EvaluLand Dana Linnell Wanzer
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This podcast discusses the land of evaluation. Each episode will feature a guest in or around the land of evaluation to discuss something evaluation related.
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45: Sheila Robinson and Kim Leonard
This episode featured Kim Leonard and Sheila Robinson discussing their careers in evaluation and survey design. They shared how they met on Twitter in 2012 and began collaborating, writing blog posts that eventually became their book "Designing Quality Survey Questions" published by Sage Publications. Sheila and Kim discussed their process for writing the book, starting with blog content and building it out over several years into a full manuscript. They also covered common issues they see in surveys and tips for developing effective survey questions.
Sheila Robinson: https://www.sheilabrobinson.com/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilabrobinson/
Kim Leonard: https://leonardrande.com/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-firth-leonard-1ba9447/
Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/
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44: Brittany Dernberger
This month I chat with Brittany Dernberger about her evaluation background and practice.
Brittany Dernberger is a sociologist and gender inequality expert who has led research, evaluation, and organizational learning across academia, philanthropy, government, large international NGOs, and small nonprofits. Brittany currently leads global initiatives to measure systems-level change at CARE and co-chairs the American Evaluation Association Systems in Evaluation Topical Interest Group.
Learn more about Brittany’s work at http://brittanydernberger.com/. Access CARE’s completed Systems-Level Impact evaluations at https://careevaluations.org/evaluation/keywords/systems-level-impact/. The AEA Systems in Evaluation TIG paper on Principles for Systems Thinking in is available at https://www.betterevaluation.org/sites/default/files/SETIG-Principles-FINAL-DRAFT-2018-9-9.pdf.
Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/
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43: Allison Prieur
This month I talk with Allison Prieur about her experiences as a graduate student in evaluation and running a business.
Some resources mentioned or suggested for listeners:
Logic of evaluation
Evaluation of logic in practice
Destination Dissertation
Allison Prieur's LinkedIn profile
Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/
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42: Making ECB sticky with Corey Newhouse and Jessica Manta Meyer
In this episode, I chat with Corey Newhouse and Jessica Manta Meyer, both from Public Profit, about how to make evaluation capacity building sticky for the organizations we work with.
Some resources mentioned:
TIERS Framework
Tipping Point Community
Irvine Foundation
Change Cadet
NonProfit AF article on capacity building does not work
Info on the Public Profit’s evaluation cohort
Contact information:
info@publicprofit.net
About Corey:
Corey got her start as a teacher at Summerbridge Cincinnati in the early 1990s and has been involved in educational equity and social justice movements ever since. She founded Public Profit to build a team that would seamlessly blend social science research methods, organizational change strategy, and a deep commitment to supporting changemakers.
As the Founder and Principal of Public Profit, Corey leads the team’s strategic direction, external relationships, and business development. In addition, Corey serves as an internal thought partner to project teams, assisting with the design of Public Profit’s engagements in evaluation, capacity building, and strategic program design. She is co-author of Public Profit’s Creative Ways to Solicit Stakeholder Feedback and Dabbling in the Data, and a contributor to Evaluation Failures: 22 Tales of Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned. She is a co-editor of the volume, Measure, Use, Improve! Data Use in Out-of-School Time.
About Jes:
Jessica began her career as a peer volunteer on a national youth talkline providing referrals and support to youth in crisis. Challenged by what she heard on the talkline, and by some of her own experiences with the health care system, she developed an interest in health education, equity and advocacy, which launched a career in the social services sector. Eventually, Jessica combined that with a lifetime love of numbers and inquiry, which led her to program evaluation.
Prior to joining Public Profit, Jessica had several years of experience creating, directing and evaluating a range of youth development, LGBT, and health programs. Her work has run the gamut of nonprofit and social service roles including nonprofit finance, human resources, development and agency-led evaluations.
Jessica directs many of the projects at Public Profit. She designs evaluation studies, develops project strategy, and manages implementation including all aspects of data collection, analysis, and reporting. An expert facilitator, Jessica also facilitates large stakeholder meetings and evaluation capacity building trainings, and provides evaluation coaching to clients and staff alike.
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41: Theory-based approaches for navigating complexity with Michael Moses
In this episode, I chat with Michael Moses about theory-based approaches for navigating complexity, adaptive management, participatory strategy, and actions to shift power.
Things and resources mentioned:
Systems thinking in evaluation (including a discussion of complexity) - Bob Williams and Sjon Van't Hof
Outcome mapping and outcome harvesting and emergent learning
Emergent Learning (including before action reviews, after action reviews, emergent learning tables, and more approaches for supporting collective learning and action)
Strategy Testing - Deborah Ladner and the Asia Foundation
Kat Haugh - visual facilitation, sensemaking, and notetaking
Learning to Make All Voices Count Initiative - Summary and full paper
Cynara training on Decolonizing M&E and Research, led by Michelle Lokot
Contact information:
Michael Moses
mmoses@encompassworld.com
LinkedIn
About Michael Moses:
Michael Moses is a strategist, facilitator, and evaluator with over 12 years of experience working with public and private sector partners to achieve social impact. He advises foundations, companies, governments, and nonprofits in their efforts to design and implement strategies for advancing change, including by capturing and using data to navigate the complex systems in which they work. In doing so, he helps changemakers learn how to improve programs and organizations, adapt, and over time, strengthen their impact.
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40: Community-based participatory research with Dr. Tatiana Bustos
In this episode, I chat with Dr. Tatiana Elisa Bustos on community-based participatory research (CBPR). We talked about what it is, how it compares to research and other similar forms of inquiry, and how to get started doing CBPR.
Disclaimer: Views expressed here are personal and not reflective of the speaker's respective employers or agencies.
Contact information
Dr. Tatiana Elisa Bustos
tbust002@gmail.com
@TElisa72
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tebustos/
About Dr. Bustos
Dr. Tatiana Elisa Bustos knows that community partner engagement is key to understanding social issues. She’ll share her experience applying community-based participatory research approaches.
Dr. Bustos innovates outside the box ways to do research that invite community participation, improving programs through implementation with a social justice lens. As a 1st generation college student and the daughter of Nicaraguan immigrants, equity is deeply important to her. She is an author and award-winning researcher. She leads professional development workshops on implementation science and community based participatory research.
She received her PhD in Community Psychology from Michigan State University, an MS in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University, and a BA in Psychology from Florida International University. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
Dr. Bustos also appeared on The Sci-Files on Impact 89FM and Beyond the Manuscript, the podcast of Progress in Community Health Partnerships.
Resources
Professional Organizations
Society for Community Research and Action
American Evaluation Association Connect (CBPR search)
Community Psychology TIG
Training Institutes
https://www.detroiturc.org/programs-expertise/cbpr-capacity-building
https://www.detroiturc.org/about-cbpr/online-cbpr-course
https://www.mitrainingcenter.org/courses/cbprs0218noce
Toolkits
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/evaluate/evaluation/intervention-research/main
Journals
Global Journal of Community Psychology
American Journal of Community Psychology
Collaborations: A Journal of Community Based Research and Practice
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