Tom Grayson

[Tom Grayson @tgrayson44]

Q2. A2
Young evaluators must be the change. As Gandhi said: "We must be the change we want to see happen in the world." Transformation requires truth & healing - "Being the Change".

[Tom Grayson @tgrayson44]

Influential evaluation requires knowledge of the program/project, and its culture or ethos. It also require the ability to build rapport and self-reflection.#Eval4Action

[Tom Grayson @tgrayson44]

Sara, excellent post. Your experience & practice in evaluation has given us a keen insight into the "pipe-dream". The pipe-dream is also evident in our evaluation practice here in the US. Yes, we are making in-roads.

[Tom Grayson @tgrayson44]

Why (Real) Participation Is A Still a Pipe-dream (So Far ) In My Evaluation Practice by Sara Vaca https://t.co/RLWq6TvBVF via @aeaweb

[Tom Grayson @tgrayson44]

@unfpa_eval @evaluationafdb @EES_Eval @Atayeshe @UNYouthEnvoy @YouthSDGs How might the AEA help in this effort?

[Tom Grayson @tgrayson44]

@antonina_rp Do we know who the power brokers are? If so, how could we ameliorate this situation?

[Tom Grayson @tgrayson44]

Is speaking truth to power an issue within the decision-making process?

[Antonina Rishko-Porcescu @antonina_rp]

A2: #Youth is a part of achieving of all and each of the #SDG🎯, and often they are underrepresented within the decision-making process 🏹 #YEvalChat 2/1

[Tom Grayson @tgrayson44]

The theme of the 2010 AEA conference was “evalution quality”. That was eighteen years ago. John Gargani quoted Pirsig in EVAL BLOG, "What the hell is quality? I'm perplexed by that question. I don't think that it can be measured because quality is not a thing. What do you think?