Episodes

Sunday Mar 23, 2014
Fun in Cameroon at AfrEA 2014 & The Quest for Exciting Journal Articles
Sunday Mar 23, 2014
Sunday Mar 23, 2014

- 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.

Thursday Nov 07, 2013
Reflections on AEA2013 in Washington, DC
Thursday Nov 07, 2013
Thursday Nov 07, 2013

- 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.

Thursday Jul 04, 2013
The Changing Role of Evaluators: Reflections from the CES2103 Conference
Thursday Jul 04, 2013
Thursday Jul 04, 2013
Are you a technical specialist, or a social change agent? Or as Dan Wilson at the Ontario Trillium Foundation says, "Are you part of the Rebel Alliance, or a Jedi Knight?"
- Jane Davidson's ebook, Actionable Evaluation Basics: Getting succinct answers to the most important questions
- Stephanie Evergreen's webinars and book
- SROI Canada


John Gargani's Evaluator Doll John Gargani's slide on evaluators as social change agents.


Jane Davidson discovers Tim Horton's. Anita Myers using data clicker at final plenary.
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James & Kylie

Monday Nov 05, 2012
AEA 2012 Conference Interviews & Debrief
Monday Nov 05, 2012
Monday Nov 05, 2012
Neither James nor I were able to make this year's AEA conference :( ... so in this episode we chat with our most excellent reporters on the ground, Pat Mueller and Amy Germuth. You'll hear their personal highlights of the conference as well as the views of various attendees on what was hot and major take-aways. What was YOUR major take-away from the conference? Leave us a comment below. Cheers, Kylie & James

Thursday Sep 13, 2012
AEA2012 Conference Preview with Susan Kistler
Thursday Sep 13, 2012
Thursday Sep 13, 2012
Our special guest for this episode is Susan Kistler, Executive Director for the American Evaluation Association, who gives us a sneak preview into this year's upcoming conference (Oct. 22 - 27, 2012) as well as some tips for both newbies and the seasoned attendee. AEA2012 Conference Website Enjoy, James & Kylie