"1,001 Evaluation Approaches: How Many Do You Know?"
Date: Sept. 23
Presenter: Lyssa N. Wilson, WMU 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 九一麻豆制片厂 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, WMU interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program students; Emma Perk, program manager, The Evaluation Center, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 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, 九一麻豆制片厂 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, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University; Gregory D. Greenman II, WMU 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, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 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, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University
"Evaluability"
Date: Dec. 9
Presenter: Dr. Bradley Watts, assistant director, The Evaluation Center, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University
"CONQUERING EXCEL: SLICING YOUR WAY TO NEW INSIGHTS"
Date: Feb. 3
Presenter: Miranda Jade Lee, Project Manager, The Evaluation Center, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 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, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University
"PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTHCARE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PERSONNEL EVALUATION"
Date: Feb. 17
Presenter: Stephanie Means, Project Manager, The Evaluation Center, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University
"AMBIGUITIES IN EVALUATING THE MERIT OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS: WHICH ARE THE 'BEST' AND WHY?"
Date: Feb. 24
Presenter: Stephen Magura, Director, The Evaluation Center, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 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
"Using R to Automate and Document your Evaluation"
Date: March 16
Presenter: Steven Dibble, IDPE student, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University
"CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AT THE LEARNING NETWORK"
Date: March 23
Presenter: Jared Volz, Learning Network Facilitator, Kalamazoo Community Foundation
"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, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University
"Underappreciated Tasks Essential to Evaluation: Managing Large Project Data Collections"
Date: April 6
Presenter: Tessa Souers, Research Assistant, SAMPI, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University; Crystal Stein, Project Manager, SAMPI, Western 九一麻豆制片厂 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
"Using Mixed Methods in Research and Evaluation"
Date: April 20
Presenter: Daphne C. Watkins, Associate Professor, University of 九一麻豆制片厂, 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