AEA365 Blog Posts

2021

Internal Eval TIG Week: November 21 to 26, 2021

• Recipe for Success: Reflections of an Internal Evaluator 43 Years Later by Stanley Capela
• Offering Free Workshops to Build Internal Evaluation Capacity within Organizations by Danelle Marable
• Gaining Acceptance as an Internal Evaluator by Maddison Staszkiewicz
• Harnessing the Value of an Online Collaborative MEL Platform by Andressa Gutierrez
• Internal Evaluation as a Catalyst for Cross-Program Collaboration by Amber Kraft, Melissa Schwarz, and Lindsay Zeman
• Evaluation in the Era of the “Great Resignation” by Rachel Sier and Morgan Buras-Finlay

2018-9

IE TIG Week: December 30, 2018 to January 4, 2019

• Empowering Staff with the Tools to Improve Their Programs by Ali Holstein
• The Case for Developmental Evaluation Frameworks by Lauren Bloem
• Combining Evaluation with Process Improvement for Organizational Improvement by Jessica Cargill
• You’re Invited! How Data Parties Contribute to a Culture of Participation in Internal Evaluation Activities by Omoshalewa Bamkole
• Using Evaluation of Service Geography for Organizational Improvement by Matan BenYishay and Allison Guarino
• Building a Learning Culture via Communities of Practice by Molly Chen and Sarah Frazer

2017

Internal Eval Week: February 5 to 10, 2017

• A tool for helping staff translate results into action by Jay Szkola
• Communication and its role in the internal evaluation process by Stanley Capela
• Using Data Placemats to facilitate Learning Conversations in Nonprofit Settings by Laura Beals and Barbara Perry
• Making data meaningful to non-data people by Ana Flores and Joshua Paul
• Four ways you can help your organizations use evaluation data effectively to make strategic decisions by Roxana Salehi
• Building relationships through customizing templates by Rebekah Sobel and Dana Burns

2014

IE TIG Week: November 30 to December 5, 2014

• Boris Volkov on Internal Evaluation and Shared Expectations and Responsibilities
• Alicia McCoy on Using Humor and Creativity to Engage Staff in Evaluation
• Suzanne Markoe Hayes and Elaine Donato on Collaborative Process Evaluation
• Laura Beals and Rachel Albert on TIERS: A Tool for Allocating Evaluation Resources at Nonprofit Agencies
• Stanley Capela on How to Combine Quality Assurance and Performance Management within a Quality Improvement System
• Megan Grimaldi on Lessons Learned from Evaluation 2014: On Building Relationships as an Internal Evaluator

2012

IE Week: June 22 to 29, 2012

• Boris Volkov on Yet Another Role of the Internal Evaluator
• Ann Emery on Why I love Internal Evaluation
• Stan Capela on Tips from the Trenches: Building Your Brand as an Internal Evaluator
• Rahel Wasserfall on The Power of the Dissonant Story
• Alicia McCoy on Using an Internal Blog to Support a Research and Evaluation Culture
• Hilary Loeb and Kelly Bay on Enhancing the Quality and Quantity of Survey Responses at Program Events
• Andrew Anderson on The Role of Internal Evaluators in Supporting the Implementation of Evaluation Recommendations

2010

Internal Eval Week: October 31 to November 5, 2010

• Pamela Bishop on Working as a New Internal Evaluator
• Kathleen Norris on the Internal Evaluation Boa
• Debbie Cohen on Electronic Health Records Data Tips
• Wendy DuBow on Chocolate Bribes
• Anthony Kim on Balancing Dual Roles as an Internal Evaluator
• Sue Hunter and Cindy Olney on Using Appreciative Inquiry in Evaluation