iEval team members have given presentations at international, national, state, and local conferences as well as published evaluation findings in peer reviewed journals.  Below is a listing where you may have recently seen us at conferences.

PRESENTATIONS

October 2022: Michigan After-School Partnership (Mt. Pleasant, MI)

• Presented on Data: Honestly, it can be useful and fun. Directions for color scripting can be found here. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

November 2019: American Evaluation Association (Minneapolis, MN)

• Presented on Embedding Fun to Improve Evaluation Use. Presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett, Dr. Kristin Everett, and Dr. Corey Smith.

May 2019: Canadian Evaluation Society Annual Conference (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

• Workshop on approaches and tools to help you have fun with evaluation. Presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett and Paul Tackett.

May 2019: Michigan Association for Evaluation (Lansing, MI)

• Keynote presentation on four tips to help you have fun with Evaluation. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

• Presentation on using the snowflake method to help introduce the importance of evaluation. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

May 2019: DePaul Pop Culture Conference: A Celebration of Disney (Chicago, IL)

• Presentation on how Disney inspires us in real life, including the inspiration for creating the evaluation tool called color scripting. Presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett, Paul Tackett, and Steve Chapman (Disney Imagineer).

January 2018: Evaluation Café (Kalamazoo, MI)

• Presented on Color Scripting: Adapting a Disney-Pixar tool for use in evaluation. For handout on how to do color scripting, see November 2017 AEA presentation links below. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

November 2017: Michigan Educational Research Association (Frankenmuth, MI)

• Presented on Measuring Impact through Program Evaluation. Day long keynote training on understanding evaluation basics, making evaluation useful, using data sources other than student assessments for educational evaluation, sharing several tools for use in evaluation, and visualizing evaluation results in useful ways.

November 2017: American Evaluation Association (Washington, DC)

• Presented on Color Scripting: Adapting a Disney-Pixar tool for use in evaluation. Directions for color scripting can be found here. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

May 2017: United Kingdom Evaluation Society (London, England)

• Presented on Embedding FUN to facilitate evaluation use. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

November 2015: American Evaluation Association (Chicago, IL)

• Presented on Camp iEval: a unique way to share evaluation results and improve use with clients. Also shared a video adaptation of Roger Miranda's book, Eva the Evaluator, which is available here for your use with clients and presentations. Presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett and Kelley Pasatta.

• Presented on the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation grant: a community-driven research process paving the way for evaluation. Presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett and Dr. Kristin Everett.

October 2015: Indiana Evaluation Association (Indianapolis, IN)

• Presented on sharing evaluation findings in a different way - through an evaluation camp. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

March 2015: Evaluation Café (Kalamazoo, MI)

• Presented on five key tips for making evaluation more useful. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

October 2014: European Evaluation Society Conference (Dublin, Ireland)

• Presented on making evaluation more useful to clients. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

September 2014: Evaluation Café (Kalamazoo, MI)

• Presented on useful (and free) evaluation web sites. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

April 2014: Michigan Association for Evaluation (Lansing, MI)

• Presented on useful (and free) evaluation web sites. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

• Presented on free and paid GIS services. One page handout provided as overview. Presenter was Corey Smith.

September 2013: KYD Network (Kalamazoo, MI)

• Presented on grant writing tips from a veteran perspective. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

November 2012: American Evaluation Association Conference (Minneapolis, MN)

• Presented on evaluator responsibility in understanding and using the dropout predictors. Co-presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett and Kelley Pasatta.

October 2012: Michigan AfterSchool Association Conference (Kalamazoo, MI)

• Presented on understanding and using the dropout predictors.Co-presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett and Kelley Pasatta.

March 2012:  CHOICES Conference (Grand Rapids, MI) 

• Presented on evaluation basics, including interpreting, using, and presenting evaluation findings. Co-presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett and Kelley Pasatta.

August 2011:  21st Century Community Learning Centers Kick-off (Traverse City, MI)

• Presented on the use of the Local Evaluators Guide and evaluation techniques within afterschool programs. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

November 2010:  American Evaluation Association Annual Conference (San Antonio, TX) 

• Presented on the development and implementation of a statewide evaluation guide focused on standards for local evaluation in Michigan's 21st Century Community Learning Centers programs. Co-presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett and Dr. Laurie Van Egeren from the state's evaluation team at Michigan State University.

October 2010:  CREATE Conference (Williamsburg, VA)

• Presented on the development and implementation of a statewide evaluation guide focused on standards for local evaluation in Michigan's 21st Century Community Learning Centers programs. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

November 2009:  American Evaluation Association Annual Conference (Orlando, FL)

• Presented on the use of evaluation findings within a Michigan 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. Co-presenters included Dr. Wendy Tackett, Carol Westjohn from the Clare-Gladwin RESD, and the Michigan State University evaluation team.

• Presented on the implementation of the metaevaluation process within a federally-funded Healthy Marriages project. Co-presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett, Dr. Megan Mullins, and Yael Levi from the Child & Family Resource Council.

May 2009:  Michigan Educational Research Association, Inc. Spring Conference (Mt Pleasant, MI)

• Presented keynote on evaluation basics including terminology, internal versus external evaluators, evaluation planning formats, reporting elements, and how to get started with local evaluation efforts. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

September 2008:  Partners in Nursing Annual Conference (Carlsbad, CA)

• Presented information on social network analysis and return on investment as it applies to the PIN-funded project, Foundations Underwriting Nursing Development. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

March 2008:  Math Science Partnership Meeting (Chicago, IL)

• Presented on evaluation implementation and findings from Oakland Schools' Math Science Partnership project. Co-presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett, Valerie Mills (project director), and Adele Sobania (STEM faculty).

November 2007:  American Evaluation Association Annual Conference (Baltimore, MD)

• Presented on statewide evaluation implementation and findings from Michigan's Math Science Partnership projects. Co-presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett, Dennis Rudy (local evaluator), and Shannan McNair (state evaluator).

June 2007:  National Mathematics Science Partnership Coordinators (Washington, DC)

• Presentated on evaluation implementation and findings from Michigan's Math Science Partnership projects, especially focusing on Oakland, Wayne, and Washtenaw counties. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

April 2007:  Michigan Afterschool Collaborative Conference (Dearborn, MI)

• Presented strategies for making sense of evaluation data and using it for program improvement in the afterschool setting. Co-presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett, Carol Westjohn (program director), and Laura Bates (state evaluator).

March 2007:  Governor's Education Summit (Lansing, MI)

• Presented evaluation findings and future implications for mathematics education based on the Mathematics Science Partnership grants. Co-presenters were Dr. Wendy Tackett, Frederica Frost and Dennis Rudy, two local evaluators, and Shannan McNair, a state evaluator.

February 2006:  National Afterschool Conference (Louisville, KY)

• Presented workshop to national audience of afterschool professionals giving specific strategies about how to make the evaluation process more meaningful to the key stakeholders of the program and more useful in making program decisions and improvements. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

May 2005:  Northern Exposure Meeting (Clare, MI)

• Presented findings from a year-long research project that analyzed the gaps between what youth know and how they perform in writing between their 12th grade year and freshman year in college. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

June 2004:  No Disposable Kids Conference (Rapid City, SD)

• Mentored youth participatory evaluation team (YPE) as they presented their evaluation process and results nationally.

November 2003:  American Evaluation Association Annual Conference (Washington, DC)

• Presented the development and use of eco-maps to evaluators from around the country. This presentation utilized specific examples from a substance abuse prevention community coalition. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.

May 2003:  Michigan Association for Evaluation Annual Conference (Lansing, MI)

• Presented the development and use of eco-maps to Michigan evaluators and non-profit leaders. This presentation utilized specific examples from a substance abuse prevention community coalition. Presenter was Dr. Wendy Tackett.