AEA COFFEE BREAK DEMONSTRATION SERIES

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Join us for short 20 minute webinar-based demonstrations by and for evaluators. These are informal, fun, and a great way to learn something new during a break from your day.

Demonstrations are free for members. Not a member but wish to participate? Contacted Heidi in the AEA office (heidi@eval.org or 1-508-748-3326) to purchase a demonstration pass ($80 for unlimited demonstrations for one year, $30 for students, and membership is included).

Schedule:

• Tuesday, January 26, 2:00-2:20 PM EST Leslie Goodyear - Using Many Eyes for Data Visualization
  Audience: General Audience
  Description: Looking for ways to visualize your evaluation data? The ManyEyes data visualization website may be just the tool for you! Leslie Goodyear is a Program Officer with the National Science Foundation on loan from the Education Development Center in Newton, MA. She'll be demonstrating the basic capabilities of Many Eyes (http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/), a free online data visualization tool that can help to produce representations of both qualitative and quantitative data sets. You'll learn about the product's capabilities, see examples, and gain enough information to determine whether to explore further on your own given the resource links provided a the end.
  Register: Free for AEA members (you will need your AEA username) - click below to register
  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/500632681

• Thursday, February 4, 2:00-2:20 PM EST:  Submitting an AEA Conference Proposal - Susan Kistler
  Audience: Those who have not submitted an AEA conference proposal before or who had significant questions while doing so
  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 submit a proposal to present at Evaluation 2010 including choosing the best presentation format, preparing and focusing your proposal, identifying an appropriate reviewing group, and tips for success. We'll walk through an example proposal submission form online and have an opportunity for questions as well.
  Register: OPEN to general public - click below to register
  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/413916465

• Tuesday, February 9, 10:00-10:20 AM EST: Tools for Evaluation Teaching and Training: Approaches to Introducing the Concept of Evaluation -  José María Díaz Puente and Michael Newman
  Sponsor: Teaching of Evaluation TIG
  Audience: Those who have not submitted an AEA conference proposal before or who had significant questions while doing so
  Description: José María Díaz Puente of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and Michael Newman of Mississippi State University will each demonstrate ice breakers that they use for presenting the concept of evaluation to novice audiences. Come ready to learn how to connect with your students. After the presentation, we’ll share electronic handouts to add to your teaching toolbox.
  Register: Free for AEA members (you will need your AEA username) - click below to register
  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/312839800

• Thursday, February 18, 2:00-2:20 PM EST: Using Jing for Teaching and Learning - Theresa Murphrey
  Sponsor: Teaching of Evaluation TIG
  Audience: General Audience
  Description: Theresa Murphrey of Texas A&M University will demonstrate how to use Jing and describe the ways in which it has facilitated her classroom and distance-based teaching. Jing is a free online technology that allows you to create an easily shared, voice-annotated video of what is seen on the computer screen. Describe a website, demonstrate a process, provide feedback on student work - explore the possibilities!
  Register: Free for AEA members (you will need your AEA username) - click below to register
  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/670387265
   

• Thursday, March 4 - Coffee: David Fetterman - Using Blogger
  (Description and Registration Coming Soon)

• Thursday, March  18 - Coffee: Susan Kistler - Using AEA's resources to find jobs and contracts
  (Description and Registration Coming Soon)

Past Demonstrations:

• Tuesday, January 12, 2:00-2:20 PM EST: Using the Fantastic Five Checklist to Write Better Survey Questions and Improve Survey Reliability - Amy Germuth
  Audience: Beginner with little experience in survey design on facilitator who wishes to see examples for beginning audience
  Description: Amy Germuth, founder and President of EvalWorks, LLC, an independent evaluation and survey research firm, will demonstrate how to use five key questions to improve the reliability, validity, and value of the responses you get from individual survey questions. Appropriate for the beginner, this presentation will help you get the most from your surveys and also presents content that is appropriate as a teaching tool or for use with stakeholders during collaborative instrument development.
  Archive: Coming soon to the AEA eLibrary

• Thursday, January 7, 2:00-2:20 PM EST: Building Stakeholder-Friendly Visual Logic Models With DoView 2.0 - Paul Duignan
  Level: General Audience that understands the basics of logic modeling
  Do you spend hours drawing and formatting outcomes models and program logic models, yet end up with results that are cramped and confusing? Paul Duignan has been a practicing evaluator for over 20 years and is involved in the development of DoView software. This webinar will be a product demonstration of the newly released DoView version 2.0, purpose-built to allow you to save time while developing attractive, useful, detailed logic models.
  Archive: Coming soon to the AEA eLibrary

Have a great idea for a demonstration that you'd like to see or give? Send it to susan@eval.org.

The Coffee Break Demonstration Series is a trial program begun in January 2010 with the goal of expanding access to knowledge and resources.