I’m going to make you an offer. As you may have guessed, I’ve been enjoying cartooning lately. But I would enjoy it even more if I knew my cartoons were taking flight elsewhere. So here’s my offer. Do you have a power point that needs a cartoon? And really what presentation doesn’t. Just give me […]
Toon: Defending the use of new technology
Landing Pages
Problem: You need to know how many people visited a website after finding it on a flyer or some other physical artifact. One Solution: Tailored Landing Pages A landing page is a special page you add to your website meant for a specific audience. This page could mirror your home page, provide specific information tailored […]
Nice video for a Friday: The happy secret to better work
This is a rare double post day. Shawn Achor’s TEDx talk is a nice fun presentation making for a good Friday afternoon diversion. Here it is…
Toon: Ideas
It really is ok to give a few away…
Eval Central New Additions
Thanks in part to a recent mention by Susan Kistler, Eval Central has received some renewed interest. In the past couple of weeks I’ve had three new submissions to the Eval Central Feed and I’ve been noticing a greater number of new posts network wide. Here are the three new additions: Alexey Kuzmin’s Evaluation Space […]
Toon: References
Evaluacy: John Gargani’s Ignite talk at Eval 2011
My favorite presentation from last November’s Ingite AEA is not getting nearly enough play on YouTube. Evaluators, take five minutes to check out John Gargani’s very well put together Ignite talk on Evaluacy.
Pre-populate web surveys using URL variables
Problem: You want to connect what you already know about a respondent to a new web data collection. One Solution: URL Variables URL variables are by no means the only way to pre-populate data but they are one way. The premise is simple, you add data to the end of your survey’s invitation web link […]
Why Blog? My 5 minute Ignite talk at AEA
My Ignite talk from last November’s AEA conference is now up on the Ignite website! I’m embedding it here if you’re interested. It’s only 5 mins so not much of a time commitment. Also, speaking of blogging. AEA365’s series on Evaluators who blog continues this week.
New Year New Goals
In the past few years I’ve been building myself up as a web-savvy researcher and evaluator. I’ve learned a lot in the process; there are tons of problems that have simple solutions if you know where to look. But I have yet to leverage that experience into online success. In my eyes there are two […]
Evaluation and Blogging
Happy Holidays! AEA365 is doing a series of posts contributed by evaluators who blog. I have a post coming up on Monday, so I wanted to have a fresh post on here.