Hi, I am Laura DeMaria and I am the Senior Manager of AEA’s Operations department. When I joined the AEA staff in September 2017, I had two main priorities: one was to learn as much about our organization and staff as I could, and the other was to learn as much about evaluation as possible. …
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Hello! We are Justin Sullivan, Libby Smith, and Kate Bentley from the Applied Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. When we attended Evaluation 2017, the AEA annual conference this year we knew we wanted to use the opportunity to get more active on Twitter. I (Libby) had avidly followed the conference hashtags in past …
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Greetings dear aea365 readers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365 Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. Today we close Evaluation 2017 and wrap up another extraordinary experience for conference-goers — and not just those who tirelessly traversed the labyrinthian walkways of the Marriott Wardman, but also those who live-streamed sessions from across the globe, and who both shared and …
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Hi my name is Jayne Corso and I am the Community Manager for AEA. Evaluation 2017 officially kicked-off yesterday! And, we had a great start with the opening plenary session from AEA president Kathy Newcomer. In her presentation, Kathy discussed the challenges evaluators are facing and how we can overcome those challenges to push evaluation and the evaluation …
Lessons from the Opening Plenary at Evaluation 2017 by Jayne Corso Read More »
Greetings! This is Nicole Vicinanza, Senior Research Associate at JBS International and a conference co-chair of the AEA 2017 Presidential Strand committee. Our AEA president Kathy Newcomer and the members of this committee have worked together for over a year to develop the theme – From Learning to Action! You’ll find 29 exciting and thought-provoking …
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Hi my name is Jayne Corso and I am the Community Manager for AEA. Evaluation 2017 is only days away, so let’s focus on social media for the conference! Here are a few tips I have compiled for staying social during an event, especially through Twitter! Why Twitter? Twitter makes your posts visible to people who aren’t already …
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It’s finally feeling like fall in the DC area, which can mean only one thing…Evaluation 2017 is right around the corner! My name is Lauren Lawson and I am a member of the AEA education team. I’ve worked for AEA since 2013, and manage the educational content (sessions) for the annual conference and Summer Evaluation …
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Hello! My name is Kristi Pettibone. I’m an evaluator at the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences and I’m the Program Chair for the Translational Research Evaluation (TRE) Topical Interest Group (TIG). Translational research evaluation is focused on the idea of evaluating the progress of research through the translational research process – which typically includes …
TRE TIG Week: Cross-TIG Panels at AEA’s Annual Conference by Kristi Pettibone Read More »
Hi my name is Kelly Laurie and I am the Events Manager for Eval 2017. We are less than 3 weeks out from Evaluation 2017 and I am very much looking forward to seeing the conference that’s been on the top of our minds for months come to fruition. Food and beverage. Meeting space. Audio …
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Happy Fall! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with some Hot Tips for first-time conference attendees at #Eval17 in Washington, DC. Hot Tips: Here’s what I’ve learned both from my own experience and from many others. Build your agenda before the conference. There are hundreds of sessions, and no, you cannot attend them all! …
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