Adventures In Evaluation Podcast

Fun in Cameroon at AfrEA 2014 & 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 Bus

Shout 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