This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Date: 29 November 2022 Offered by NVivo Presenters: Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke Summary “The process is not the purpose” – this quote really resonated for me, as did their note of “fitting method to purpose”. They aren’t trying to say that everyone […]
AEA Coffee Break: Five Core Processes for Enhancing the Quality of Qualitative Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Presenter: Jennifer Jewiss Date: 25 October 2022 The presenter had reflective questions for the audience, so I figured I’d put mine here, along with my notes from the webinar. Reflective questions 1: When I think of qualitative approaches to evaluation, the following words […]
Webinar Notes: Using Evaluation in Context: Multicultural Validity and Cultural Competence in Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Date: 14 April 2022 Hosted by: AEA, Government Accountability Office Speakers: Karen Kirkhart, Kathryn Newcomer, Giovanni Dazzo, Nicole Bowman, Terell Lasane (moderator) This was a really great webinar. I furiously took notes of as many of the insightful things the panelists were talking […]
Webinar Notes: The “Coin Model of Privilege and Critical Allyship”
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Title: The “Coin Model of Privilege and Critical Allyship”: Orienting Ourselves for Accountable Action on Equity Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Nixon, University of Toronto Hosted by: Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences Dr. Nixon asked us to jot down our thoughts on the […]
Webinar Notes: Ethical Storytelling
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Panelists: Amy Costello & Frederica Boswell Hosted by: Nonprofit Quarterly Tiny Spark podcast Sophie Otiende, Activist and Advocate, HAART Kenya: non-profits “parade and exploit” the people they are claiming to help e.g., asking someone who has been assisted by an NPO to share […]
Webinar Notes: Beyond the Board Statement: How Can Boards Join the Movement for Racial Justice?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Sheila Matano, who is the VP of the board of the BC Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CESBC), who is also the chair of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee, told me about this two-part webinar series. Like many boards, we […]
Evaluator Competencies Series: Evaluation Topics and Questions
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Since it’s been a while since I last wrote a blog psoting in this series, and since I stopped in the middle of the “technical competencies” domain, let’s review where we are at. The first competency in the “Technical Domain” was about figuring […]
I’m back to blogging
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Over on my personal blog, I’ve decided to try blogging every day in the spirit of November as National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) – that was a thing years ago when blogs were more popular. The idea is to blog every single day […]
CES Webinar Notes: Retrospective Pretest Survey
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. These are my rough notes from today’s CES webinar. Speaker: Evan Poncelet was asked “are retrospective post test (RPTs) legit?”, so it did some research on them you can’t always do a pre-test (e.g., evaluator brought on after program has started; providing a […]
Evaluator Competencies Series: Taking a Short Break!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. It’s that busy time in the semester when the marking for the courses that I’m teaching is piling up and I am also working furiously on a couple of online courses (in addition to my day job). So I’ve decided that I’m going […]