Evaluation Resources

Fun in Cameroon at AfrEA 2014 and The Quest for Exciting Journal Articles

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 BusShout outs to Serge-Eric Yakeu Djiam, Jennifer Bisgard, and all the hard-working volunteers at AfrEA2014 and the Cameroon Development Evaluation Association for a great conference.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

Sheila B. Robinson and AEA365

This week we talk to Sheila B. Robinson about the great AEA365 Blog!cheers,Kylie and James 

Developmental Evaluation: Perspectives from an Internal vs. External Evaluator

This week we're talking about doing Developmental Evaluation from the perspectives of both an internal (James) and external (Kylie) evaluator.
We're also interesting in hearing what you think. Add your comments below.
Here are some of the links James mentions:
DE Diagnostic Checklist
Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use
McConnell Foundation DE Resources
Don't forget to leave us your comments below (click on Comments just by the five stars).
Cheers, James & Kylie

Desert Island Evaluation Resources

In this episode we discuss our "desert island evaluation resources".  These are resources we would want to have with us if we were stuck on a desert island and....uh...still doing evaluation.
Here are links to some of the resources we mention:
Books by Michael Quinn Patton
EVALTALK Listserv
Michael Scriven's Evaluation of Training Checklist
Periodic Table of Data Visualization
University of Wisconsin Extension Evaluation Resources
Centre for Public Health Systems Science Sustainability Framework and Assessment Tool
AEA365 Tip A Day
Twitter @EvaluationMaven
AEA Public eLibrary
Have any others?  Please leave your comment below.
cheers, Kylie & James