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Oct

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How Many Interviews Does It Take to Assess A Project?

Posted by on October 21st, 2016 0 comments

FAQ from NEO users: How many interviews or focus groups do we need for our qualitative assessment project? Our typical response: Um, how much money and time do you have? At which point, our users probably want to throw a stapler at us. (Karen and I work remotely out of an abundance of caution.) Although… Read More »

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Oct

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Meet the NEO’s New Program Assistant Kalyna Durbak

Posted by on October 14th, 2016 0 comments

I am pleased to introduce the NEO’s new program assistant, Kalyna Durbak, MLIS, who joined our staff on October 3.  Kalyna will be our go-to person for managing the NEO website, providing technical support with webinars, and helping with the “roll-up-your-sleeves” work involved in carrying out evaluation projects. Kalyna began working for the UW Health… Read More »

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Sep

30

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Six Degrees of Key Informants: Finding Interviewees for Community Assessment

Posted by on September 30th, 2016 0 comments

Six degrees of separation is a concept that describes social interconnectedness. The idea, popularized in a 1990s movie, is that each human on the planet could reach any other human, by way of friend-to-friend introduction, in six steps or less. For example, you are six (or fewer) people away from meeting your favorite celebrity you… Read More »

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Sep

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Update Your Evaluation Toolbox: Two Great Conferences

Posted by on September 23rd, 2016 0 comments

It’s the fall, also known as the beginning of conference season. It’s a very exciting time if you like evaluation/assessment.  If you want to improve your evaluation skills, two great conferences are coming up, back to back.  Take a look at some of these highlights and pick one to go to! Oct. 24-29, 2016 Evaluation… Read More »

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Sep

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A Diagram is Worth a Thousand Words: Visual Evaluation Plans

Posted by on September 16th, 2016 0 comments

What would you rather look at?  Some paragraphs of text and bullet points that explain in a step-by-step fashion your process and outcomes evaluation plans, or a diagram of those plans?  For me the answer is easy: a diagram.  Diagrams have the advantage of being quickly understandable, interesting to look at, invite participation of the… Read More »

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