The Evaluation Center at 蜜桃社区 Michigan University maintains a directory of past Evaluation Cafe presentations for instructional purposes.
"Evaluative considerations regarding Quebec鈥檚 freedom of information act"
Date: Sept. 4, 2012
Presenter: Ghislain Arbour, The Evaluation Center visiting scholar from the National School of Public Administration, Quebec, Canada.
"Conceptual revolutions about evaluation; Past and future"
Date: Sept. 11, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Michael Scriven, professor of psychology, Claremont Graduate School.
"Some elements of context and their influence on evaluation practice"
Date: Sept. 20, 2012
Presenter: Jody Fitzpatrick, associate professor, University of Colorado Denver and president-elect of the American Evaluation Association.
"Welcoming Michigan: A statewide grassroots immigrant integration program"
Date: Sept. 25, 2012
Presenter: Susan Reed, supervising attorney, Michigan Immigrant Rights Center and program supervisor, Welcoming Michigan, and Lillie Wolff, coordinator for West Michigan Communities, Welcoming Michigan.
"The Kirkpatrick Model for evaluation: An overview and discussion"
Date: Oct. 2, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Lori Wingate, assistant director of The Evaluation Center, 蜜桃社区
"Why is it so? An analysis of evaluators鈥搒takeholders communication based on communication theories"
Date: Oct. 9, 2012
Presenter: Maran Subramain, coordinator for International Student Activities, 蜜桃社区
"Failure of intervention or failure of evaluation: A Meta-evaluation of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign evaluation"
Date: Oct. 30, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Stephen Magura, director of The Evaluation Center, 蜜桃社区.
"National secondary transition technical assistance center鈥檚 model for building capacity for evaluation"
Date: Nov. 6, 2012
Presenters: Jennifer Coyle, research associate, Office of the Vice President of Research, 蜜桃社区, and Dr. June Gothberg, senior research associate, Office of the Vice President of Research, 蜜桃社区
"The ABCs of goal-free evaluation"
Date: Nov. 27, 2012
Presenters: Dr. Brandon W. Youker, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, Grand Valley State University, and Lyza Ingraham, graduate assistant, in the School of Social Work, Grand Valley State University
"Meta-evaluation as capacity building for evaluation stakeholders"
Date: Dec. 5, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Robin Lin Miller, professor of ecological-community psychology, Michigan State University
"Universal design for evaluation"
Date: Jan. 8, 2013
Presenters: Dr. Jennifer Sullivan Sulewski, Ph.D., Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston, and Dr. June Gothberg, Ph.D., senior research associate, Office of the Vice President of Research, 蜜桃社区
"Evaluation the jedi way: Using Star Wars for evaluation training"
Date: Jan. 15, 2013
Presenter: Dr. Lori Wingate, assistant director, The Evaluation Center, 蜜桃社区
"Student assessment in 21st-century education"
Date: Jan. 23, 2013
Presenter: Dr. Arlen Gullickson, professor emeritus, The Evaluation Center, 蜜桃社区
"Project management for evaluators"
Date: Jan. 30, 2013
Presenters: Steven Dibble, associate director, P3MO, Stryker, and student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D in evaluation program, 蜜桃社区
"Social return on investment: Metrics, methods, and market solutions"
Date: Feb. 7, 2013
Presenter: Dr. John Gargani, president, Gargani, and Company
"Evaluation questions: The foundation for meaningful and useful program evaluation"
Date: Feb. 13, 2013
Presenters: Dr. Lori Wingate, assistant director, The Evaluation Center, 蜜桃社区, and Dr. Daniela Schroeter, director of research, The Evaluation Center, 蜜桃社区
"Institutional Analysis of Evaluation Policies in Quebec, Canada"
Date: Feb. 20, 2013
Presenter: Dr. Ghislain Arbour, The Evaluation Center Visiting Scholar from the National School of Public Administration, Quebec, Canada
"Evaluation large-scale research funding policies and procedures: Lessons from an evaluation of the Swiss National Science Foundation"
Date: Feb. 27, 2013
Presenters: Dr. Chris Coryn, director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, 蜜桃社区; Dr. Brooks Applegate, professor of evaluation, measurement, and research, 蜜桃社区; Dr. Daniela Schroeter, director of research, The Evaluation Center, 蜜桃社区; Krystin Martens, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, 蜜桃社区; and Robert McCowen, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, 蜜桃社区
"Health care use and outcomes among ex-offenders living with HIV: Evaluating Michigan鈥檚 community re-entry program for prisoners living with HIV"
Date: March 28, 2013
Presenter: Dr. Robin Miller, professor of ecological-community psychology, Michigan State University
"Setting criteria and standards for ball throwing athletes"
Date: April 4, 2013
Presenter: Alex Manga, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, 蜜桃社区
"Navigating foundation evaluation鈥擜n insider鈥檚 view"
Date: April 9, 2013
Presenter: Dr. Kimberly James, evaluation officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
"The key to dissertating: Defining your contribution"
Date: June 12, 2013
Presenter: Dr. Amy Gullickson, senior lecturer, Centre for Program Evaluation, Melbourne Graduate School of Education
"Conversation with Craig and Karen"
Date: July 17, 2013
Presenters: Dr. Craig Russon, senior evaluation officer, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, and Karen Russon, president, Evaluation Capacity Development Group, Ferney-Voltaire, France