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Evaluation Cafe 2018-19

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.

 

"The bond framework: A practical application of visual communication design and marketing to advance evaluation reporting"

Date: Sept. 12

Presenter: Katie McAlindon, ABD - Department of Psychology Communications Coordinator, MSU

 

"Open science methods in evaluation practice"

Date: Sept. 19

Presenter: Steve Dibble - Director of Data Science at Edwards Garment; Ph.D. Candidate, IDPE, Western Michigan University

 

"Evaluation Research: Partnership approaches to community change"

Date: Sept. 26

Presenter: Jennifer W. Neal, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Ecological-Community Psychology, Michigan State University

 

"Transportation as a key to health equity"

Date: Oct. 03

Presenter: Kathleen Baker, Ph.D. - Director of the W.E. Upjohn Center for the Study of Geographical Change; Associate Professor of Geography, 51福利社

 

"Monitoring and evaluation practice in peacebuilding"

Date: Oct. 10

Presenter: Zach Tilton - Fellow at Digital Impact Alliance, United Nations Foundation; IDPE Student, Western Michigan University

 

"Early care and education arrangements and your children's risk of foster placement: Findings from a national child welfare sample"

Date: Nov. 07

Presenter: Sacha Klein, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Michigan State University

 

"The illusion of measuring impact"

Date: Nov. 14

Presenter: Luis F. Velez, MD, MPH, Ph.D. - Program and Evaluation Officer at W.K. Kellogg Foundation

 

"Arts and culture"

Date: Nov. 28

Presenter: Yolonda Lavender - Executive Director, Black Arts, and Cultural Center, Kalamazoo, MI

 

"AEA Presidential visit"

Date: Dec. 05

Presenter: Tessie Catsambas - CEO/CFO and Co-Founder of EnCompass; In-coming President of the American Evaluation Association:

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"Effective communication skills while facilitating interviews and focus groups"

Date: January 16, 2019

Presenter: Ouen Hunter, M.S., M.S.W. & Jeffrey Hillman, M.P.A. - Students of the IDPE Program

 

"Improving Learning and Accountability in Foreign Aid"

Date: February 6, 2019

Presenter: Paul Clements, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science at 51福利社

 

"Using big data: Electoral and voter data for targeted promotions"

Date: February 20, 2019

Presenter: Christina Soliz, Program Coordinator at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan

 

"Increasing transparency in education evaluations: an introduction to the registry of efficacy and effectiveness studies (REES)"

Date: February 27, 2019

Presenter: Jessaca Spybrook, Ph.D., Professor of Evaluation, Measurement, and Research 51福利社 Michigan University

 

"Comparing success and failure cases to support effective program implementation"

Date: March 13, 2019

Presenter: Melinda Davey, Senior Analyst at Jacobs Engineering Group; Jonathan Morell, Ph.D., Editor of Evaluation and Program Planning; Director of Evaluation at Syntek

 

"Urban socioecological systems: Food security and sustainability"

Date: March 20, 2019

Presenter: Stephanie White, Ph.D., International Research & Development Specialist - Department of Community Sustainability at MSU

 

"Preformative and developmental evaluation: Working without established dimensions of merit"

Date: March 27, 2019

Presenter: Michael Kiella, Ph.D., IDPE Alum and Private Consultant 

 

"Scaling what works: Evaluation for reinvention and adaptation"

Date: April 12, 2019

Presenter: R. Sam Larson, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Finance and Operations - College of Education at MSU

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