This podcast discusses the landscape of evaluation. Each episode will feature a guest in or around evaluation to discuss something evaluation-related. Email me at podcast@danalinnell.com if you have any feedback or questions about the podcast.
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Bradlie Nabours ( LinkedIn ) returns to the podcast to share his experiences in evaluation since we last spoke four years ago in episode 36 " Evaluation Job Market with Bradlie Nabours ." We talk about his career journey, the importance of networking, and how our perspectives and experiences have shifted in the past four years. We end with a shoutout to another great podcast that has come out…
I chat with Jannik Kaiser about regenerative evaluation, an approach that asks how evaluation itself can contribute to flourishing. We discussed Jannik's background in evaluation and what led him to regenerative evaluation, how and why the approach was developed, what regenerative evaluation is and an example of regenerative evaluation in practice, and more. "Too often, evaluation is experienced…
I chat with Robin Lin Miller about the book she wrote with George Ayala, " Breaking Barriers: Sexual and Gender Minority-Led Advocacy to End AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean ." We discuss MPact , Project ACT, and the evaluation of the initiatives. About Robin Lin Miller Robin Lin Miller, PhD is Professor of Psychology, director of doctoral training in ecological-community psychology, and associate…
In this episode, I chat with the authors of The Garden of Evaluation Approaches about their innovative and helpful framework for thinking about evaluation theory and approaches. They each share their personal journeys into evaluation as well as into this work they have been collaborating on for years. We also discuss evaluation theory more broadly, including how to make it more accessible to new…
In this week’s episode, I talk with Dr. Jennifer Villalobos about evaluator education, the scholar-practitioner model, evaluation careers, and how the current administration is affecting evaluation. Contact information : Jennifer P. Villalobos - jennifer.villalobos@cgu.edu About Dr. Jennifer Villalobos : Jennifer P. Villalobos, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of the Doctor…
I share my reflections on teaching Foundations of Evaluation after a major course revision, including how it's been going for the first four weeks. Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/
This episode featured Kim Leonard and Sheila Robinson discussing their careers in evaluation and survey design. They shared how they met on Twitter in 2012 and began collaborating, writing blog posts that eventually became their book " Designing Quality Survey Questions " published by Sage Publications. Sheila and Kim discussed their process for writing the book, starting with blog content and…
This month I chat with Brittany Dernberger about her evaluation background and practice. Brittany Dernberger is a sociologist and gender inequality expert who has led research, evaluation, and organizational learning across academia, philanthropy, government, large international NGOs, and small nonprofits. Brittany currently leads global initiatives to measure systems-level change at CARE and…
This month I talk with Allison Prieur about her experiences as a graduate student in evaluation and running a business. Some resources mentioned or suggested for listeners: Logic of evaluation Evaluation of logic in practice Destination Dissertation Allison Prieur's LinkedIn profile Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/
In this episode, I chat with Corey Newhouse and Jessica Manta Meyer, both from Public Profit, about how to make evaluation capacity building sticky for the organizations we work with. Some resources mentioned: TIERS Framework Tipping Point Community Irvine Foundation Change Cadet NonProfit AF article on capacity building does not work Info on the Public Profit’s evaluation cohort Contact…
