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Stephanie Evergreen on the Potent Presentations Initiative Website

3 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / June 16, 2012 January 16, 2016

Hey there. I’m Stephanie Evergreen, AEA’s eLearning Initiatives Director and general data communications geek. Susan Kistler has a family obligation this weekend, so I’m stepping in to share with you the newest developments in AEA’s Potent Presentations Initiative (p2i). You’ve heard about p2i, right? It is a new initiative to help AEA members improve their …

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Sara Plachta Elliott on Sparking Collective Learning

Hi, I’m Sara Plachta Elliott, Evaluation Fellow at the Skillman Foundation in Detroit, Michigan, through a grant to Brandeis University’s Center for Youth and Communities. As an Evaluation Fellow, I work with Foundation staff to create learning opportunities that inform the work of improving school and neighborhood conditions for Detroit’s kids.In 2010, Brandeis conducted a …

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DVR Week: Julie Lo on Presenting Survey Data Interactively Using Tableau

3 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / February 23, 2012 January 25, 2012

My name is Julie Lo and I’m a research assistant at Public Profit. We help youth service agencies and educational organizations manage what matters. I want to share with you a way of presenting survey data through an embedded interactive interface created using the program Tableau Desktop and later shared online using Tableau Public. We process …

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DVR Week: Veronica Smith and Chris Metzner on Creating a Fuzzy Logic Model on a Budget

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / February 22, 2012 January 31, 2012

We are Veronica Smith and Chris Metzner. Veronica is principal of data2insight, an evaluation and research firm with data visualization expertise and Chris Metzner is a freelance graphic designer. Matt Keene and Chris created the popular fuzzy logic model for the Oregon Paint Stewardship Pilot Program. The fuzzy logic model concept (FLM) evolved out of …

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DVR Week: Stephanie Evergreen on What To Do When You’ve Got It Bad for DVR

4 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting, Uncategorized / February 20, 2012 January 25, 2012

Oh, hi. I’m Stephanie Evergreen and I’m in love with data visualization and reporting (DVR). I blog about DVR, I tweet about DVR, and sometimes I even dream about DVR. I was in love with DVR at first sight so I’m here to tell you what you can do when you realize you, too, have …

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DVR Week: Amy Germuth and Johanna Morariu on Kicking off the DVR TIG Week

4 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / February 19, 2012 January 25, 2012

Our names are Amy Germuth and Johanna Morariu and we are proud to serve as the Chair and Co-Chair of the Data Visualization and Reporting TIG. Although this TIG started just last year we already have multiple members working to entice the AEA community to better communicate using infographics and data visualizations. We hope you …

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Susan Kistler on The Future of Evaluation: 5 Predictions (building on 10 others!)

10 Comments / Uncategorized / February 4, 2012 April 3, 2012

I’m Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director, and this week John Gargani reflected on what evaluation might look like in 10 years (go ahead, click away – it’s worth a read – but come back!). Lessons [to be] Learned looking into a hazy crystal ball for what evaluation might look like 10 years hence, I wanted …

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Zeke Fanning on Vidi for Data Visualization

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / August 5, 2011 August 5, 2011

My name is Zeke Fanning and I work for 1234more. I’m always on the hunt for data analysis tools that help with our clients web presence. Hot Tip – Vidi: I just discovered Vidi. It is free and creates data visualizations that are embeddable on a webpage or blog. I found it surprisingly easy to …

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Susan Kistler on How to Win a Copy of Visualize This

75 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / July 30, 2011 July 27, 2011

I’m Susan Kistler, the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association and contributor of each Saturday’s post to aea365. Back on day 2 of aea365, in January of 2010, I recommended FlowingData as part of a post about favorite resources for data visualization inspiration. Rad Resource: This month, FlowingData’s curator, Nathan Yau, published Visualize This: …

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Jolene VillaLobos on Vimeo and Inspiration for Data Visualization

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / July 28, 2011 July 28, 2011

I’m Jolene VillaLobos and I work as a part-time program director/part-time evaluator for a mid-size nonprofit. We’ve recently been exploring the use of video which has meant that I’ve been exploring tools to help in that quest. Hot Tip: Vimeo is a free video hosting service. It hosts videos, just as YouTube hosts videos, but …

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