Bipartisanship?! Really?
The Kaiser Family Foundation published the results of their latest poll of the American public—this time on spending in global health projects in the developing world. The majority of Democrats (74%), Republicans (66%), and Independents (66%)
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Archives for blog topic “Evaluation Theory and Methods”
May 25 2012
Apr 20 2012
Save The Date: Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast on May 8th, 8:15-9:45AM
It’s morning. You’re hungry. And under-caffeinated. You think: “whatever happened to APEP’s advocacy evaluation breakfasts?” Don’t despair: on May 8th, we’re back and better than ever with a presentation on Alliance for Justice’s (AFJ) new
Mar 02 2012
Evaluating Talk
Two weeks ago, we featured the Huffington Post piece of an Aspen Institute colleague arguing for the value of talk. Coincidentally, The New Yorker recently asked: so, what really happens at the World Economic Forum? Nick Paumgarten answers by describing
Feb 24 2012
Complex Situations, New Techniques
It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of Michael Quinn Patton’s “developmental evaluation” approach. Heck, it’s a core part of how we work. So we were super excited to find out that Patton is doing a webinar next Tuesday at 11:30AM EST through My M&E
Feb 17 2012
The Potential Power of Talk
It may seem a little self-serving to highlight a sister Aspen Institute program, but our colleague Judy Samuelson makes some great points in a Huffington Post piece about how genuine dialogue can help generate the consensus that can lead to genuine
Feb 10 2012
Healthy Eating in the News
In the latest issue of Ecology of Food and Nutrition, researchers explore how US television news reports present beverage nutrition information. They find that almost 1/3 of news reports on healthy eating were confusing, inconsistent or unclear with their
Feb 03 2012
A Message from APEP Head Honcho, David Devlin-Foltz
As many of our Washington DC colleagues know already, Lisa Molinaro is leaving the Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program on February 8th to pursue an exciting combination of travel and teaching yoga around the world, followed by business school
Jan 20 2012
Blackout
This past Wednesday, a number of hugely popular websites either closed shop for the day or altered their interface as a sign of protest against two controversial intellectual property bills before Congress. Wikipedia, for example, completely shut down
Dec 23 2011
Wanted: Suggestions for Future Advocacy Evaluation Breakfasts
Many thanks to those of you who attended last week’s advocacy evaluation breakfast with our colleagues from the United Nations Foundation. A terrific presentation + hot coffee + tasty breakfast treats = some very happy (and awake) campers.
Nov 05 2011
Backtracking on Fees Bank of America’s much-maligned proposal to levy a $5 monthly fee on customers for debit card-use is no more. Now, the media is busy talking about the growing power of the consumer advocate.
