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Susan Kistler

American Evaluation Association

American Evaluation Association
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Phone 1: 508-748-3326

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Bio

Susan Kistler is the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association. She has worked for AEA since 1998 in multiple capacities. On the personal front, she is happily married to Karl and has two daughters, Emily and Maddy.

Interests

Association Management, Community Building, Evaluation, Technology

Education

Dartmouth College

New Hampshire, United States
B.A.
Sociology
1984 To 1989

University of Minnesota

Minnesota, United States
A.B.D. on Ph.D.
Evaluation Concentration in Educational Administration

eLibrary Documents I Uploaded

Webinar Handout: Ten Tips for Making the Most of the Annual Conference – Susan Kistler

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Aimed at first time attendees, but appropriate for anyone who hasn’t felt that they’ve gotten everything that they could out of AEA’s annual conference, this session will identify action items for preparing for, participating in, and following-up on AEA’s annual conference. We’ll explore tips for...

Executive Director's Report to AEA Board, July 2010

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This PowerPoint outlines the key items shared with the AEA Board as part of its July 2010 meeting.

Democratization of Data Analysis: 20 Tools

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List of 20 (well, actually 21) tools for accessing, analyzing, and displaying data with live links to each

Handout: Using AEA’s Resources to Find Jobs and Contracts for AEA Webinar

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Are you a new job seeker, an experienced consultant hoping to expand your contract work, or an evaluator seeking a change after years in the field? We'll look at ways to use the AEA resources and programs, including the Career Center, Find an Evaluator listings, and community more broadly, to identify...

AEA Conference Evaluation Quantitative Summaries

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Summary by Question for Quantitative Items on Annual Conference Evaluation - provided by Remark/Gravic.

Board Minutes

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Minutes from the AEA Board of Directors, beginning in 2009.

AEA eLibrary: Adminstrative Guides

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aea10.elibrary.value - Adding eLibrary Value Flyer: This one page document describes how users can add value to existing eLibrary documents

Submitting an AEA Conference Proposal Checklist

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This is the handout to accompany the Coffee Break Webinar
Webinar description: Want to share your knowledge, skills, or lessons learned via a presentation at the AEA Conference but not sure how to get started? AEA Executive Director Susan Kistler will walk you through how to prepare for and...

AEA Coffee Break Webinars: Administrative Guides

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aea10.webinar.instructors - Instructors Guide: This is for the content expert who will be giving the demonstration, including a preparations checklist, technology needs, what to expect, and letter of agreement

aea10.webinar.check.member.status - Status Check Instructions: This is...

eLibrary: Adding Value to eLibrary Documents

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One page handout on how all users can add value to contributions to the eLibrary in both word and pdf versions.

Ethics Sessions at Evaluation 2009

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List of Sessions with Ethics Focus at Evaluation 2009 developed by the AEA Ethics Committee.

Evaluation 2009 Conference Program

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PDF of the Evaluation 2009 Program, sans covers due to size, as it went to print.

Evalu8shun April 2009

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This cartoon appeared in the April 2009 issue of the AEA newsletter. It was adapted, with permission, from http://xkcd.com/.

Ethics Sessions Listing from the 2008 AEA Annual Conference

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Ethics Sessions Listing from the 2008 AEA Annual Conference, compiled by the 2008 AEA Ethics Committee.

Evaluation Humor: Correlation

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This cartoon appeared in the March 2009 issue of the AEA newsletter and focuses on correlations. I adapted it, with permission, from http://xkcd.com/.

What does the 2010 President's budget say about evaluation?

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A one-page examination of references from the 2010 Presidential Budget, "A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America’s Promise" of references to evaluation and evaluation-related issues.

AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluators Brochure

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Abbreviated version of the Guiding Principles for Evaluators in Brochure format. Hardcopies of the brochure may be requested from the AEA office by emailing office@eval.org. We welcome requests for multiple hardcopies for classroom use or for distribution as part of information packets for consul...

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