technology

AEA’s Digital Data & Technology Working Group Week: Lessons from MERL for Digital Social and Behavioral Change by Nicola Harford

Hi, my name is Nicola Harford and I am Principal Consultant and Managing Director of iMedia Associates, a consulting company working with donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local media houses in the Global South on social and behaviour change (SBC) interventions. iMedia started out in broadcast and print media—especially using radio and entertainment-education approaches for change—but with the advent of mobile phones and expanding internet access across the globe our clients are increasingly using digital channels and platforms including Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok.

AEA’s Digital Data & Technology Working Group Week: Responsible Data in the Digital Age by Talitha Hlaka

Hello there! I’m Talitha Hlaka, and I’m a communications officer at the Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results, in Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA). Over the past two years I’ve been supporting work to improve responsible data management in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) sector, in collaboration with MERL Tech. It’s been an amazing ride!

AEA’s Digital Data & Technology Working Group Week: (Re)shaping Evaluation with Insights from the MERL Tech Community by Linda Raftree

Hi all, I’m Linda Raftree and I have been leading the MERL Tech community of practice since 2014. MERL Tech is a term we use to describe technology-enabled Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL). Our vision is a world where the use of digital tools, technologies, and data for MERL in humanitarian, development, human rights, peacebuilding, and social impact programming is inclusive, ethical, responsible, safe, and sustainable.

CREATE Week: Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Produce Efficient Evaluation Practices by Sean Owen

Hello. I am Sean Owen, PhD, Associate Research Professor and Assessment Manager at the Research and Curriculum Unit (RCU) at Mississippi State University. Founded in 1965, the RCU contributes to Mississippi State University’s mission as a land-grant institution to better the lives of Mississippians by developing curricula and assessments, providing training and learning opportunities for …

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NPF Week: Sophia Guevara on Board Collaboration at a Distance

My name is Sophia Guevara and I am the Special Libraries Association Information Technology Division (SLA IT) Chair and American Evaluation Association Social Network Analysis Topical Interest Group Co-Chair. At SLA IT, I currently lead the Executive and Advisory boards. In an effort to bring the members of these boards together, I asked that the …

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Aditi Patel on Technology for Evaluation in Fragile and Conflict Affected States: An Introduction for the Digital Immigrant Evaluator

Are you an experienced evaluator who thinks technology could help your work, but have no idea where to begin? I’m Aditi Patel, a recent graduate of the Fletcher School of Tufts University, where I worked with Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church to understand how seasoned evaluators–such as you, the AEA blog reader!–can think about where and how technology …

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