Melissa Velazquez @melissa ?
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Melissa Velazquez wrote a new post, Evaluation is like a machete… 2 months, 1 week ago
Michael Quinn Patton frequently uses metaphor or simile to get clients or students talking about their feelings and associations around evaluation at the start of a project or training. He simply brings a box of […] -
Melissa Velazquez posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago
If you (or someone you know) speak Spanish and have experience living or working in international or cross-cultural contexts, check out a great opportunity to use your evaluation skills in an international non-profit based in our region! See the job posting in the Employment Opportunities group.
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Employment Opportunties 2 months, 2 weeks agoEvaluation Specialist – International
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) is seeking an Evaluation Specialist to provide services to develop and implement program evaluation initiatives for the International Programs Department and all CFCA project sites. Key to the position is the ability to help a wide variety of stakeholders…[Read more]
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Melissa Velazquez wrote a new post, Building capacity in the webinar world 5 months ago
If you have ever used a webinar to train on a topic or present evaluation results, and you are anything like me, you have felt some discomfort in talking to a computer screen. Those missing nods of agreement, […]
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Participatory Evaluation and Evaluation Capacity Building 7 months, 1 week agoFor all of you out there working on participatory evaluation and capacity building, here is an outline that we put together during our discussio at the en4mrb conference break out session. It highlights some of the steps and special considersations to be used when “participatory” is one of your guiding pinciples. We hope it is a useful reminder…[Read more]
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Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Has anyone had experience in obtaining input from community members on public health efforts? If so, please let me know. I’m the lead evaluator on a project to develop capacity of public health workers in Nebraska. I’m interested in learning what models, challenges, strategies, etc., folks have used before to…[Read more]
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Participatory Evaluation and Evaluation Capacity Building 7 months, 1 week agoSome principle challenges and questions when considering participatory evaluation (generated during the en4mrb conference breakout session):
Power dynamics.
How do you navigate relationships between program implementers, community members and the evaluator?
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Participatory Evaluation and Evaluation Capacity Building 7 months, 1 week agoThanks for the great discussion during our conference session on Friday. A lot of challenges were surfaced and it was good to hear some practical examples offer potential solutions. Creating a flow of stages of an evalution helped us reflect together on how participatory evaluation is unique and at what points in the process certain considerations…[Read more]
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Melissa Velazquez posted a new activity comment 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Hi Bob, if you click on the members tab it should list all the current members and there will be a button to activate at the right of each name to request friendship (or cancel friendship if things go sour;) ).
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Melissa Velazquez and
Robert Pawloski are now friends 7 months, 2 weeks ago-
Melissa, it escapes me where you invite someone to be a friend. I was going to friend Lisa, so I could invite her to join the Board group.
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Hi Bob, if you click on the members tab it should list all the current members and there will be a button to activate at the right of each name to request friendship (or cancel friendship if things go sour;) ).
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Melissa Velazquez posted an update 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Back stateside and looking forward to building a live and virtual professional network at the en4mrb conference this Friday!
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Really like your post, Melissa!