Eval with Elizabeth
Musings about learning, evaluation, strategy, and data visualization.
Adopting Inclusive and Non-Violent Language: Part 1
In evaluation capacity building work, we talk about the importance of developing shared language around data and evaluation. While having an understanding of certain terms like "outcomes" is helpful, the importance of language goes beyond these fundamentals. Language...
How Am I? I’m Sitting in the Suck
“How are you?” Ugh this question makes me cringe. My answer to this is usually “fine.” And not because I am. I am most certainly not fine right now. For one, it’s 2020. The world is literally on fire, our democracy is being threatened, and we are living...
Pancreas Ponderings: What T1D Has Taught Me About Eval
Long before we entered the pre-Covid/during-Covid realm, marked by daily monitoring of case counts, testing, hospitalizations, and death tolls, I had my own pre/during world. Twenty-two years ago the world as I knew it changed as I was rushed to the emergency room and...
Unbecoming & reimagining: Leaning into values and fears
This blog post has been a long time coming. I have struggled with voicing my thoughts for a couple of years. I am embarrassed that it took a national crisis and more murders of people of color like Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd for me to lean into...
Evaluator as Acrobat: The Art of Flexibility
Each day I spend on the trail, walking, running, or hiking teaches me something about myself and the universe. If you know me, you know that I am a Type-A planner. I like researching background details, creating agendas and itineraries, identifying what materials are...
Wearing Many Hats: Where Does the Role of Evaluator End?
Four years ago I uprooted my life and moved halfway across the country to relocate to a state that had never been on my radar. In that time, I’ve established myself in the evaluation community, working both as an external evaluator and as a consultant building the...
Wisdom from the Woods: Everything Looks Scarier in the Darkness
I haven't written in a while. And by a while I mean half a year. I could attribute that to the fact that work has been busy or that I’ve been spending my free time traveling and exploring. These are, in fact, true statements. But the real reason is that I’ve been...
Equal Pay is 41 Years Away: Why Gender Parity Must Be Accelerated
Last week, on March 8, the world celebrated International Women’s Day – “a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marked a call to action for accelerating gender parity.” Many people and...
International Women’s Day: Celebrating Local Female Leaders
Today, March 8, marks International Women’s Day (#IWD2018) – “a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.” This is an exciting time to...