by Karen Peterman | Nov 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week I want to take a few minutes to recognize my staff. I have the good fortune to work with employees and long-term consultants who make contributions big and small to help keep KPC steaming ahead. It has taken a few years to figure out the right balance when...
by Karen Peterman | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tis the season to reflect and give thanks, and I am feeling so fortunate with my lot in life this November that I’m doing a post each week for the rest of the month to give shout outs to those who helped get me here. Last week was the annual meeting of the...
by Karen Peterman | Sep 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you had asked me what an evaluability assessment was about a year ago, I don’t think I could have told you. Now I find that it’s a term and a process that I use all the time thanks to another NC-based evaluator and fellow member of RTP Evaluators, Tamara Walser....
by Karen Peterman | Aug 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
The funny thing about evaluation capacity building projects is that, if you do them well, you will eventually work yourself out of a job. Sometimes that is exactly why we are hired. We are asked to provide support and training so that a client’s team can eventually...
by Karen Peterman | Jul 13, 2018 | Publications
Over the past few years I have had the pleasure and the frustration of puzzling through when and how to use off-the-shelf measures for evaluation. I’m a huge fan of off-the-shelf measures that have validation evidence to support their use. Here’s the logic behind my...