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Evaluation Cafe 2015-16

The Evaluation Center 51福利社 Michigan University offers lectures, seminars, group work, and presentations through the Evaluation Cafe to enhance knowledge and skills in the field of evaluation.

"1,001 Evaluation Approaches: How Many Do You Know?"

Date: Sept. 23
Presenter: Lyssa N. Wilson, 51福利社 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program student

 

"Using Systems Thinking in Your Evaluations: How Separate Evaluation Projects Can Strengthen Each Other"

Date: Sept. 30
Presenter: Ms. Laura Sundstrom, MSW, Evaluation Associate, Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group, University of Michigan School of Social Work

 

"Lessons and Thoughts from Edward Tufte鈥檚 Presenting Data and Information Workshop"

Date: Oct. 7  
Presenters: Cheryl Endres, Erica Fiekowsky, and Lyssa N. Wilson, 51福利社 interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program students; Emma Perk, program manager, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

 

"Evaluation at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation: Building and Strengthening Grantee Evaluation Capacity"

Date: Oct. 14
Presenter: Dr. Huilan Krenn, Director of Evaluation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

 

"The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project: Developmental Evaluation in Practice"

Date: Oct. 21  
Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Campbell, professor of ecological鈥恈ommunity psychology, Michigan State University and Recipient of AEA鈥檚 2013 Outstanding Evaluation Award

 

"What Counts As Evidence? The Misalignment of Evaluation in the Policy Cycle"

Date: Oct. 28  
Presenters: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, assistant professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Western Michigan University; Gregory D. Greenman II, 51福利社 interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program student

 

"Assessing Organizational Culture and Change"

Date: Nov. 4
Presenter: Dr. Frank Jeremy, adjunct associate professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, Western Michigan University.

 

"Managing Evaluations"

Date: Nov. 18 
Presenter: Dr. Melanie Hwalek, CEO, SPEC Associates.

 

"Evaluating Evaluation Training"

Date: Dec. 2
Presenter: Dr. Lori Wingate, director of research, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

 

"Evaluability"

Date: Dec. 9
Presenter: Dr. Bradley Watts, assistant director, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

 

"CONQUERING EXCEL: SLICING YOUR WAY TO NEW INSIGHTS"

Date: Feb. 3
Presenter: Miranda Jade Lee, Project Manager, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

 

"TIPS, TRICKS, AND TIME SAVERS: AUTOMATION AND ORGANIZATION IN MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE"

Date: Feb. 10
Presenter: Miranda Jade Lee, Project Manager, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

 

 

"PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTHCARE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PERSONNEL EVALUATION"

Date: Feb. 17
Presenter: Stephanie Means, Project Manager, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

Presentation

 

"AMBIGUITIES IN EVALUATING THE MERIT OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS: WHICH ARE THE 'BEST' AND WHY?"

Date: Feb. 24
Presenter: Stephen Magura, Director, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

 

"SYSTEMS THINKING IN PHILANTHROPY"

Date: March 2
Presenter: Teri Behrens, Director, Institution for Foundation and Donor Learning, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University

Presentation

 

"Using R to Automate and Document your Evaluation"

Date: March 16
Presenter: Steven Dibble, IDPE student, Western Michigan University

Presentation

 

"CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AT THE LEARNING NETWORK"

Date: March 23
Presenter: Jared Volz, Learning Network Facilitator, Kalamazoo Community Foundation

Presentation

 

"Performance Evaluation for Learning, Growth, and Adaptation: What are We Learning from State-Level Performance Evaluation Policy Initiatives?" 

Date: March 30
Presenter: Patricia Reeves, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership; and Evaluation, Measurement, and Research, Western Michigan University

 

"Underappreciated Tasks Essential to Evaluation: Managing Large Project Data Collections" 

Date: April 6
Presenter: Tessa Souers, Research Assistant, SAMPI, Western Michigan University; Crystal Stein, Project Manager, SAMPI, Western Michigan University

 

"The federal context: meeting the challenge to plan, conduct, and use evaluations in decision making"

Date: April 13
Presenter: Valerie Caracelli, Senior Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Presentation

 

"Using Mixed Methods in Research and Evaluation" 

Date: April 20
Presenter: Daphne C. Watkins, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, School of Social Work and School of Medicine

 

"Why Design Matters to Evaluation"

Date: April 26
Presenter: John Gargani, AEA President, President, and Founder of Gargani + Company, Inc. 

Workshop Information: Special workshop on program design, April 26