June 27th, 2014
Well, the answer is "a lot" if you're up on this cult classic and number one favourite movie of James, aka "The Dude".
Before you listen to this podcast we strongly suggest you
view it first so you don't miss any of our
keen insights.
Cheers,
Kylie & James
P.S. Here is the photo of Kylie recording in the Starbucks bathroom while on family vacation.
May 4th, 2014
For more details on Michael's work you can visit his website here.
Feel free to leave us your comments below, and don't forget to rate us on iTunes to give us some feedback!
Enjoy,
James & Kylie
April 12th, 2014
In this episode we explore some of the differences between typical Western-style evaluation and the monitoring & evaluation (M&E) that occurs in an international development context. To help us, we invited two guests with experience working in both areas, Ian C. Davies and Tom Pellens.
Here are some of the links we mention:
Below is the cartoon mentioned by Terry Smutylo and Daniel Morales-Gomez.
Until next time,
Kylie & James
March 23rd, 2014
In this episode we present a mixed bag where Kylie debriefs her most excellent week at the African Evaluation Association 2014 conference and James takes us on his search for a "non-boring" evaluation journal article.
Fun on the Conference Shuttle Bus
Below are some of the articles that James found in his search:
- American Evaluation Association Task Force Statement on ‘What is Evaluation?’ (2014)
- Fournier, D. M. (1995). Establishing evaluative conclusions: A distinction between general and working logic. New Directions for Evaluation, 65, 15-32.
- Patton, M. Q. (2000). Overview: Language matters. New Directions for Evaluation, 86, 5-16.
- Gamble, J. (2006). A Developmental Evaluation Primer. Montreal, PQ: McConnell Foundation.
- Dozois, E., Langlois, M., Blanchet-Cohen, N. (2010). DE201: A practitioner's guide to Developmental Evaluation. Montreal, PQ: McConnell Foundation.
- Scheirer, M. A. & Schwandt, T. (2012). Planning evaluation through the program life cycle. American Journal of Evaluation, online, 1-32.
- Evergreen, S. & Metzner, C. (2013). Design principles for data visualization in evaluation. New Directions in Evaluation, 140, 5-20.
Until next time,
Kylie & James
February 1st, 2014
Happy New Year Everyone!...okay...we're a little late with that...but we have a short new podcast!
Many of us have personal New Year's resolutions, but what about professional ones? In this episode James and Kylie share their evaluation resolutions for 2014.
Got some of your own? We'd love to hear them so leave us a comment below.
Cheers
Kylie & James
P.S. Kylie just thought of another resolution she forgot to mention - use a systems lens!
January 9th, 2014
In this podcast we chat with Kerry Bruce, Director of Results and Measurement at PACT, and an all-round expert on the use of mobile technology for data collection.
Here are a couple of resources:
Enjoy,
Kylie & James
December 8th, 2013
Have you joined the rubrics revolution? In this podcast we chat with Jane Davidson of Real Evaluation about the use of rubrics in evaluation.
If this piques your interest, we have a slew of resources for you:
Finally, if you've used rubrics in evaluation, please leave us a comment below and let us know how it worked for you.
Until next time,
James and Kylie
November 7th, 2013
Couldn't make it to AEA2013? In this episode we share our own personal highlights of the conference. By the way:
- the Twitter hashtag for Michael Quinn Patton is #omgmqp.
- Sheila B. Robinson gives a great summary on her blog here.
- the evaluation typology map that Kylie mentions is here.
Finally, don't forget to check out Chris Lysy's hilarious cartooning of the conference.
Enjoy,
James & Kylie
October 30th, 2013
This week we talk to Sheila B. Robinson about the great AEA365 Blog!
cheers,
Kylie and James
October 6th, 2013
Stephanie Evergreen's new book on data visualization came out yesterday, so we asked her to join us again on the podcast to give us some highlights plus her thoughts about the role and future of data visualization in evaluation.
You can purchase a copy of the book
here.
See you at AEA!
Kylie & James
