Blog: Tips for Evaluation Recommendations
This week I am in Atlanta at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Summer Evaluation Institute, presenting a workshop on Translating Evaluation Findings into Actionable Recommendations. Although...
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Blog: Improving Evaluator Communication and PI Evaluation Understanding to...
Ayesha Boyce Manu Platt As an evaluator, have you ever spent hours working on an evaluation report only to find that your client skimmed it or didn’t read it? As a project PI, have you ever glanced...
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Blog: Improving Evaluator Communication and PI Evaluation Understanding to...
Manu Platt Ayesha Boyce As a project PI, have you ever glanced at an evaluation report and wished it has been presented in a different format to be more useful? As an evaluator, have you ever spent...
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Blog: Strategic Knowledge Mapping: A New Tool for Visualizing and Using...
A challenge to designing effective STEM programs is that they address very large, complex goals, such as increasing the numbers of underrepresented students in advanced technology fields. To design the...
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This is the pdf version of our Spring 2016 Newsletter. This issue is focused on evaluation use. File: Click Here Type: Newsletter Author(s): Kelly Robertson, Lori Wingate, Mike Rudibaugh The post 2016...
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This diagram provides an overview of evaluation responsibilities for the project staff, external evaluator, and combined responsibilities. This example is an excerpt from the Evaluation Basics for...
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Webinar: Getting Everyone on the Same Page: Practical Strategies for...
Presenter(s): Kelly Robertson, Lyssa Wilson Becho, Michael Lesiecki Date(s): May 22, 2019 Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m. Eastern To ensure high-quality evaluation, evaluators and project staff must collaborate...
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Blog: Three Questions to Spur Action from Your Evaluation Report
Evaluators are urged to make their evaluations useful. Project staff are encouraged to use their evaluations. An obvious way to support these aims is for evaluators to develop recommendations based on...
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Webinar: Making the Most of Your Evaluation: How to Use Evaluation Findings...
Presenter(s): Emma Leeburg, Lyssa Wilson Becho, Michael Harnar Date(s): December 2, 2020 Time: 1p.m.- 2p.m. Eastern Join this webinar to learn how evaluation findings can be put to use for the benefit...
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Blog: Four Warning Signs of a Dusty Shelf Report
When was the last time your report influenced real-life decision-making? I used to write lengthy reports filled with statistical jargon. Important information sat around and gathered dust. Now I...
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