Miscellaneous

Budgeting for Evaluation

Hi Everyone,
In this episode we discuss budgeting for evaluation along with the following resources:
WMU's Checklist for Developing & Evaluating Evaluation Budgets-by Jerry Horn
The Pell Institute's Evaluation Toolkit
Kellogg Foundation's Evaluation Handbook
The Program Evaluation Standards F4 & P7
Michael Scriven's EVALTALK Comments
Know any others? Leave us a comment below.
cheers,
James & Kylie

AEA 2012 Conference Interviews & Debrief

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

Top Reasons Why We Like Being Evaluators

This week, James and Kylie discuss why they love being evaluators, and have a big happy group hug.
What are your reasons? Leave us a Comment below.
cheers,
James & Kylie

Seven Deadly Sins of Evaluation

The name of this episode says it all. Have a listen and let us know what you think.
By the way, here's the scene we mentioned from Barton Fink.
Are we missing any sins? You can add them in the Comments box below.
Cheers,
Kylie & James

AEA2012 Conference Preview with Susan Kistler

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

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