April 20, 2012 in evaluations, general, networking by Jumoke Omojola
I decided to survey six of my peers. Yes I know that is a puny sample, but it’s a start! I heard some of the sentiments below. It means a critique of whatever is being evaluated. It means I may be not be doing something as well as I should and I am about to hear it. It means that [...]
April 6, 2012 in general by Rebecca Gillam
Like most parents, I think that my 7-year-old daughter is brilliant. She loves reading and does well on her spelling tests. She gets along well with her classmates. She listens when I ask her to do something most of the time. And she reminds me about the importance of my evaluation work. A couple weeks ago, she came home excited [...]
by John Nash
February 24, 2012 in general by John Nash
Should evaluators blog? Chris Lysy, an evaluator and blogger, says “yes!” At IgniteAEA, the Ignite event put on by the Data Visualization and Reporting TIG at EVAL2011 in Anaheim, Chris delivered five minutes of thoughts on why evaluators should be blogging. You can watch his presentation below. “Blogs are great for putting everything in context” and allow you to “bring [...]
by Eric Canen
February 10, 2012 in evaluations, reporting by Eric Canen
Infographics are one of the growing trends in presenting data and information. The idea is to take data and information and make it bright, colorful and pictorial. Often it is trying to bridge the fields of data analysts, marketing and visual graphics. By bridging these fields, they try to produce products that catch people’s attention, make them want to engage [...]
