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Tell Me a Story: Tips for Interviewing and Being a Good Listener by Kristin Fields

My name is Kristin Fields and I am the editor for AEA’s monthly e-newsletter. I joined the AEA staff about a year ago, and it has been such a pleasure to learn about our many members’ experiences in the field of evaluation. Our e-newsletter is a chance to share the latest and greatest AEA news, …

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Writing Effectively for Twitter by Jayne Corso

Hi my name is Jayne Corso and I am the Community Manager for AEA. I often use Twitter to communicate with AEA members and the evaluation community. It is an effective tool for sharing information and staying relevant in conversations. I have compiled a few tips that will help you compose tweets of your own! Hot …

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How mindful language helps us challenge power imbalances by Liz Zadnik

Happy Saturday all!  Liz Zadnik here, aea365 Outreach Coordinator and sometime Saturday contributor.  Summer has arrived on the East Coast of the United States.  For me, summer has always encouraged me to check in with myself and take some time to reorganize and recalibrate.  Like time slows down a little and I have few more …

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Writing for the web (or getting people to read your stuff online) by Liz Zadnik

Good morning!  I’m Liz Zadnik, aea365’s Outreach Coordinator and Saturday contributor.  Part of my role on the curating team is working with evaluators and researchers interested in generating content for the blog.  Writing for the web is a little different than drafting an evaluation report, policy brief, or peer-review journal article – it requires a …

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MNEA Week: Stella SiWan Zimmerman on Key Outcome Reporting Details

My name is Stella SiWan Zimmerman and I am the President of ACET, Inc., a research and evaluation consulting firm based in Minneapolis, MN. We specialize in the evaluation of education, public health, and community-based programs in order to improve organizational effectiveness and build evaluation capacity. Over the years, I have produced and reviewed many …

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Susan Kistler on Daily Tips for Evaluators

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association. I contribute each Saturday’s post to aea365 – the Tip-a-Day Alerts by and for evaluators. While aea365 of course offers my very favorite tip each day, I confess that my attention is sometimes drawn to these other Daily Tips …

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