Hello! My name is Mary Arnold, I am a professor and 4-H Youth Development Specialist at Oregon State University. In my Extension specialist role, I get to work in that liminal space between research and practice. In this space I spend a great deal of time translating research into effective youth development practice in 4-H …
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Hi! I am Cathy Lesesne and I work at ICF International doing public health related evaluation and research. My passion is doing work that affects the lives of adolescents, particularly those with the most need and the least voice in how to meet those needs. I do a lot of work in and with schools …
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Hi my name is Kim Sabo Flores, I am the Co-Founder of Algorhythm. Over the last 20+ years, I have been working as an evaluator in the field of youth development. Recently I’ve observed an unfortunate trend in the field: A LOT OF TALK about “evidence-based,” “research-based” and “data-driven” decision-making, and very LITTLE ACTION. This …
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My name is Julie Poncelet and I am co-founder of Action Evaluation Collaborative (AEC), a partnership of independent consultants who use evaluation to strengthen social change. We want to share some of the participatory methods we use to engage youth in evaluations. By participatory methods, we mean ways of working together, to gather insights, such …
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Greetings from Toyin Owolabi at the Women’s Health Action Research Center (WHARC) in Nigeria and Susan Igras at Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH). Last year, we joined together on a cross-country project to build capacity in designing and evaluating programs for younger adolescents. Younger adolescent programming and related program evaluation is nascent in …
Greetings from Montreal! My name is Mónica Ruiz-Casares and I am an Assistant Professor in the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry and at the Centre for Research on Children and Families at McGill University and an Evaluation Advisor at the Centre de Santé et des Services Sociaux de la Montagne, a primary health and …
Hi, I am Lan To, Director of Postsecondary Initiatives at Good Shepherd Services in New York City. Each year, Good Shepherd hosts a Youth Summit for our participants in middle-school and high-school-aged programs, where they form teams to work on a research-based service learning project over a 4-month period. Each team is asked to identify …
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Hi, I’m Siri Scott, and I work as a Graduate Assistant with the University of Minnesota Extension. Conducting interviews with youth is one way to consider gathering information for program improvement, especially when you want to bring youth voice into your improvement process. While more time intensive than doing a survey, interviews will provide you …
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Greetings! My name is Suzanne Le Menestrel and I am a National Program Leader for Youth Development Research at the 4-H National Headquarters, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 4-H is a national youth development organization serving 6 million youth throughout the country. We partner with the nation’s Cooperative Extension system …
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I am Alice Hausman, a professor of Public Health at Temple University. I have been working as a community based participatory research (CBPR) evaluator of youth violence prevention initiatives in urban environments for many years. Lesson Learned: Involve the Community in Identifying Measures and Data. As part of the participatory evaluation planning process, I always …
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