Category Archives: Values-based

Credentialing – identifying the ‘core’ vs ‘specialized’ competencies

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Jane Davidson

There’s a great discussion going on right now on the AEA Thought Leaders’ Forum. This week it’s being led by Jean King, who has raised the question of credentialing for evaluators. Not all our subscribers are AEA members and following … Continue reading →

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Occupy Valentine’s Day and Genuine Evaluation

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Patricia Rogers

It is timely to consider ‘Occupy Valentine’s Day‘, which calls on us to reject the increasingly stereotyped rituals of Valentine’s Day and instead celebrate all forms of love in ways that are affirming, inclusive and uplifting: Celebrating love is wonderful … Continue reading →

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Alpine whaling? – Interesting developments in evidence-based policy, episode 2

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

While Japan has ‘scientific whaling’, Australia might be beginning a phase of ‘scientific alpine grazing’, reversing a policy of removing cattle from summer grazing in alpine national park in the name of research. (Thanks to a number of GenuineEvaluation readers … Continue reading →

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Upcoming evaluation conferences – proposals due soon

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

Impact evaluation conference Cuernavaca, Mexico, June 15-17, 2011 Co-hosted by The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and the Center for Labor and Social Distributive Studies … Continue reading →

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Breaking out of the Likert scale trap

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Jane Davidson

A recent conversation with a colleague has reminded me of how traditional social science training has managed to hardwire our brains into some default thinking that needs to be questioned. Obviously, there are a lot of places one could go … Continue reading →

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