The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University maintains a directory of past Evaluation Cafe presentations for instructional purposes.
"Combining needs assessment plus with theory-based evaluation: A Hawaiian excursion beyond the deficit mode"
Date: Sept. 8, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Jane Davidson, associate director, The Evaluation Center and assistant professor of sociology, WMU
"Measuring the impact of electronic business systems at the defense logistics agency: Lessons learned from three evaluations"
Date: Sept. 22, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan A. Morell, senior policy analyst, Altarum
"Monitoring and evaluation for cost-effectiveness in development management"
Date: Oct. 7, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Paul Clements, associate professor, Department of Political Science, WMU
"The rural systemic initiatives study"
Date: Oct. 30, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Jerry Horn, principal research associate, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Unfunded mandates as an opportunity for evaluability assessment: The evaluation of state-funded drug courts in Michigan"
Date: Nov. 13, 2003
Presenter: Dr. David Hartmann, professor of sociology and director of the Kercher Center for Social Research, WMU
"Towards an assessment-based registry of professional evaluator"
Date: Dec. 3, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Daniel Stufflebeam, Distinguished University Professor, WMU
"The global evaluation community, the Brazilian Evaluation Network and The Evaluation Center"
Date: Jan. 28, 2004
Presenter: Thomaz Chianca, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, WMU
"Interviewing techniques: An interactive workshop"
Date: Feb. 9, 2004
Presenter: Dr. Carolyn Sullins, senior research associate, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Public policy evaluation"
Date: Feb. 26, 2004
Presenter: John Risley, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, WMU
"Using Microsoft Project for evaluation planning, organizing and monitoring"
Date: April 8, 2004
Presenter: Chris Coryn, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D in evaluation program
"Evaluating Michigan’s alternative dispute resolution process"
Date: May 26, 2004
Presenter: Doug Van Epps, director, Office of Dispute Resolution, Michigan State Court Administrative Office
"Using evaluation checklists to guide good evaluation"
Date: May 21, 2004
Presenter: Lori Wingate, assistant to the director, The Evaluation Center, WMU