Ever wonder what happens to those evaluation reports after they’re submitted? Our interview series continues with a conversation with Ginneh Baugh, Senior Director of Strategy Integration and Knowledge Development at United Way of Metro Atlanta. See below for video: Continue reading »
Sep 142011
One of my goals for this blog is to provide nonprofits, foundations, and fellow evaluators with useful “big picture” information on the evaluation process. To this end, I recently interviewed Phil Buchanan at the Center for Effective Philanthropy about the role of evaluation in funder-grantee relationships. CEP conducts research to help foundations and other philanthropic organizations maximize their impact. See the interview in two parts below: Continue reading »
May 252011
As you may know, my day job is providing evaluation services as President of Creative Research Solutions. One of the primary reasons I chose this career was because I wanted to work directly with people who can put good research to use. I want this blog to serve as another outlet towards that goal.
The topic of this post, Directed Attention, was not only central to my research during my past life as a graduate student, but has also continued to be relevant in my work, my daily life, and even in the design of this website. Continue reading »
May 222011
Hello, and welcome to The Creative Research Blog. This blog exists to provide new insights, evaluation advice, analysis of current research, and most importantly, discussion of how to make practical use of social science research.
Over the next few days, I’ll begin with a look at some of my own research (it’s my blog after all), and consider how it might be applied in day-to-day life.
My background is in Social Psychology, but I am happy to learn about research from other fields. Feel free to post a comment below if you know of any interesting research you’d like to discuss!
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