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EVALUATOR and EVALUATION BLOGS

Evaluators are blogging! Some focus on evaluation, some do not. Look for the to identify AEA members. If you are a blogger, send an email to aea@eval.org to have your blog considered for adding to this page.


Microblog Name: Twitter Image aeaweb
Managed by: American Evaluation Association
Focus: Evaluation and AEA headlines, resources for evaluators
Link:
http://twitter.com/aeaweb
Weekly posts: 5-10

Example:
US News & World Report lists "Program Evaluator" among "11 Best-Kept-Secret Careers" [link]


Microblog Name: Twitter Image amargolies
Managed by: Amy Margolies
Focus: Environmental issues, international development, human rights, monitoring & evaluation
Link:
http://twitter.com/amargolies
Weekly posts: 5-10

Example:
US News & World Report lists "Program Evaluator" among "11 Best-Kept-Secret Careers" [link]


Blog NameBenchmarking & Evaluation
Managed by:  
Sue Williams
FocusGovernment evaluation and benchmarking
Link:
http://www.bmkcop.com/
Example:
More opportunities for HR benchmarking


Microblog Name: Twitter Image bledsoe
Managed by: Lance Bledsoe
Focus: Data tech, evaluation
Link: http://twitter.com/bledsoe
Weekly posts: 10-20

Example:
Musician discovers there are numbers less than 1% [link]


Bllog Name: canoe.moore  

Managed by: Christopher Moore
Focus:
Quantitative evaluation methods and personal reflections
Link:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/moor0554/canoemoore/
Example:
Estimating policy effects using spatial regression discontinuity


Blog Name: Claire Reinelt's Blog

Managed by: Claire Reinelt

Focus: Evaluation, Leadership, and Disparities

Link:  http://leadershiplearning.org/blog/claire-reinelt

Example: Collaboration in a New Era


Microblog Name: Twitter Image Daniel_Brandao (in Portuguese)

Managed by: Daniel Brandão

Focus: Daily challenges in the Brazilian field

Link: http://twitter.com/Daniel_Brandao

Weekly Posts: 10-20

Example: Amazon, Evaluation Communication and others


Microblog Name: Twitter Image davidr46
Managed by: David Robinson
Focus: Health care issues, evaluation, organization development
Link: http://twitter.com/davidr46
Weekly posts: 1-5

Example:
For ideas about how to evaluate suicide prevention and education programs, visit [link]


Blog Name: Empowerment Evaluation Blog
Managed by: David Fetterman
Focus: Empowerment Evaluation around the world
Link: http://eevaluation.blogspot.com/
Example: "Getting to Outcomes" Receives AEA Award

Blog Name: E-Valuation
Managed by: Sandra Mathison
Focus: Value and valuing
Link:
http://blogs.ubc.ca/evaluation/
Example:
Obama's "new culture of accountability in America's Schools"


Blog Name: Eagle Dawg Blog
Managed by: Nicole Dettmar
Focus: Wide ranging, personal and professional
Link:
http://eagledawg.blogspot.com/
Example:
Posts from Evaluation 2008


Blog Name: Evaluateca
Managed by: Rafael Monterde Diaz
Focus: General Evaluation
Link:
http://evaluateca.wordpress.com
Example:
Regalos de Reyes


Blog Name: Evalthoughts
Managed by: Amy Germuth
Focus: General Evaluation
Link
http://www.evalthoughts.com/
Example: Evaluation Reports 2.0


Blog Name: The Evaluation Evangelist
Managed by:
Charles Gasper
Focus: Policy and processes around evaluation
Link:
http://evaluationevangelist.blogspot.com/
Example: Evaluation and Dissemination Can Save a Life


Blog Name: Evaluation Help
Managed by: David Robinson
Focus: Evaluation Issues in Non-Profit Organizations
Link:
http://evaluationhelp.blogspot.com/
Example:
Reflections on Managing Client Requests for Evaluation Data Before Contract Ends


Blog Name: Evaluation Practice
Managed by:  
Barbra Portzline
Focus: Improving organizational performance through evaluation

Link:
http://evaluationpractice.ning.com/profiles/blog/list
Example: 
Challenges in Facilitating an Appreciative Inquiry Evaluation


Blog Name: Exploring Bayesian Analysis in Educational Psychology
Managed by: Christopher Desjardins
Focus:
Bayesian Analysis in Educational Psychology
Link:
http://cddesjardins.wordpress.com
Example:
Justifications for Bayesian Approaches


Blog Name: gco-the blog
Managed by: John Gargani
Focus: Program design and evaluation
Link:
http://gcoinc.wordpress.com/
Example:
Should We Fear Subjectivity?


Blog Name: Genuine Evaluation
Managed by: Patricia Rogers and
Jane Davidson
Focus:
Authentic, honest evaluation - issues; aspects; good & bad examples
Link:
http://www.GenuineEvaluation.com/
Example:
What is Genuine Evaluation?


Blog Name: Grin
Managed by: Mike Morris
Focus: Humor and satire, no evaluation content
Link:
http://sixcense.blogspot.com/
Example:
OJ Confesses 'I did it for Plaxico'


Blog Name: Health TIG – American Evaluation Association
Managed by: 
Health TIG Leaders
Focus:
Health Evaluation and TIG Activities

Link:
http://aeahealthtig.blogspot.com/
Example:
Evaluation RFP: National Forum for Children and Nature


Blog Name: Innovation in Evaluation
Managed by: The Good Collaboration and IDEO Design Consultancy
Focus: Innovative Approaches to Evaluation
Link:
http://good.is/series/innovation-in-evaluation
Example: 
How Might We Celebrate Learning Through Evaluation?


Blog Name: Inside Groove
Managed by:  Leah Goldstein Moses
F
ocus: General evaluation, tips on analysis and instruments, and The Improve Group company news
Link:
http://www.theimprovegroup.com/weblog/
Example: 
Evaluation as an essential public function

Blog Name: Intelligent Measurement
Managed by: Richard Gaunt and Glenn O'Neill
Focus: Evaluation and measurement in communications, training, management, and other fields
Link:
http://intelligentmeasurement.wordpress.com/
Example:
Communications evaluation - 2009 trends


Microblog Name: Twitter Image InventivoDesign
Managed by: Stephanie Fuentes
Focus: Evaluation advice, workplace learning
Link:
http://twitter.com/InventivoDesign
Weekly posts: 1-5

Example: Evaluation data collection should map back to your key questions. If not, why not? What questions aren't being answered?


Microblog Name: Twitter Image KarcsiG
Managed by: Charles Gasper
Focus: Evaluation, health issues
Link:
http://twitter.com/KarcsiG
Weekly posts: 20+

Example: A really interesting blog, discussion & link to tweets on my 'favorite' word - 'best practice' & issues w/it [link]  


Blog Name: Twitter Image kdawes_eval
Managed by: Katherine Dawes
Focus: Environmental program evaluation, federal evaluation, evaluation policy, evaluation in the press
Link:
http://twitter.com/kdawes_eval
Example: ED isn't my eval area, but am fascinated by how eval studies are handled by press -- WaPo:Two studies, two conclusions, [link]


Blog Name: Laura Rizzardini, Inc.
Managed by: Laura Rizzardini
Focus: Entrepreneurship and technology's influence on culture and society
Link:
http://www.lrizzardini.blogspot.com
Example: Domesticated Copycats


Blog Name: M&E Blog (Monitoring & Evaluation Blog)
Managed by: Benita Van Wyk
Focus: Monitoring and Evaluation, mostly how-to, occasionally reflections
Link:
http://www.mandeblog.blogspot.com/
Example:
What is an Evaluator?


Blog Name: (No longer) Alone in a Library
Managed by: Kimberly McCollum
Focus: Lessons learned including from Evaluation 2008
Link:
http://kamccollum.wordpress.com/
Example:
Reflections on Evaluation 2008


Blog Name: Notes of an Evaluation Consultant
Managed by: Alexey Kuzmin
Focus: Program design and evaluation
Link:
http://alexeykuzmin.blogspot.com/
Example:
New Evaluation Book in Russian


Blog Name: OERC Blog (Outcomes Evaluation Resource Center)
Managed by: Susan Barnes
Focus: Evaluation at National Network of Libraries of Medicine as well as more broadly
Link:
http://nnlm.gov/evaluation/blog/
Example:
Posts regarding sessions at Evaluation 2008


Blog Name: Outcomes Blog
Managed by: Paul Duignan
Focus: Real world strategy, outcomes, evaluation, and monitoring
Link:
http://www.outcomesblog.org/
Example:
Using Large Visualized Outcomes Models in Policy Development


Microblog Name: Twitter Image PaulDuignan
Managed by: Paul Duignan
Focus: Evaluation, modeling
Link:
http://twitter.com/PaulDuignan
Weekly posts: 5-10

Example:
Just developed a new decision-making table and checklist approach to selecting an impact evaluation design [link]


Microblog Name: Twitter Image Philanthropy411
Managed by: Kris Putnam-Walkerly
Focus: Philanthropy, nonprofits, evaluation
Link:
http://twitter.com/Philanthropy411
Weekly posts: 20+

Example:
17 More Foundation Resources on Twitter! [link]


Blog Name: Phoenix Government Examiner

Managed by: Steven Cofrancesco
Focus: Evaluation and economic development
Link:
http://www.examiner.com/x-16375-Phoenix-Government-Examiner
Example:
Evaluation of oversight and compliance: an introduction


Blog Name: The Performance and Improvement Blog
Managed by: Stephen Gill
Focus: Learning and effectiveness in organizations
Link:
http://stephenjgill.typepad.com/performance_improvement_b/ 
Example: ROI vs. IOB


Blog Name: PH-7 Making your outcomes visible
Managed by: Verena Folie
Focus: Evaluation of health and social economy
Link:
www.ph-7.at
Example:
Evaluation of a Health Promotion Project in Training School


Blog Name: ProgEval
Managed by: George Huba
Focus: Program Evaluation
Link:
http://hubablog.typepad.com/
Example:
The "Expert" Interview: Part 1


Blog Name: Rick on the Road
Managed by: Rick Davies
Focus: Monitoring and evaluation of development aid projects
Link:
http://mandenews.blogspot.com/
Example:
An aid bubble? Interpreting aid trends


Blog Name: The Foundation Review Blog
Managed by: Teri Behrens
Focus:  Issues Related to the Foundation Review Journal
Link
http://blog.foundationreview.org/
Example:
Building a Culture of Learning


Blog Name: The Usable Blog
Managed by: Eric Graig
Focus: Non-profit program evaluation
Link:
http://www.theusableblog.blogspot.com/
Example:
Foundationspeak...A Book Review


Microblog Name: Twitter Image Trina_Willard
Managed by: Trina Willard
Focus: Change management and evaluation
Link: http://twitter.com/Trina_Willard
Example:
Collaboration, coordination & communication always come up in recs from our evaluation studies: The Three Cs of Simplicity [link]


Blog NameWeirding Word®
Managed by: 
 Gaea L. Honeycutt
FocusEvaluation, writing and communications
Link
http://weirdingword.typepad.com/weirding_word/
Example: 
CBC Foundation Guide to Stimulus Funds

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