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Letting Go of What No Longer Serves You in Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. When we try to template and checklist our way out of complexity, we lose intentionality and creativity. Wouldn’t you rather build meaningful and sustainable evaluation strategies that ignite your passion and highlight your uniqueness? I know I would. And together we can. This […]
How Am I? I’m Sitting in the Suck
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. “How are you?” Ugh this question makes me cringe. My answer to this is usually “fine.” And not because I am. I am most certainly not fine right now. As an evaluator, I am a professional question asker. And yet personally, the hardest […]
Pancreas Ponderings: What T1D Has Taught Me About Eval
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. Long before we entered the pre-Covid/during-Covid realm, marked by daily monitoring of case counts, testing, hospitalizations, and death tolls, I had my own pre/during world. Like evaluation, this world includes constant monitoring, learning, and adjusting. This post shares five lessons from T1D that […]
Unbecoming & reimagining: Leaning into values and fears
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. This blog post has been a long time coming. I have struggled with voicing my thoughts for a couple of years. I am embarrassed that it took a national crisis and more murders of people of color like Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and […]
Unbecoming & reimagining: Leaning into values and fears
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. This blog post has been a long time coming. I have struggled with voicing my thoughts for a couple of years. I am embarrassed that it took a national crisis and more murders of people of color like Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and […]
Evaluator as Acrobat: The Art of Flexibility
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. Each day I spend on the trail, walking, running, or hiking teaches me something about myself and the universe. One of the most important lessons I have learned is the art of flexibility. Understanding how to navigate dynamic systems is a key part […]
Wearing Many Hats: Where Does the Role of Evaluator End?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. Evaluators wear many different hats, which vary depending on the evaluation approach as well as the stage of the evaluation cycle. Over the years, evaluation theorists have debated the role of the evaluator. Campbell classifies the role of evaluator as methodologist, Scriven says […]
Comment on Wisdom from the Woods: Everything Looks Scarier in the Darkness by Elizabeth Grim
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. In reply to Sheila B Robinson, Ed. D. Thank you Sheila! Your kind words and support mean a lot.
Wisdom from the Woods: Everything Looks Scarier in the Darkness
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. I haven’t written in a while. I could attribute that to the fact that work has been busy or that I’ve been spending my free time traveling and exploring. These are true statements. But the real reason is that I’ve been afraid. A […]