Today, I’m a social worker. Profound, right? A little history: When I was in graduate school one of my supervisors asked me this question: Are you going to be an evaluator with a social work back ground or a social worker with an evaluation background? I sat and thought about it for a few days …
Wow! That’s quite a phenomenon:2 Year Old Has Blog! Well no, not actually. I’ll tell you how I came up with my (evaluation) age. Following grad school, job #1 was not in evaluation. I was an investigator with social services, so that took away a few months, and since I’ve started my first “real …
I stumbled upon a post on expose.your.museum entitled Mobs Can be a *Good* Thing and after watching the video above I knew just why! Granted, there have been some flops and failures along the way with flash mobs, but in this video the utter shock, excitement, and joy that came across some of the spectators faces …
I tweeted the other day and asked my tweeps(twitter people, followers, for the twitter novice) what “evaluation great” they would like to take to lunch. I quickly tweeted a couple of my own, Ralph Tyler, known by some as the “Father of Evaluation”, I referenced him in my first blog post. I also included MQP (Michael …
I went to the High Museum last weekend and I found 1 or 2 pieces somewhat interesting, but I was drawn into the work of Jasper Johns an artist born in the South in 1930, he later went to the University of South Carolina *I will reserve my comments-ok, I can’t go Tigers(Clemson)* and his work includes … Continue reading
Sometimes you just need a little boost because data entry is just SO MUCH FUN!!! Any summer faves you’d like to add??? *Special shoutout to my new blog followers from the Atlanta Area Evaluation Association for helping me to stay focused on my goals!!! Continue reading
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to Kylie Hutchinson and James Coyle for a remarkable podcast with one of the modern day fathers of evaluation, Michael Scriven. If you haven’t listened to the podcast please give it a listen! The Future of Evaluation-A Chat with Michael Scriven Paraphrased highlights: Evaluation has a transdisciplinary nature; this is … Continue reading
Do you ever wish that you could make it rain pink and red confetti or little paper hearts?! Good, you probably shouldn’t, at least not on a regular basis. Only on days like today can you can make an exception. Special Mission: Operation Be More Grateful I am on a quest to show my appreciation … Continue reading
By the time you finish reading this post 11 people would have been born in the U.S. and there would have been a net gain of 6 people in the U.S. population. Super interesting, right? Thank you trifecta! What’s even more intriguing is this ongoing count of the number of people being added to the … Continue reading
Colors are great, nice graphics and pictures too, but what about adding some snow to your homepage?! I haven’t seen ONE snowflake, in fact I had a few shorts and flip flop sightings here in SC. Enough of my blabberings. The 4 step process for WordPress users is below! Dashboard–>Settings–>General–>Show falling snow on my blog … Continue reading
Just so we’re on the same page, I’m not talking about roasting a nice, delicious, ham, turkey, and/or veggies for your holiday meals. Sorry if I got your hopes up! I’m talking about sharing comedic stories about someone who is highly regarded for entertainment purposes. According to Wikipedia it’s seen by some as a “high … Continue reading
So, you’re an evaluator, right? And… You haven’t heard of the evaluation pledge? Makes sense actually because I just came up with the idea for engaging some of the stakeholders that I work with. Although we go into the meetings sort of like…this… Sometimes our stakeholders are feeling like…well…this… Ok, so this only works if … Continue reading
The struggle is real. I don’t think I need to go into much detail about the east coast/west coast battle it seems we have when it comes to explaining the value of qualitative research. I encourage you to use the post below, and in your own words, express why the world, and your agency, can … Continue reading
How many times have you followed up with a stakeholder after talking for months about the evaluation from start to finish, including all the bells and whistles that they just had to have (and a couple you thought you’d throw in), only to find out that the report was collecting these… Ok, so I’m not … Continue reading
