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  • Using Space and Place to Enhance Program Evaluation

    • 06/13/2023
    • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Virtual
    • 18 registrants
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    Please note: If you are a non-GBEN member, this event costs $10. GBEN members, make sure you're logged into the website before registering!

    How can we use space and place to enhance program evaluations designed for the public good? We will discuss the ways geography and its concepts of space and place allow us to see programs and results through different lenses. Evaluators will learn how and where geographic concepts inform traditional evaluation methodologies, like logic modeling. We will explore how geographic information helps answer evaluation questions and how to develop your own geographic information sources during an evaluation. We will learn a few easy-to-access introductory techniques for displaying and analyzing geographic information. Finally, we will discuss a few caveats for taking care of geographic data as an evaluator.

    Kathlene (Katie) Butler

    Katie is an environmental scientist and geographer who has been evaluating environmental programs and mining environmental data for more than 25 years. Katie has published over 30 program evaluations of EPA programs covering a broad range of environmental topics. Among others, she has evaluated programs designed to support underserved communities, enforce petroleum refinery compliance, protect drinking water safety, and effectively respond to natural disasters.

    Katie loves solving tricky environmental puzzles using interdisciplinary strategies. Katie started her career investigating the mysterious drainage of a large central Florida lake. As a US Peace Corps Volunteer, she developed the first-ever monitoring and evaluation plan for an internationally protected wetland site in the Moroccan Middle Atlas Mountains. Katie led the US Environmental Protection Agency’s oversight effort to determine what went wrong in the Flint, Michigan drinking water crisis and led the oversight effort to develop strategies for improving drinking water services in Puerto Rico following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Katie holds master’s degrees in environmental engineering sciences and geographic information sciences and has conducted academic research ranging from the ancient (paleolimnology) to the futuristic (satellite remote sensing). Katie founded the GeoLiteracy Project in 2021 to help people get better, faster environmental results using program evaluation techniques. 

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  • GBEN In-person Social Event

    • 06/26/2023
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • Night Shift Brewing - Everett Taproom (87 Santilli Hwy, Everett, MA 02149)
    • 2 registrants
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    Join us for our next in-person social event! One of the benefits of GBEN is its network of fun and accomplished evaluators! Come and mingle with other GBEN members at Night Shift Brewing - Everett Taproom.  We look forward to seeing you there!

    Night Shift Brewing - Everett Taproom (87 Santilli Hwy, Everett, MA 02149) is accessible via the Wellington stop (Orange line). Parking is available in a small lot or on the street. The event is mask-friendly. GBEN will purchase some shareable snacks, and attendees will be able to purchase their own beverages.

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