A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators - AEA365

Hello, my name is Jayne Corso and I am the Community Manager for AEA. As a community manager, I create weekly posts for AEA’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Although you can share similar content on Facebook and Twitter, your approach should be unique for each channel. I have put together a few tips for composing text for both Facebook and Twitter. Facebook: Hot Tip: Keep it to 80 characters The Facebook character limit is technically 63,206; however, when posting on Facebook, you should try to keep your text within 80 characters. Hot Tip: Don’t just post a link Facebook is a great channel for sharing blog posts or linking to external content, but don’t just post the link. Hot Tip: Use images Facebook posts that use images receive more engagement than posts without images. Twitter: Hot Tip: Keep it simple Twitter has a character limit of 140, but studies have shown that posts that are 120-130 in length receive better engagement. Hot Tip: Grammar is still important Good luck crafting your posts!

Inspiration Lab FlowingData IDEAS - International Development Evaluation Association - Home The International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) was inaugurated in September 2002 to help fill a gap in the international evaluation architecture. IDEAS' mission is 'to advance and extend the practice of development evaluation by refining methods, strengthening capacity and expanding ownership', with a particular focus on developing and transitional economies. IDEAS focuses on three major themes: Enhancing Conceptual Thinking in Development Evaluation Governance and Accountability for Development Strengthening Development Evaluation Practice IDEAS' strategy aims to promote and advance evaluation as a key tool for development effectiveness, transparency and accountability in policy-making, social and organisational learning.

TimeCult Presentation Zen Réseau Francophone de l'Evaluation aea365 Content Curation My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. This is the last in a short aea365 series on content curation. Thursday focused on how evaluators (researchers, professionals, students, others) can use content curation. Yesterday, I took a look at four content curation tools: BagTheWeb, Connotea, pearltrees, and Scoop.it. Today, I’m hoping that others might be interested in expanding on this project. Hot Tip: Want to get involved? Tool reviewers: If you want to review a specific tool, you’d need to set up an account for a tool, use the list of links that may be found here to gain an understanding of how the tools works and so that we’re all comparing similar uses, and then write up a review for aea365 and add to the chart above.Curators: If you want to help curate for evaluation and applied research, I’m in search of people who want to keep an eye on specific outposts, discussions, etc. and add to the curation.

Practical Assessment Research & Evaluation Content Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation publishes the following types of papers Overviews serve as an introduction to a topic. Its audience is individuals, whether professional or general, who wish to acquire introductory information on the topic treated in the paper. Methods plainly speaking demonstrate how to apply a technique. Two key questions in the review will be whether the results generalize and whether the results are likely to alter someone's practice. Professional Standards Manuscripts submitted to Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation should adhere to The authorship standards outlined in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. The Uniform Requirements addresses criteria for authorship, acknowledgments, redundant publication, competing manuscripts, and conflict of interest. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.) Technical specifications Reference and additional reading

EvalPartners - Home | MY M&E On 31st January EvalPartners Equity Focused and Gender Responsive (EFGR) Task Force hosted a WEBINAR on Enabling Gender Responsive and Equity Focused evaluation (EFGR), as part of the EvalPartners initiative. The webinar was Facilitated by Professor Donna M. Mertens. This was the second webinar organized by the Task Force with particular responsibility for promoting EFGR evaluation. During the webinar Donna Mertens addressed enabling factors that are relevant to sustaining and encouraging a gender responsive/equity focused orientation for evaluative practice, with specific attention given to the issues of stakeholders’ involvement. The presentation was followed by a discussion where online participants had the opportunity to raise questions and make their interventions via online chat facility. Donna M.