Hallie Preskill
Biographic Data
| ID | 4169969 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hallie Preskill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hallie |
| FAMILY NAME | Preskill |
| SIGNATURE | PRESKILL H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Claremont Graduate University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 28 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
TFR 15.3 Full Issue
FIGURE 2 Elements of the EEFIt feels like there's no end to this...the different themes that you can explore and the growth that can happen.I can't overstate how foundational the territory is that we've gone through together...it's so fundamental to how we think about our practice around learning.And personally, I've picked up a lot of ways of working... how we come together as a group and talk and bring our full humanity to discussions
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The Foundation Review 8.2 Full Issue
The Foundation Review
Executive Summary
In the 21st century, large new foundations have devoted substantial resources to reforming schools systems by advancing school choice and increasing accountability. One of the Walton Family Foundation's goals is to reform the American K-12 education system by increasing the number of high-quality schools available to low-income students. One of its signature strategies has been to support charter schools. This article presents the findings of a s…
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Now for the Hard Stuff
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A Multidisciplinary Model of Evaluation Capacity Building
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An Exploratory Study of Process Use
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Evaluation and Organizational Learning
Coming Around Again
A Multidisciplinary Model of Evaluation Capacity Building
Evaluation capacity building (ECB) has become a hot topic of conversation, activity, and study within the evaluation field. Seeking to enhance stakeholders' understanding of evaluation concepts and practices, and in an effort to create evaluation cultures, organizations have been implementing a variety of strategies to help their members learn from and about evaluation. Though there is a great deal of ECB occurring in a wide range of organization…
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An Exploratory Study of Process Use
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the notion of process use, that is, in understanding the ways in which individuals learn about the evaluand, evaluation practice, and each other, from their involvement in an evaluation study. As a form of social constructivism, process use is most closely related to participatory and collaborative evaluation approaches. The purpose of this article is to report the results of an exploratory st…
Evaluation's Second Act
Imagine a world where evaluation is a social epidemic . . . where individuals, groups, organizations, and communities are constantly learning about and from evaluations. The author believes that we are well on our way to creating a “global cascade” of evaluative thinking and practice. Evidence of this phenomenon can be seen in the field's increasing commitment to evaluation capacity building and participatory evaluation approaches and the expandi…
Now for the Hard Stuff
Though several excellent literature reviews and research syntheses have been conducted, and thoughtful frameworks and models have been proposed, I believe it is time for the evaluation field to tackle the “hard stuff” of evaluation capacity building (ECB). This entails engaging staff in ECB activities, building the evaluation capacity of leaders, focusing on learning transfer, and evaluating ECB efforts. In this brief article, I describe these fo…
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Redefining Expectations for Place-based Philanthropy
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Learning From an Adaptive-Consultative Approach
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The use of photography in evaluating school culture1
As an increasing number of educational institutions respond to the call for reform by experimenting with new structures, practices, and processes, it becomes critical that researchers and evaluators study the cultures in which these reforms are taking place. Only with a contextual understanding of the whys and ways in which people respond to change will we be able to improve education and maximize the effects of various educational reform strateg…
The use of photography in evaluating school culture1
As an increasing number of educational institutions respond to the call for reform by experimenting with new structures, practices, and processes, it becomes critical that researchers and evaluators study the cultures in which these reforms are taking place. Only with a contextual understanding of the whys and ways in which people respond to change will we be able to improve education and maximize the effects of various educational reform strateg…
Evaluative Inquiry for Learning in Organizations
'Evaluative Inquiry for Learning in Organizations' shows a way to conduct evaluative inquiry in any kind of organisation. The approach is data-based, and the focus on use within organisations
Coming Around Again
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Evaluation and Organizational Learning
An Exploratory Study of Process Use
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the notion of process use, that is, in understanding the ways in which individuals learn about the evaluand, evaluation practice, and each other, from their involvement in an evaluation study. As a form of social constructivism, process use is most closely related to participatory and collaborative evaluation approaches. The purpose of this article is to report the results of an exploratory st…
Developing an Evaluation System for the Corporate Education Development and Training (Cedt) Department at Sandia National Laboratories
Evaluation's Second Act
Imagine a world where evaluation is a social epidemic . . . where individuals, groups, organizations, and communities are constantly learning about and from evaluations. The author believes that we are well on our way to creating a “global cascade” of evaluative thinking and practice. Evidence of this phenomenon can be seen in the field's increasing commitment to evaluation capacity building and participatory evaluation approaches and the expandi…
A Multidisciplinary Model of Evaluation Capacity Building
Evaluation capacity building (ECB) has become a hot topic of conversation, activity, and study within the evaluation field. Seeking to enhance stakeholders' understanding of evaluation concepts and practices, and in an effort to create evaluation cultures, organizations have been implementing a variety of strategies to help their members learn from and about evaluation. Though there is a great deal of ECB occurring in a wide range of organization…
Insights into Evaluation Capacity Building
Evaluation capacity building (ECB) is a topic of great interest to many organizations as they face increasing demands for accountability and evidence-based practices. While many evaluators are engaged in evaluation capacity building activities and processes with a wide variety of organizations, we still know very little about whose capacity is being built, what strategies are being used, and the overall effectiveness of these efforts. To explore …
Learning From an Adaptive-Consultative Approach
This article describes a creative relationship between the Ball Foundation and the Rowland Unified School District.The approach was adopted by the Ball Foundation when they observed that grantees who had a closer relationship with them were more successful than those who had a more traditional relationship with them.• Based on the concept of "adaptive leadership," the relationship allows for flexibility and a more collaborative approach between t…
Now for the Hard Stuff
Though several excellent literature reviews and research syntheses have been conducted, and thoughtful frameworks and models have been proposed, I believe it is time for the evaluation field to tackle the “hard stuff” of evaluation capacity building (ECB). This entails engaging staff in ECB activities, building the evaluation capacity of leaders, focusing on learning transfer, and evaluating ECB efforts. In this brief article, I describe these fo…
Executive Summary
In the 21st century, large new foundations have devoted substantial resources to reforming schools systems by advancing school choice and increasing accountability. One of the Walton Family Foundation's goals is to reform the American K-12 education system by increasing the number of high-quality schools available to low-income students. One of its signature strategies has been to support charter schools. This article presents the findings of a s…
Redefining Expectations for Place-based Philanthropy
This article discusses how The California Endowment has used a midcourse strategic review to refine Building Healthy Communities, aiming to provide insight for other place-based initiatives and to add to the body of knowledge about how to support transformative community change. With Building Healthy Communities, the endowment is taking a new approach to community change using a dual strategy to build community capacity in 14 places and scale the…
Full Issue
In the Bay-area, a place on the cutting edge of family giving, some of the country's most experienced and entrepreneurial donors will join with national thought leaders for a deep-dive dialogue about a perennial pushpull in family philanthropy
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This article shares insights and implications generated at a convening titled Is This a Better Place? The Art and Science of Place Evaluation. Participants included funders, evaluators, and community partners who came to discuss and share effective learning practices and the role of evaluation in place-based work. Place-based work requires a long-term investment in collaborative partnerships to create, nurture, and sustain local and systemic chan…
Full Issue
This article examines the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan's launch of a broad-based, multilayered strategy to promote youth leadership in the region, and showcases what can be accomplished when foundations invest in such strategies. In partnership with the University of Michigan School of Social Work and the Dorothy A. Johnson
The Foundation Review 8.2 Full Issue
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This issue of The Foundation Review offers new insights into the growing field of global community philanthropy. Several articles look more deeply into specific nations: retrospective assessments of the development of community giving in Vietnam and Russia sit alongside a more theoretical reflection grounded in the South African experience of community giving as a vehicle for consciousness-raising. This issue also offers more practical assessment…
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helping you define your philanthropic purpose offering detailed guidance to ensure that the assets you dedicate to charity are disbursed as you intend outlining common pitfalls, relevant tradeoffs, and successful strategies used by other donors
Full Issue
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Building a Culture of Learning
Many social sector organizations are looking to balance their strategic plans with an ability to respond more quickly to change as it unfolds in their communities. For many years — but gaining particular urgency in 2015 — Kaiser Permanente Community Health saw a need to better understand the progress and impact of its portfolio and use its data to adapt strategy in response to its changing context. To increase its capacity for strategic learning,…
Full Issue #11.1
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Full Issue #11.2 on Collaborative Learning
describe the Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative, a multiyear collaboration of 17 funders in Los Angeles County, California, that supports nonprofit organizations to collaborate and restructure in a variety of forms. As the initiative evolved, its evaluation and learning system had to have the ability to evolve with it. This article presents key design aspects of the system, describes how it evolved over time, and shares insights and learnings
Political science (24 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (12 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Business (8 works) · Knowledge management (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Engineering ethics (5 works)