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Setting SMART, SMARTER, and SMARTIE Goals
How do you develop and examine the goals of your program? One model ACET often uses is the SMART framework. This framework includes five important attributes, which also can be framed as questions:
Assessing Your Community Readiness
How are you measuring your community readiness for your program?One model ACET often uses is the Community Readiness Model (CRM) developed by the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, and we have worked with this assessment for years.
Why Evaluate?
If you want to discover what’s working, evaluate. If you want to identify what can be improved, evaluate. If you want to show impact, evaluate.
Meet Maggi Seybold
ACET, Inc., is excited to welcome Maggi Seybold, who joined ACET this summer as the Assistant to Project Teams.
Meet Bree Zimmerman
ACET, Inc., is pleased to introduce Bree Zimmerman who joined ACET this summer as an Assistant to the Administrative Team!
Meet Mick Alvarez Flores
ACET, Inc., is delighted to introduce our new Graphic Designer Coordinator, Mick Alvarez Flores.
Continuous Quality Improvement
To evaluate your program, many evaluators use a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) or Quality Improvement (QI) approach.
4 Ways to Evaluate Effectively in a Virtual Environment
Creating effective evaluations virtually is important during a global pandemic. Here are 4 key ways we’ve discovered to make evaluation effective:
What We’ve Learned about Evaluating Effectively in a Virtual Environment
Before the pandemic, we conducted evaluation, facilitation, and other projects with a mix of in-person and virtual meetings.
We’re Celebrating 23 Years, and We’re Thankful
In 1998, Stella SiWan Zimmerman founded ACET, Inc., and began building a strong team. Today, ACET has seven employees and a group of consultants who provide high-quality, culturally tailored evaluation and consulting services.
Enhancing Program Fidelity in a Virtual Environment
Before the start of the pandemic, addressing program fidelity usually occurred in person. Since programs now happen mostly online, it’s critical to continue to enhance program fidelity in a virtual environment.
How Evaluation Can Create Sustainable Change
Sustainability happens when organizations strategize, plan for, and set systems in place. How? Consider these ideas:
Creating a Successful Small Business
Over the past two decades, I’ve learned a lot about organizational development, and I’m constantly learning. What makes an organization successful? What can we learn from past experiences and current input?
Strategies for Working Productively from Home
With many people working from home for months due to the global pandemic, finding ways to work productively can be a challenge.
Building Partnerships Virtually
In the past, most partnerships occurred through in-person meetings. Now with many individuals working remotely, this has changed how partnerships meet and make progress.
How Partnerships May Improve Your Program
At ACET, we evaluate many programs that involve partnerships as part of the funding requirements.
Meet Carlos Gallego
ACET, Inc., is excited to feature Carlos Gallego! For more than 20 years, we have had the opportunity to work with Carlos.
Meet Rachel Engh
ACET, Inc., is excited to introduce our newest Research Associate, Rachel Engh, who joined the team in March.
Conducting Focus Groups with Children and Youth
At ACET, we've conducted a number of focus groups with children and youth ranging in age from grades 2nd to 12th grade.
Humility as a Vehicle to Innovate
As evaluators, we work to ensure our evaluations address stakeholder needs.