Learn Together, While Apart

Register for the AEA Summer Learning Series 

Inspired by the lessons of the Summer Evaluation Institute, AEA has transformed five of our Summer Evaluation workshops into in-depth and interactive digital workshops to support the continual learning and growth of our community. 

What Makes the Summer Learning Series Different?

AEA is working hard to transform in-person workshop content into valuable digital workshops that have clear distinctions from typical webinars. The Summer Learning Series features: 

• Meaningful discussions with your peers allowing for thorough understanding of the topic 
• Opportunity to work through case studies and see how the topic can be applied to your practice
• Designated time for question and answers to allow you to work through foreseen challenges or brainstorm solutions with the group or presenter
• Curated speakers from across the field of evaluation who are subject matter experts and experienced in workshop facilitation 

Plan your summer education schedule with our five digital workshops: 

To participate in these digital workshops, all you need is a reliable internet connection and your computer or laptop.
Presenters will communicate If additional materials are needed for their workshop.

Visit the AEA Digital Knowledge Hub to learn more about the Summer Learning Series and other upcoming offerings. 

Please contact AEA at info@eval.org if you have any questions.

AEA continues to offer support to members and the evaluation community as a whole. We understand this is a strenuous and difficult time, and many are under significant financial strain.

For April, May, and June membership renewals, AEA will freeze renewal costs for 60 days upon request. If you are concerned about an upcoming membership renewal, please contact us at info@eval.org.

We encourage you to continue to take advantage of your member benefits, including:

Coffee Breaks 
As an AEA member, you have free access to our library of Coffee Breaks. These short, 20 minute webinars are great for sharing lessons with your colleagues, while you are apart.

eStudies
eStudies are a great way to be immersed in top-of-mind evaluation themes and topics via an online course. Here are a few upcoming eStudies to consider exploring, offered at a discounted rate to members. You can also access recorded eStudies on the Knowledge Hub.

·      Introduction to Independent Consulting (starting May 4, 2020)
·      Introduction to R (starting June 4, 2020)

Conference Recordings
AEA members now have free access to the Evaluation 2019 recordings. Review the Presidential Strand and Plenary sessions now to refresh your memory of what you've learned, or to catch up on sessions you may have missed.

AEA365
AEA's daily blog, AEA365, includes a series of Saturday posts offering reflection and information for evaluation practice during this global pandemic.

Topics covered include:

·      Self-Care in the Age of Coronavirus
·      Making it Work Online - A Rapid Response to COVID
·      Contactless Evaluation - (in Times of COVID-19)

Click here to subscribe to AEA365. We will continue to share resources and experiences of our community. 

EvalTalk
AEA encourages you to turn to the evaluation community through EvalTalk. This discussion forum provides a safe space to trade insights and concerns, talk through specific challenges that are arising, and overall, to lean on each other for support. Now is the time to maintain strong connections worldwide and seek guidance in navigating today's climate.

Local Affiliates
Consider reaching out to an AEA affiliate for localized resources and support. AEA teams up with local affiliates as part of the Local Affiliate Collaborative, an effort designed to support, sustain, and strengthen affiliates by fostering joint and coordinated action among and between affiliates and AEA.

TIGs
You can also stay connected to your community through TIGs. Topical Interest Groups are defined around a certain topic or interest and create a forum enabling its members to become a resource that the entire community can leverage. This organized community and combined experience is needed now more than ever. As an AEA member, you are allowed to join up to five of the 60 Topical Interest Groups.

QUESTIONS? Reach out to us with any membership-related questions at info@eval.org or 202.367.1166.

The stakes have never been higher for effective, efficiently run local governments.

We want to help.

While evaluating performance management—the use of performance information for management purposes—managers and analysts sometimes skip too quickly through the intricacies of good performance measurement.

That's where Performance Measurement for Managing Local Government comes in. It answers the persistent questions that confront everyone who has ever tried to design measures, evaluate measures, or make measures the management tools they are supposed to be. This book guides you toward proper design of measures, illustrates common errors and ways to avoid them, offers tips, and even provides sets of suitable measures on which to build.

In other words—before tackling performance management, read this book first.

Please consult the attached flyer for more detailed information, including testimonials and full contents.

About the Author: David N. Ammons is Professor of Public Administration and Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a nationally-recognized expert on performance measurement, benchmarking, performance management, and productivity improvement in local government. He has served on the National Performance Management Advisory Commission and the North Carolina Governor’s Advisory Committee on Performance Management.

To Purchase: Performance Measurement for Managing Local Government is available for purchase from Amazon in paperback and as an eBook.

For information of discounts on bulk sales of five or more copies, please contact the publisher, Harry Briggs, directly at mgmt@melvinleigh.com.

PS: You may also be interested in Local Elected Officials: Guardians of Good Governance, a practical handbook for both local elected officials and those who work with them in state and local government administration.

• View detailed flyer
• Purchase paperback
• Purchase eBook

 Register here! 

Call for Nominations for the AEA Board of Directors

Deadline: Friday, May 7, 2020

Show your commitment to the value of the American Evaluation Association and help to shape its future! You may nominate yourself or a committed AEA colleague. This year we will elect three Board Members-at-large and a President-Elect. Nominating candidates for office is a valuable service to the Association and your thoughtful participation in this process is greatly appreciated.

Board Members

Any AEA member (international as well as national) may serve on the AEA Board. The Board Members serve three-year terms, beginning January 1, 2021 and attend three-four in-person Board meetings a year. Each board member serves the board through attendance at Board meetings, active participation in the work of the Board, ongoing email communications, liaising with Board Task Forces, and other Board-focused volunteer groups as assigned. The Board follows the Policy Governance governing system. 

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