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Resume Blurb
• Development Project Management Institute (DPMI), May 2005
-Acquired Project Management skills for strategic partnering, project planning, implementation and evaluation, specifically logical framework analysis, result-framework, evaluation scope of work and planning matrix.
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DPMI participants develop the skills needed to design and monitor a basic development project. Specifically, participants learn to conduct logical framwork analyses and create results frameworks, while working closely with stakeholder groups. Participants also acquire the necessary competence to create and apply social entrepreneurship strategies—including inter-organizational partnering—to bring about meaningful and sustainable change in the lives of the very poor. Finally, in order to implement projects effectively, DPMI participants gain core skills for the training of trainers, for the resolution of conflicts through negotiation, and for helping stakeholder groups with their decision-making activities through skilled facilitation.
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Thanks to all for making the January DPMI training a success! Make sure to join the DPMI Linked In group when you have a chance. I wish you well in your future professional and academic endeavors! Salud, Carolyn
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It was a pleasure meeting and working with all of you! Good luck and I hope our paths cross in the future! ~Michelle
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Hey All, This was a career path changing J-Term:) I would love to keep in touch. Find me on FB. - Tina Novero
Great presentations everyone!
I would like to invite you ALL to my house for a going-away/ hanging out party at 7:30 tonight. I live at 298 Watson Street just 2 blocks up from campus.
If you would like to bring snacks or drinks to share you are most welcome.
I look forward to seeing you all!
Heather :-)
ATTN MIIS students and community: For those of you who are going to be in town 2/5, Wanda Hall, a MIIS alumni is going to be speaking in McGowan room 102, 411 Pacific Street from 1-3.
Check out the image, or ask me to fwd. you the email from Bob Cole.
-Kiersten (chongo.lovah@gmail.com)
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Just to report that for those of you who would like to see/hear my feedback comments on your facilitation videos, they are on your voice thread page except for Teams E and F. I couldn't find a link to Voice Thread so I posted my comments right on your team page. Claudia
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I wanted to let everyone know that my Haitian son Fenel finally called me today. He survived the earthquake and as many others is slepping outside in a school courtyard still waiting for aid to get through. He is amazingly resilient. Thank you all for keeping Fenel and me in your thoughts and prayers. Hope you are loving this last week of DPMI! Claudia
Is anyone interested in taking over the Amnesty International group on campus? If so, speak to Leah.
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Hi everyone -
Evan has kindly volunteered to have a side session with some of career possibilities at the intersection of business and development. Please put your name down if you're interested. We'll pull Evan out at drinks tonight for the chat.
Interested people:
Marcella
Lesley
Kiersten
Jennifer Abrams
Emily Hanks
Tamara Birney
Melissa
Heather Smith
Elizabeth Edouard
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"Your whole life could be a survey... but at some point you got to eat." - Evan's quote of the day
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For anyone who wants to mingle with Conservation Leadership Practicum (CLP) participants and maybe some IPSSers, there is an informal happy hour occurring tonight. The CLP class will be heading down around 5, but they will still be around after we finish with class today.
Also, we will be holding the DPMI happy hour tomorrow...more details to follow.
- Aislinn
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Anyone want to join for Thai food tonight? I have been craving some Pad Thai:)
- Kiersten
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Tangerines/Clementines/Cuties are over next to the coffee! Gotta keep the Vitamin C up! ~Michelle
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Our career luncheon will take place on Thursday rather than on Tuesday (today) as originally announced. Please forgive any inconvenience caused by this change. ~Beryl
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I would like to go this weekend as well.-Valerie
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Acumen Fund's San Francisco Chapter is having an SF meeting this weekend on Jan 24th from 11am - 1pm. I will be going and it sounds like a couple of others (Jennifer, Kiersten and Lesley) are joining me! Feel free to join or let me know:
Date: January 24th @ 11am to 1pm
Address: One Rincon Hill, (425 First Street), Mezzanine Level, Corner of First and Harrison, SF, CA, 94105
Parking:There is plenty of street parking or valet in the garage for $5 per hour.
Purpose: Please join us for a 2010 planning session for Acumen Fund's SF Chapter. We will be discussing fundraising strategies, awareness events, and other ways we can better introduce the Acumen Fund to the SF Bay Area. We will be looking for active volunteers to build committees within the chapter. Please come with ideas and with projects of which you would like to take ownership.
If you'd like more information, join the Acumen Fund's online community at community.acumenfund.org (and friend me!)
- Marcella
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Abate- I and Rock are interested in Pact. Anyone else interested?
Kiersten- Marcella, Jennifer, Lesley and I are doing Acumen Fund if anyone wants to join
Heather- I will work on Conservation International with you, Aislinn.
Sara, Lauren, Michelle - Save the Children,
Reed - I'm interested in US Institute of Peace (USIP.org). Anyone else interested in pursuing this thread? clare is in!--
Melissa- Anyone interested in technoserve?
I think mine was erased in which case; Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are orgs Im interested in.-Karin
Elizabeth- Hey Josh and Leah! I would be interested in doing Totsan-Senegal!
Aislinn- Anyone interested in Conservation International?
Tina - Impact Alliance anyone?
Josh and I are doing Tostan (tostan.org) if anyone wants to join us for an amazing collaboration!
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Dear MIIS Community,
As you have all heard, there was a devastating earthquake in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti last Tuesday. A number of MIIS alumni are on the ground in Haiti, including in the capital city. In particular, Mary Lineberger, a MIIS MBA grad and former Special Programs Manager, has been working in Port-Au-Prince with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), along with two other MIIS alumni. We have received word that they are fine, and busy assessing needs and working hard.
In an effort to support the relief operations in Haiti and our extended MIIS community, a number of us have contributed to CRS operations in Haiti via their online donation page. As Mary was an active member of the Monterey Peninsula community, we will also be working to inform the community about ways they can support her work, too.
Catholic Relief Services was ranked by NPR this week as one of the best relief organizations in dealing with humanitarian crises. Additionally, they have an “A” rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy. Their work is purely relief based, and not predicated on religious grounds. If you'd like to join us in contributing to CRS’s work in Haiti, the link is: http://www.crs.org/. There are also many other inspiring organizations doing relief work in Haiti currently, such as the Red Cross, Mercy Corps, and Partners in Health.
Our hopes and prayers are with the people of Haiti, and those like Mary working tirelessly to do whatever they can given this catastrophic situation.
Amy Beck and Justin Maniar
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Over the course of this week, you will have a chance to do some additional work on your development philosophies. On Thursday morning, you will once again share with colleagues the product of your evolving thinking. Please be sure to listen to and respond to the two newest VoiceThreads if you haven't done so already: the
interview with USAID's new Administrator, and the
story on health care in West Africa (which may also be of interest as you do your work for Module 3). ~Beryl
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Shameless plug! For all the continuing students in DPMI, I have some books for sale on elearning.miis.edu (aka Moodle).
-Leah
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Thanks Willow for the note! I am going to look into it once I am 100% better; perhaps over the break next week. That is an awesome way to get involved locally, to impact globally.
Jennifer, I intern with an organization that bases its analysis off of the MIT Poverty Lab's stats. Check out
Rising International, based in Santa Cruz. In partnering with woman artisans, where the Lab deems it "worst to live as a woman", they are helping women help
themselves out of poverty through selling their crafts here in the States.
Such a cool org., and a way to see how the Lab is applied in real-world terms.
I look forward to seeing you guys tomorrow, and thank you for all the "get well" wishes,
Kiersten
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Hi guys, Jill Hofmann from the Red Cross would love to have any students volunteer for a phone-a-thon for the local Red Cross. Feel free to call her at 831-566-8841.
~Willow
Hello,
~Jennifer
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Friends-
As I take a quick look this morning at the videos you made I continue to be most pleased with your work. By the end of the weekend, I will have commented on all of them on Voice Thread. Congratulations!
Claudia
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A new
VoiceThread. While the content focuses on health care provision in West Africa, it is really about the extent to which market-driven approaches to development can resolve social problems. I hope the discussion will help you further refine your development philosophy.
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Don't forget that we will be doing some work on our development philosophy tomorrow. So, if time and interest permit, update your map and be prepared to share your work. ~Beryl
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If you're going to be in town please join me on Friday evening, January 15th,
El Palomar for SALSA DANCING! $10 @ 9pm to celebrate my b-day. Please grab your dancing shoes and come. The address is
724 Abrego St., Monterey. There is a class at 9:15 if you need to refreshen your skills. Hope to see you there!
-Karin 831 224 5631
Etherpad link for notes: http://etherpad.com/ocn5v2dGfb
Vietnam Country Group:
Angel, Clare, Dina, Marcaella, Aislinn, Roch, Karin
For a really quick and easy way to donate $10 to the Red Cross for Haiti you can text "HAITI" to 90999.
- Sara
Hi TABLE 2 from MODULE 1, DAY 3!
We would love your input on our indicators. If you navigate Module 1, 1-3, Ex- table 5, our indicators are highlighted in yellow for your convenience. We really appreciate all your comments.
Thanks,
Table 5
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Hi everyone! I would love to receive individual feedback on my performance as facilitator. Please comment on my Blog page. Thanks! ~Michelle
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Hi everyone from 1-3, table 5. Can we meet sometime today to finalize our indicators?
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If you ever need an excellent FREE video format program (that can convert .avi files to .mp4) here's a link that you'll find useful (if you have a PC or a PC virtual drive on your Mac).
The program is called Quick Media Converter. Video tutorials to help you use the program can be viewed here. Finally, if you are a PC person running XP or Vista and want to use a free video editor, consider downloading
Microsoft's Photo Story 3.
Windows Live Movie Maker is another optional download from the Microsoft site for Vista and Windows 7 users. ~Beryl
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Case studies for Afghanistan, Kenya, Peru, and Vietnam can be downloaded as a single file here. Please come to our session on Thursday having read the profile of the country you wish to work on during our upcoming two-day design exercise. ~Beryl
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Hi all,
I would love some feedback on my C-Map if you get a chance!
Thanks,
Sara
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http://www.empowerafricanchildren.org/spirit.asp
http://www.sunsetcenter.org/
DPMI reunion anyone?
1/31: Spirit of Uganda performance in Carmel
-Kiersten
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For those of you planning to participate in DPMI+, I've posted some updated information on requirements
here (scroll to the bottom of the page, please). ~Beryl
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Hi Sara,
I think getting together to work on the indicators is a good idea, I'm in.
Aislinn
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Hello -
Would anyone from Table 6 for the indicators exercise like to get together for some discussion and possible revision ideas based on the feedback we received?
Thanks,
Sara
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Friends-
Check out the Resource Page. I have inserted links to the Future Search video and more! ~ Claudia
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I had dinner with Madeline a day before leaving Washington for Monterey. She has used her DPMI skills well. ~ Claudia
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Thanks for sharing, Beryl. It is especially inspiring for me as an older DPMI participant!(50 is not so far away!) :)
I really enjoyed reading her thoughts.
~Jen H.
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Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. I received an email today from Madeline Umanek, a woman who completed DPMI in January 2006. Madeline subsequently served for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho. She is now working for Peace Corps/Washington as an education specialist. I've attached her
reflections on how she used DPMI skills in her field assignment. I found her
essay beautiful and moving. ~Beryl
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Hey Guys! Allie, Elizabeth, and I are going to Big Sur on Sunday to enjoy nature and see some redwoods. Everyone is invited. We are going to meet at Samson at 10 am on Sunday morning. Bring a lunch, and let us know if you are interested.
Emily 703.340.7842
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Hi everyone,
For those of us to whom facilitation skills and tools are new, there's a learning framework to put this into context:
1. UNconscious INcompetence - we don't know that we don't know so much about a topic
2. Conscious INcompetence - we then realize how much we don't know about the topic (I'm here I think!)
3. Conscious Competence - as we consciously learn more skills, we build competence, until, as we absorb the skills and they become natural, we gain...
4. UNconscious Competence. Where these competences are now a natural part of our usual being and we don't even notice them!
Enjoy and hope its helpful. Cheers - Marcella
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Per class today (Thursday, Module II) there are a few tools and concepts from the "Competency Assessment" that I would like to see more of, if not in class then at least some resources where I could find more information:
- Exit Surveys
- Designing & Implementing surveys
- Management Models
- Process Tools--is this the same thing we have gone over?
- and, of course, dealing with resistance non-defensively
Thanks!
-Clare
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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/06/hillary_clinton_on_development_in_the_21st_century
The link above is an awesome article on development by Hillary Clinton our Secretary of State. Enjoy everyone, its a good read! Best,
Angel
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I look forward to seeing you at Happy Hour later today. I have now finished posting my comments on your Table's submissions yesterday. These appear on the wiki page where you submitted your work. Here are a couple of general comments:
- Congratulations to you. You showed great creativity and insight in your approach to the exercise. Furthermore, the quality of the feedback you offered one another was definitely of professional caliber.
- The rationale is supposed to justify your selection of activities (as opposed to summarizing what you hope to achieve through the activities). In other words, you should show why you chose these activities as opposed to some others.
- Some of you identified you target groups in very generic terms (e.g., "civil servants"). However, you should try to be as specific as possible about who is included in the target group (e.g., lower court judges).
- Finally, I want to remind you again to focus on quick wins and staying within your manageable interests, which, in this case was an NGO with a $1.5 project for a three-year period.
~Beryl
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From Angel,
I posted this picture of a problem tree. I came across this while working in Guatemala. Guatemalan non-profit orgs would use an actual picture of a tree to collaboratively develop a problem tree with community groups.
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Day 4 Module 2-1 Notes:
Participatory Development
Traditional:
* heads of dev. Projects and beneficiaries not at same table
* each does not take the other into consideration
* communities informed through formal meetings where officers justify but do not modify
* donors in consultation with central gov – budgets and time tables makes it difficult for communities
Definition Of Participation:
Depends On:
-the theory of development
Participation as a means
Participation as an end
Levels of Participation (UNDP)
Partnership
Decision-making – ask stakeholders/citizens to make decisions
Consensus Building – calling together relevant stakeholders and get them to agree
Consultation – talking with reps of ngos in the area and asking them what they think about your project
Information – sharing plans
Manipulation
Principles of Participation (UNDP)
* the primacy of people
* people’s knowledge and skills – its wasted/we’re losing something if we don’t tap into them
* must empower women
* autonomy as opposed to control
* local actions vs. local response
* spontaneity – we need to build it into our projects – flexibility to new info and what is working or not
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Community Wall is now the wiki's homepage. ~Beryl
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So nice to move and see people's faces in this module!
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Attached to this page are two files that contain the DPMI J-Term 2010 Yearbook. ~Beryl
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Assessing Group Effectiveness: Do you think your quality of work is higher when working on your own or working within a group? Most thought group work produces a higher quality of work. However, many mentioned that this depends on the group dynamics, the quality of the group, and setting of the group or the topic/project being addressed by the group. Those who thought their individual work produced a higher quality of work mentioned that they needed time to process on their own, and that often times it is difficult to get everyone in a group on the same page.
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I just wanted to add to the list of improvements; maybe an introductory training on effective group work strategies, to help the teamwork deliverables go a little smoother so we utilize our time most effectively. -karin
IMPROVEMENTS
HALF DAY MOVED TO FRIDAY AND SHOULD BE IN THE MORNING
MORE MOVEMENT, NOT SITTING IN THE SAME PLACE ALL THE TIME
MORE INTERACTION WITH MORE PEOPLE
ANNOUNCE DAILY AGENDA BEFORE WE BEGIN CLASS AND FOLLOW IT
PUNCTUALITY AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF CLASS
SMALLER GROUPS
AFTER EACH EXERCISE, HAVE SOME TIME TO REVIEW INDIVIDUALLY
MORE TIME TO GET USED TO TECHNOLOGY
AFTER WE DO AN EXERCISE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN EXAMPLE
MORE COFFEE, MORE BAGELS
MORE VARIATION
CHANGE THE ROOM (HARD TO HEAR, BAD INTERNET CONNECTION)
MAKE HOMEWORK EASY TO FIND IN ONE SPOT
MORE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
MORE CONFIDENCE FROM PARTICIPANTS.
SHORTER DAYS (BUT DOES THAT MEAN YOU’RE WILLING TO HAVE AN EXTRA WEEK OF CLASS?)
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Would it be helpful to move this Wall to be DPMI's home page/welcoming page? Since the "Welcome and Tech Tips" is already static, and this is a key page to the group's collaboration, I thought it may be beneficial to switch the two. As they say, the fewer clicks the better! - Marcella
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As we will be doing a considerable amout of group work, please remember to be respectful of all group members by making an effort to understand their thoughts and to incorporate ideas of all team members into the group assignment.
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Happy Hour at Peter B's!
When: Thursday, January 7th
5:30pm
We can walk over after class tomorrow. If you want to stop by later, Peter B's is located behind the Portola Plaza hotel, near Indian Summer. Have a good night!
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Don't forget, please, to watch the Hans Rosling video (you can find it here) and visit the VoiceThread to comment. ~Beryl
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Here's the link to Justin Maniar's DPMI+ deliverables.
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Great work today, everyone. You're an incredibly talented group! This is a reminder that we have agreed to provide feedback to each other on the intervention design and indicator work you've done. Feedback is due by 9 am tomorrow morning. Here are the table pairings: 1-6; 2-5; 3-4. Place your feedback directly on the wiki page of your "partner group." Feel free to keep your comments concise. For feedback on the two indicators, please use the Indicator Assessment Tool. ~Beryl
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Hi Everyone,
Same here. I'm working on my C-map, and I would love some feedback.
Karin- I'll definately check yours out too!
Emily
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Hello Everyone,
Please check out my updated C-map and give feedback!
Thanks,
Karin
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For those of you interested in the organization I intern with, check it out. It is referenced in my voice thread, and is a new model of business, I believe, will revolutionize our traditional thoughts on eradicating poverty.
Happy Wednesday,
Kiersten
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Hey guys, this is a magazine I LOVE. This month they are featuring Intelligent Optimists that I find to inspire me. Check it out if you get a chance. This is a fantastic resource and source of encouragement- to know we are not alone in this fight for "creating long term change"!
One more link if you care to supplement.
Peace,
Kiersten
Nice to meet ya'll:)
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Use this space to speak your mind, share a resource, or make a suggestion. This is also the place to comment on blog entries. Sign your name or remain anonymous--it's up to you. Just be sure, please, to use some kind of border (for example, 3 dashes) so that it's easy to distinguish among postings. Newest submissions should appear at the top of the page.
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Hi Everyone,
A few of us are interesting in going to Big Sur on Sunday to see the redwoods and hike. We'll probably take a lunch and enjoy the day. If you are interested you can talk with Allie, Elizabeth, or I. We'll meet at 10 am at Samson Center on Sunday morning.
Emily - 703.340.7842
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Below is a good example I found of the Evaluation Wheel from the Internet. -Karin
Purpose
Evaluate different aspects in a visual way.
Steps
Decide upon criteria for evaluating (not too many)
Ask each individual to draw a wheel with the same number of spokes as criteria chosen. The spokes should be marked with the various criteria. The spokes represent a scale with low or zero at the centre and high or 10 at the edge.
Individuals should assess the process according to the various criteria and score each criterion by marking the spoke at the right point along the scale.
Example
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