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Evaluation Cafe 2015-16

The Evaluation Center at 色色啦 Michigan University offers lectures, seminars, group work, and presentations through the Evaluation Cafe to enhance knowledge and skills in the field of evaluation.

"1,001 Evaluation Approaches: How Many Do You Know?"

Date: Sept. 23
Presenter: Lyssa N. Wilson, 色色啦 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program student

 

"Using Systems Thinking in Your Evaluations: How Separate Evaluation Projects Can Strengthen Each Other"

Date: Sept. 30
Presenter: Ms. Laura Sundstrom, MSW, Evaluation Associate, Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group, University of Michigan School of Social Work

 

"Lessons and Thoughts from Edward Tufte鈥檚 Presenting Data and Information Workshop"

Date: Oct. 7  
Presenters: Cheryl Endres, Erica Fiekowsky, and Lyssa N. Wilson, 色色啦 interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program students; Emma Perk, program manager, The Evaluation Center, 色色啦 Michigan University

 

"Evaluation at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation: Building and Strengthening Grantee Evaluation Capacity"

Date: Oct. 14
Presenter: Dr. Huilan Krenn, Director of Evaluation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

 

"The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project: Developmental Evaluation in Practice"

Date: Oct. 21  
Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Campbell, professor of ecological鈥恈ommunity psychology, Michigan State University and Recipient of AEA鈥檚 2013 Outstanding Evaluation Award

 

"What Counts As Evidence? The Misalignment of Evaluation in the Policy Cycle"

Date: Oct. 28  
Presenters: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, assistant professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, 色色啦 Michigan University; Gregory D. Greenman II, 色色啦 interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program student

 

"Assessing Organizational Culture and Change"

Date: Nov. 4
Presenter: Dr. Frank Jeremy, adjunct associate professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, 色色啦 Michigan University.

 

"Managing Evaluations"

Date: Nov. 18 
Presenter: Dr. Melanie Hwalek, CEO, SPEC Associates.

 

"Evaluating Evaluation Training"

Date: Dec. 2
Presenter: Dr. Lori Wingate, director of research, The Evaluation Center, 色色啦 Michigan University

 

"Evaluability"

Date: Dec. 9
Presenter: Dr. Bradley Watts, assistant director, The Evaluation Center, 色色啦 Michigan University

 

"CONQUERING EXCEL: SLICING YOUR WAY TO NEW INSIGHTS"

Date: Feb. 3
Presenter: Miranda Jade Lee, Project Manager, The Evaluation Center, 色色啦 Michigan University

 

"TIPS, TRICKS, AND TIME SAVERS: AUTOMATION AND ORGANIZATION IN MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE"

Date: Feb. 10
Presenter: Miranda Jade Lee, Project Manager, The Evaluation Center, 色色啦 Michigan University

 

 

"PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTHCARE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PERSONNEL EVALUATION"

Date: Feb. 17
Presenter: Stephanie Means, Project Manager, The Evaluation Center, 色色啦 Michigan University

Presentation

 

"AMBIGUITIES IN EVALUATING THE MERIT OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS: WHICH ARE THE 'BEST' AND WHY?"

Date: Feb. 24
Presenter: Stephen Magura, Director, The Evaluation Center, 色色啦 Michigan University

 

"SYSTEMS THINKING IN PHILANTHROPY"

Date: March 2
Presenter: Teri Behrens, Director, Institution for Foundation and Donor Learning, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University

Presentation

 

"Using R to Automate and Document your Evaluation"

Date: March 16
Presenter: Steven Dibble, IDPE student, 色色啦 Michigan University

Presentation

 

"CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AT THE LEARNING NETWORK"

Date: March 23
Presenter: Jared Volz, Learning Network Facilitator, Kalamazoo Community Foundation

Presentation

 

"Performance Evaluation for Learning, Growth, and Adaptation: What are We Learning from State-Level Performance Evaluation Policy Initiatives?" 

Date: March 30
Presenter: Patricia Reeves, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership; and Evaluation, Measurement, and Research, 色色啦 Michigan University

 

"Underappreciated Tasks Essential to Evaluation: Managing Large Project Data Collections" 

Date: April 6
Presenter: Tessa Souers, Research Assistant, SAMPI, 色色啦 Michigan University; Crystal Stein, Project Manager, SAMPI, 色色啦 Michigan University

 

"The federal context: meeting the challenge to plan, conduct, and use evaluations in decision making"

Date: April 13
Presenter: Valerie Caracelli, Senior Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Presentation

 

"Using Mixed Methods in Research and Evaluation" 

Date: April 20
Presenter: Daphne C. Watkins, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, School of Social Work and School of Medicine

 

"Why Design Matters to Evaluation"

Date: April 26
Presenter: John Gargani, AEA President, President, and Founder of Gargani + Company, Inc. 

Workshop Information: Special workshop on program design, April 26