As Stephanie Evergreen wrote, “This year, the American Evaluation Association is loaded with a ton of great stuff… I’m also really excited to see the closing session on Saturday, because AEA President Rodney Hopson is pulling together something amazing. The theme of the conference this…
When I realized that the American Evaluation Association’s conference is only 19 days away: When I checked the schedule and realized the sessions start at 7am: When I’m already flooded with work before the conference: When I still have to finish a…
Hi evaluators! My name is Patrick Germain and I am the Director of Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance at Project Renewal, and the Founder and Director of Performance Management Professionals, a community of practice based in New York City on issues of Performance Measurement and Management and Evaluation….
After spending the past couple years as an internal evaluator, I decided to start addressing other internal evaluators’ questions, comments, and concerns. I’ll be sharing their questions on my blog, connecting them to other evaluators, and offering advice from my own experiences with internal evaluation….
I’m on a voyage to learn more about great presentations as part of the American Evaluation Association’s new Potent Presentations Initiative (P2i). Here’s a guest post by my former supervisor, Isaac Castillo. Isaac is one of the most talented public speakers in the evaluation and…
I’m on a quest to learn more about potent presentations. I started by interviewing my husband, a non-evaluator who’s attended dozens and dozens of required trainings for his government job. I wanted to hear more about the best and worst trainings he’s attended and see whether the…