, a friend pointed to a dress made from an Indian sari worn by an expat and suggested that we should get similar dresses …

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APC Week: Colleen Duggan and Kenneth Bush on Evaluation in Settings Affected by Violent Conflict: What Difference Does Context Make?

1 Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / February 8, 2013 February 8, 2013

We are Colleen Duggan, Senior Evaluation Specialist, International Development Research Centre (Canada) and Kenneth Bush, Director of Research, International Conflict Research (Northern Ireland). For the past three years, we have been collaborating on a joint exploratory research project called Evaluation in Extremis: The Politics and Impact of Research in Violently Divided Societies, bringing together researchers, …

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APC Week: Anna Williams on When is a policy “win” real? Why does this matter when evaluating policy advocacy?

1 Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change, Environmental Program Evaluation, Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / January 11, 2012 April 3, 2012

Hi. I’m Anna Williams, Senior Associate at Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting, in Seattle, Washington. Advocates, their funders, and policy advocacy evaluators seek to understand the results of policy advocacy work. Advocates promote the adoption (or reversal) of government policies, and many use the term “wins” to refer to successful milestones in their advocacy work. …

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Na’im, Blackmon, Ortiz, Nixon, Van Dyk, and Yanowitz on Positionality Matters: Understanding Culture and Context from the Perspective of Key Stakeholders

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / April 26, 2011 April 18, 2011

This post is brought to you by Alyssa Na’im of the National Science Foundation’s ITEST Learning Resource Center at the Education Development Center, and several members of the ITEST Community of Practice: Angelique Tucker Blackmon, Innovative Learning Concepts, LLC; Araceli M. Ortiz, Sustainable Future, Inc.; Carol Nixon, Edvantia, Inc.; Pam Van Dyk, Evaluation Resources, LLC; and Karen …

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Poster Week: Karen Zannini Bull on Making Good Evaluation Decisions

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Use / September 10, 2010 August 26, 2010

I am Karen Zannini Bull, the Assistant Director of Distance Learning at Onondaga Community college and doctoral student at Syracuse University in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation. My interests reside in Evaluation Theory and what comprises a good evaluation decision. With that in mind, I wanted to share lessons learned and a great resource for …

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Nicole Jackson on Improving Interview Techniques During Formative Evaluations

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / September 3, 2010 August 25, 2010

Hello, my name is Nicole Jackson. I am both an adjunct faculty in the Human Resource Management Certificate program at U.C. Berkeley Extension and a doctoral candidate in Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation at U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education. From my previous and current work, I discovered that interviewing is both an art and …

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

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / August 24, 2010 August 24, 2010

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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DOVP Week: Mary Moriarty on Planning and Implementing Disability-based Evaluations

2 Comments / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations / August 6, 2010 July 21, 2010

I’m Mary Moriarty, independent consultant and evaluator with Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. For 10 years I have specialized in evaluation of programs that serve underrepresented populations, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). I previously directed several programs focused on increasing representation of individuals with disabilities in STEM. I now realize the …

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