"AEA365 is sponsored by the American Evaluation Association (AEA) and is dedicated to highlighting Hot Tips, Cool Tricks, Rad Resources, and Lessons Learned for evaluators...Our goal is to feature a post a day from and for evaluators around the globe." 
"Evaluation 2.0 is a set of ideas about evaluation that Pontydysgu are developing. At its simplest, it’s about using social software at all stages of the evaluation process in order to make evaluation more open, more transparent and more accessible to a wider range of stakeholders."
Pontydysgu is a Welsh educational research institute. 
"There's a lot of talk around social media and return on investmment; how do we measure it, what are the most relevant metrics, what counts as good ROI, and on and on and on..."
This is the first part of a three-part series on social media evaluation tools and techniques by Paul Sutton. 
"Why do we evaluate? Sometimes it's for reflective validation: qualifying the success of a program after it is complete. Other times it's for active learning: seeing what is working well and what could be improved, and using this insight to change things for the better."
Guest blogger Sally Madsen is a designer and project leader at IDEO. 
The 6th International Conference of the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) will take place in Accra, Ghana from January 9-13, 2012. The theme is "Rights and Responsibility in Development Evaluation." |
Are you an evaluator and do you blog? If so, the American Evaluation Association wants to hear from you. This CENSEMaking post features an appeal to those who evaluate, blog and want to share their... 
A team of long-time leaders of the Internet community have come together behind Dan Whaley, one of the forefathers of contemporary search engines, to build a system called Hypothes.is: an "open-source Internet platform to crowdsource peer-review on... 
"This week marks the close of our blog series. For the past three months, this stimulating conversation has prompted a considerable amount of new thinking and pushed a number of sensitive buttons. On behalf of the IDEO team, I would like to thank GOOD for hosting this series and all of you who have contributed through blogging and commenting."
Aaron Sklar is a humanity-centered designer at IDEO who explores the relationship between people and the world. The course recognises that "blue print planning" has become unworkable and often counterproductive. Instead, more flexible, adaptive and process orientated approaches are required. M&E needs to be learning focused, and directed towards supporting managers to cope in a complex and rapidly changing world.
Course: Navigating and managing for impact Dates: March 12-30, 2012 Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands Fee: € 3500 |
