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Boundary Spanners and Thinking Partners
Christmas came early in 2020, as I had the chance to interview an awesome group of leaders from across the informal learning and science communication fields to learn about their experiences with research-practice partnerships (RPPs). My job was to learn about their...
Bringing EvalFest Resources to the Community: Visitor Studies Association Meeting 2019
EvalFest (EF) partners Karen Peterman, Jane Robertson, and Kim Kiesewetter headed to the Motor City in July for the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Visitor Studies Association (VSA) where they participated in two different sessions as presenters. The VSA conference was...
Evaluation use in Science Festivals
Drawing on data from surveys and interviews, the EvalFest team found high rates of evaluation use among its science festival partners across the United States. Recently published in Evaluation and Program Planning, this article uses data from festival team interviews...