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Honoring the 7 Directions: An Indigenous Framework for Designing and Evaluating Systems Change

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Evaluation Earth Day Declaration 2024

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The Countenance of Bob Stake

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Evaluation at the Nexus

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Systems Transformation in Five Minutes: What It Is and How to Evaluate It

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Evaluation: Can We Be Fast and Smart?

The theme of the 2024 conference of the American Evaluation Association was "Amplifying and Empowering Voices in Evaluation." This song offers lyrics on that theme to the tune of Tracy Chapman's evocative song "Fast Car." The song and video premiered at a session on Learning from Failure on October 24, 2024 in Portland, Oregon.
Lyrics by Michael Quinn Patton and Brandon Patton
Performance by Brandon Patton
Last year's AEA conference song, "The Power of Story," can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/0KYfCngn1Fk/видео.html

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Periodic Table of Evaluation

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The Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation has published a special issue on visualizing evaluation theory. One article is "The Periodic Table of Evaluation" by Sara Vaca. This video frames the importance of the periodic table, how it was developed, how it is organized, and how it can be used. The video then turns to Sara Vaca's reflections on her career journey as an evaluator and how she came...

Honoring the 7 Directions: An Indigenous Framework for Designing and Evaluating Systems Change

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Honoring the 7 Directions: An Indigenous Framework for Designing and Evaluating Systems Change

Просмотров 3112 месяца назад

This video resource provides an overview of the Seven Directions Medicine Wheel (7DMW) Framework used in a project supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to enhance understanding of the interconnections between human and climate health and all life on Earth. Niishaash Tuxuwak Eelohkweengal, in English the Seven Directions teachings of the Lunaape is the basis for a Seven Directions Med...

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Evaluation Earth Day Declaration 2024

Просмотров 1376 месяцев назад

Earth Day 2024 offered an opportunity for evaluators worldwide to affirm our collective professional commitment to systematically include contextually appropriate environmental, social, and economic sustainability and regeneration criteria in all evaluations. This affirmation takes the form an Earth Day Evaluation Declaration. A brief background statement in the video and below explains the ori...

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The Countenance of Bob Stake

Просмотров 4626 месяцев назад

Bob Stake was present at and part of the founding of the profession of evaluation. In the six decades since he has been a thought leader, methodological innovator, and humanist philosopher contributing to the evolution of evaluation. He has published a memoir that traces his history and evaluation journey, which parallels and intersects with the history and development of the evaluation profess...

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Evaluation at the Nexus

Просмотров 1707 месяцев назад

At the end of March 2024, Juha Uitto retired from distinguished service as Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility. This video is a reproduction of my presentation at his retirement reception. In song and dance, this is an appreciation and celebration of his contributions to systems evaluation at the nexus of environmental and human systems.

Systems Transformation in Five Minutes: What It Is and How to Evaluate It

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Systems Transformation in Five Minutes: What It Is and How to Evaluate It

Просмотров 4298 месяцев назад

A brief introduction (5 minutes) to the nature of systems transformation based on historical examples and the implications of those examples for evaluating contemporary initiatives aimed at systems transformation.

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Saving Societies from Within

Просмотров 5098 месяцев назад

This video is a summary and review of an important new book (February 2024) entitled "Saving Societies from Within" (Routledge) that examines "Innovation and Equity Through Inter-Organizational Networks" (the book's subtitle) by Jerald Hage, Joseph J. Valadez, and Wilbur C. Hadden. The book covers and integrates theory and practice, which the video presents in two parts. Part 1. The theory of s...

Evaluation’s Story in Fable and Song: Greatest Hits Over Five Decades

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Evaluation’s Story in Fable and Song: Greatest Hits Over Five Decades

Просмотров 32810 месяцев назад

This video presents excerpts of stories and songs from the 2023 American Evaluation Association annual conference Presidential Strand session entitled: Evaluation’s Story in Fable and Song: Greatest Hits Over Five Decades with Michael Quinn Patton I’ve used songs and fables in working with stakeholder groups and in training evaluators as a way to connect the intellectual and emotional dimension...

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Authentic Evaluation

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Authentic is the 2023 word of the year according to Merriam-Webster dictionary. But Authentic Assessment goes back 5 decades. Authenticity has also become a criterion for judging the quality of qualitative inquiry generally and qualitative evaluation specifically. This video (11 minutes) offers an opportunity to reflect on what it means for an evaluation to be AUTHENTIC.

Image of Indigenous Tensions in Decolonizing Academia

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Image of Indigenous Tensions in Decolonizing Academia

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A previous video featured a special issue of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation (JMDE) devoted to decolonizing evaluation. The opening chapter of that special issue included an image co-created by Dr. Nicole R. Bowman (Lanaape/Mohican) expressing her experience of indigenous tensions in decolonizing academia. This video spotlights that powerful image and illuminates its meaning and sig...

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The Power of Song for Evaluators

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The Power of Song for Evaluators The theme for the 2023 American Evaluation Association annual conference chosen by President Corrie Whitmore was "The Power of Story." I invited Corrie to identify a favorite song that I would write lyrics for related to the conference theme. She chose "Closer to Fine" by the Indigo Girls. My son, Brandon Quinn Patton, a singer/songwriter, helped with the lyrics...

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Tribute to Michael Scriven's Legacy

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Michael Scriven's 95 years on this Earth ended on August 28, 2023. This video spotlights his mammoth contributions, appreciates his enduring thought leadership, and pays tribute to his legacy. Videos of Michael Scriven are included.

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DECOLONIZING EVALUATION

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DECOLONIZING EVALUATION: Review of a Special Issue of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation edited by Professor Bagele Chilisa and Professor Nicole Bowman This video provides an overview and diverse perspectives on what decolonizing evaluation means and how to undertake it based on a special issue of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation focused on "Decolonizing Evaluation." The vid...

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Evaluation Mixology

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Mixology is the art and study of inventing, preparing, and serving cocktails or mixed drinks. Evaluation Mixology is the art and study of inventing, designing, and implementing evaluation designs that incorporate mixed theories, approaches, and methods. The most common question I get when conducting evaluation training is whether different evaluation approaches can be combined in a single evalu...