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AEA Conference 2022

Preconference Workshop: Transformative Mixed Methods: Supporting Equity & Justice by Donna Mertens A key reason that I decided to take this pre-conference workshop was because I wanted to learn from Donna Mertens. I really like her writing and wanted to … Continue reading

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Webinar: Introduction to Thematic Analysis: Understanding, conceptualising, and designing (reflexive) TA for quality research

Date: 29 November 2022 Offered by NVivo Presenters: Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke Summary “The process is not the purpose” – this quote really resonated for me, as did their note of “fitting method to purpose”. They aren’t trying to … Continue reading

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AEA Coffee Break: Five Core Processes for Enhancing the Quality of Qualitative Evaluation 

Presenter: Jennifer Jewiss Date: 25 October 2022 The presenter had reflective questions for the audience, so I figured I’d put mine here, along with my notes from the webinar. Reflective questions 1: When I think of qualitative approaches to evaluation, … Continue reading

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Webinar Notes: Using Evaluation in Context: Multicultural Validity and Cultural Competence in Evaluation

Date: 14 April 2022 Hosted by: AEA, Government Accountability Office Speakers: Karen Kirkhart, Kathryn Newcomer, Giovanni Dazzo, Nicole Bowman, Terell Lasane (moderator) This was a really great webinar. I furiously took notes of as many of the insightful things the … Continue reading

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Webinar Notes: The “Coin Model of Privilege and Critical Allyship”

Title: The “Coin Model of Privilege and Critical Allyship”: Orienting Ourselves for Accountable Action on Equity Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Nixon, University of Toronto Hosted by: Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences Dr. Nixon asked us to jot down our … Continue reading

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Webinar Notes: Ethical Storytelling

Panelists: Amy Costello & Frederica Boswell Hosted by: Nonprofit Quarterly Video of the webinar can be viewed here. Tiny Spark podcast Sophie Otiende, Activist and Advocate, HAART Kenya: non-profits “parade and exploit” the people they are claiming to help e.g., … Continue reading

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Webinar Notes: Beyond the Board Statement: How Can Boards Join the Movement for Racial Justice?

Sheila Matano, who is the VP of the board of the BC Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CESBC), who is also the chair of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee, told me about this two-part webinar series. Like … Continue reading

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Evaluator Competencies Series: Evaluation Topics and Questions

Since it’s been a while since I last wrote a blog psoting in this series, and since I stopped in the middle of the “technical competencies” domain, let’s review where we are at. The first competency in the “Technical Domain” … Continue reading

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I’m back to blogging

Over on my personal blog, I’ve decided to try blogging every day in the spirit of November as National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) – that was a thing years ago when blogs were more popular. The idea is to blog … Continue reading

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CES Webinar Notes: Retrospective Pretest Survey

These are my rough notes from today’s CES webinar. Speaker: Evan Poncelet was asked “are retrospective post test (RPTs) legit?”, so it did some research on them you can’t always do a pre-test (e.g., evaluator brought on after program has … Continue reading

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