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Evaluation Cafe 2019-20

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

 

"Visiting scholar symposium: measurement and disclosure of learning outcomes in Japanese university education"

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Presenters: Toru Hayashi 1; Masayuki Fukano 2; Satoshi Ozeki 3

1 Associate Professor, Center for Promotion of Higher Education, Yamaguchi University; 2 Associate Professor, Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, Osaka Prefecture University; 3 Assistant Professor, Institutional Research Office, Asahikawa Medical University

 

 "Evaluation marketplace: Small-market evaluations"

Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Presenter: Melanie Hwalek, Ph.D., CEO of SPEC Associates, Assistant Professor of Program Evaluation at Michigan State University

 

 "Human subject institutional review board: processes and pitfalls"

Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Presenter: Julia Mays, Associate Director of Research Compliance 51福利社 Michigan University

 

"Using Tableau visualization for your 'R' data"

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 

Presenter: Nolan Akerman, Principal Data Scientist - Global Analytics at Kellogg Company

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 "Data cleaning in excel"

Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Presenter: Miranda Lee, The Evaluation Center 51福利社 Michigan University

 

"Ten steps to effective advocacy"

Date: FRIDAY, October 11, 2019 

Presenter: State Representative Jon Hoadley, State Representative  of Michigan's 60th District

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"Equitable evaluation: Whose voice counts"

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 

Presenter: Teri Behrens, Executive Director of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University

Presentation

 

"Getting started with 'R'"

Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 

Presenter: Rachel Borashko, Data Analyst at the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University

 

"A systemic approach to identifying learning needs and performance system requirements: A multinational case study"

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 

Presenter: Ingrid J. Guerra-Lopez, Professor, Learning Design and Technology and Director, Institute for Learning and Performance Improvement in the College of Education at Wayne State University

 

"Ask about aspirations: Turning outward in southwest Michigan"

Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 

Presenter: Rachel Wade, Vice President of Strategy at United Way of Southwest Michigan

 

"Making the most out of your association membership"

Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019

(Held at the Bernhard Center Room 157 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.)

Presenter: Aimee White, President of the American Evaluation Association, President and Principal Evaluator at Custom Evaluation Service, Inc. 

 

"Trauma-informed evaluation: Protecting participants and practitioners"

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Presenters: Bo Klauth - Doctoral Student in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research; Jennifer Klauth - Manager of Recruitment and Outreach, School of Social Work 51福利社 Michigan University

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"Preparing new evaluators: A model for assessing and training graduate students"

Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Presenters: Chad Jobin - Evaluation Associate and Field Coordinator, University of Michigan School of Social Work; Ebony Reddock - Principal Consultant, Bumblebee Design and Evaluation

 

"No more textbooks: The structuration of resistance to an imposed organizational change"

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Presenter:David Szabla - Associate Professor, Organizational Change Leadership 51福利社 Michigan University

 

"Can evaluation gain anything from thinking in alien terms"

Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Presenter: Jonny Morell - Director of Evaluation, Syntek Technologies

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"Applying evaluation thinking to community health practice: an example in the area of data infrastructure development and multi-sectoral systems change"

Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Presenter: Clare Tanner - Director, Center for Data Management and Translational Research at the Michigan Public Health Institute; Co-Director, Data Across Sectors for Health

 

"How FDR segregated Kalamazoo"

Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Presenter: Matt Smith - Librarian at the Kalamazoo Public Library and Member of the Anti-racism Transformation Team

 

"Refugee narratives and humanitarian governmentality"

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Presenter: Houman Oliaei - Doctoral Student in Cultural Anthropology, Brandeis University

 

"Lessons learned from a study of three developmental evaluations"

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Presenter: Heather Esper - Senior Program Manager, William Davidson Institute at University of Michigan

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