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“This is the evaluation book we’ve been waiting for! A must-read for all learning and working in the field.” –Amanda M. Olejarski, West Chester University Evaluation Failures: 22 Tales of Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned is a candid collection of stories from seasoned evaluators from a variety of sectors sharing professional mistakes they have made in the past, and what they learned moving forward. As the only book of its kind, editor Kylie Hutchinson has collected a series of engaging, real-life examples that are both entertaining and informative. Each story offers universal lessons as takeaways, and discussion questions for reflective practice. The book is the perfect companion to anyone working in the evaluation field, and to instructors of program evaluation courses who want to bring the real world into their classroom. Available with Perusall—an eBook that makes it easier to prepare for class Perusall is an award-winning eBook platform featuring social annotation tools that allow students and instructors to collaboratively mark up and discuss their SAGE textbook. Backed by research and supported by technological innovations developed at Harvard University, this process of learning through collaborative annotation keeps your students engaged and makes teaching easier and more effective. Learn more.
That Alien Feeling : Engaging All Stakeholders in the Universe
That Alien Feeling : Engaging All Stakeholders in the Universe
Hallie Preskill, PhD, is a managing director at FSG, where she leads the firm’s Strategic Learning and Evaluation practice.

Richard Brown
As I listened to one of the evaluation stakeholders yelling at me over the phone, I wondered why he was so furious with me. Unfortunately, my response to him got me into deeper trouble. I’d like to share a story about a time early in my career, when I failed to engage a key group of stakeholders in an evaluation, and the profound impact it has had on my evaluation thinking and practice ever since then.
About Me
I fell in love with evaluation in 1979, two classes into my first evaluation course. After doing a year-long ...