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The Path to Becoming an Evaluator, and a Podcaster (Cartoon Q&A with Maria Montenegro)

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com.

Welcome to episode 002 of my cartoon Q&A series.

Technology and the web have really changed what it means to be a modern data professional. The way forward is mostly uncharted. Through these chats with a wide range of creative data professionals and evaluators, I hope to share a vision of what’s possible.

In today’s conversation I chat with Maria Montenegro, who is a credentialed evaluator living and working in Vancouver, BC. She is also the creator of The Evaluation Couch, a podcast discussing topics related to evaluation and navigating a career in evaluation.

Among other things, we talk about discovering evaluation as a career, the process of getting credentialed, Maria’s work with Eval Youth, and the real first step to starting a podcast. It was a fun conversation that inspired a set of 8 new comics, which you’ll see appear throughout the video.

The Comics from the Q&A

Defined by what we do, not what we learned.

Defined by what we do not what we learned comic.

What’s an evaluation framework?

Evaluation framework comic

Is this academic success?

Successful academic comic

Self-credentialed

Self-credentialed comic

Secret evaluator recruitment strategy.

Secret evaluator recruitment strategy

Labor of love

Labor of love comic

Passion first podcast

Passion first podcast comic

If you never do it…

Maria Montenegro Quote Comic

July 17, 2024 by admin

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