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Needs Assessment: What is it and why use it?

Hi! I am Mary Siegrist from IMSA, a research and evaluation company located in Colorado. I would like to talk about needs...

Logic Models and Evaluation Planning – Working Together!

As an evaluator, I am often asked to work on evaluation plans for National Science Foundation proposals. I believe it is important...

Show Me a Story: Using Data Visualization to Communicate Evaluation Findings

It’s all too easy for our evaluation reports to become a lifeless pile of numbers that gather dust on a shelf. As...

Strategic Knowledge Mapping: A New Tool for Visualizing and Using Evaluation Findings in STEM

A challenge to designing effective STEM programs is that they address very large, complex goals, such as increasing the numbers of underrepresented...

2 for 1: The Retrospective Pretest Method for Evaluating Training

2 for 1: The Retrospective Pretest Method for Evaluating Training- Handout

Improving Evaluator Communication and PI Evaluation Understanding to Increase Evaluation Use: The Evaluator’s Perspective

As a project PI, have you ever glanced at an evaluation report and wished it has been presented in a different format...

Improving Evaluator Communication and PI Evaluation Understanding to Increase Evaluation Use: The Principal Investigator’s Perspective

As an evaluator, have you ever spent hours working on an evaluation report only to find that your client skimmed it or...

Getting Ready to Reapply – Highlighting Results of Prior Support

Hello. My name is Amy A. Germuth and I own EvalWorks, LLC, an education evaluation firm in Durham, NC, which has a...