EvaluLand - Episodes Tagged with “Independent Consulting”

38: Subcontracting with Dr. Tamara Hamai

Dana Linnell — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:00:00 -0500

I talked with Dr. Tamara Hamai of Hamai Consulting about contracting, subcontracting, and independent consulting in evaluation. We discussed the minor differences between contracting and subcontracting, cleared up a common misconception of what subcontracting relationships are like, how to get into subcontracting, and tips for setting up contracts.

Contact information:

Tamara Hamai
Hamai Consulting
assistant@hamaiconsulting.com
https://sustainableimpact.co

About Dr. Tamara Hamai:

Tamara Hamai, Ph.D., has dedicated her career to empowering organizations and rebuilding our global systems to encourage children’s holistic growth and well-being, from prenatal through the completion of higher education – especially those who are most vulnerable and facing the greatest challenges. In 2008, she founded Hamai Consulting as a platform to help organizations increase their impact, stability, and strength to make a bigger impact in children’s lives. Dr. Hamai’s work spans most aspects of child development, such as early childhood education, higher education, child welfare, parenting and discipline, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences. She has previously been featured by KTLA, KPIX CBS San Francisco, ABC 7 News, NBC Radio, American Psychological Association, Western Psychological Association, Institute for Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, American Evaluation Association, National Head Start Association, and several blogs. She is also a reviewer and on the Editorial Board for publications such as the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, Journal of Sexual Abuse, and the Journal of Child Custody.

Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/

27: Independent Consulting with Elizabeth Grim

Dana Linnell — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Elizabeth and I discuss her new independent consulting business (Elizabeth Grim Consulting LLC) and how she meets clients where they are, builds capacity and relationships, and leans into her values in the work. We also discuss Brene Brown's values exercise and another version of the exercise as a card deck, how we've embraced new ways of thinking about the world, and reporting in evaluation.

Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/

14: Coalition Evaluation

Dana Linnell — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:00:00 -0600

This episode I chat with Ann Webb Price and Susan Wolfe about coalition evaluation, partnering together in evaluation, the independent consulting TIG of AEA, and so much more!

Topics & Resources Mentioned:

How Ann and Susan started working together
What is coalition evaluation?
How coalition evaluation uses a systems approach
Advice for doing coalition evaluation, including not just "but why?" but "but why here?"
Community Coalition Action Theory, which one book they recommend is Ignite!
Tearless logic model approach
How they are adapting their approaches to Covid-19
Workshops on coalitions and evaluation
A new partnership: Positive Impact Consultants
The independent consulting TIG of the American Evaluation Association

Contact:

Ann Price: Community Evaluation Solutions, Positive Impact Consultants, and Twitter (@AnnWPrice)
Susan Wolfe: Susan Wolfe and Associates or email susan@susanwolfeandassociates.com/
EvaluLand: Website & Twitter (@EvaluLand)

About the guests:

Ann Webb Price: Ann Price is a community psychologist and evaluator based in Georgia. She helps community coalitions, and nonprofit and foundation leaders identify the root causes of social problems and harness their evidence in order to create real community change. Ann is active in AEA, mentors new and emerging evaluators through her office hours and the Independent Consulting IC Chats, and speaks and trains on evaluation and community coalitions. Ann blogs regularly about community coalitions, evaluation use, and evaluation for non-evaluators and in 2021 will launch her new podcast called Community Possibilities.

Susan Wolfe: Susan Wolfe enjoys evaluation work when it is complex and challenging while focusing on equity and social justice. She has been a Community Consultant with Susan Wolfe and Associates since 2009 where much of her work focuses on community coalitions. In 2020 she teamed up with Ann Webb Price and Kyrah K. Brown to co-edit an issue of New Directions for Evaluation – Evaluating Community Coalitions and Collaboratives.

Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/