elizabethgrim

As an evaluation consultant and strategist, I enjoy reading the questions and response options. I feel like an investigative journalist, exploring new ways of asking questions and scrutinizing response options. Each survey brings a new adventure. Some are exhilarating and some are concerning. Most make me wonder whether we are collectively relying on surveys as a tool of convenience rather than relevance. This blog shares guiding questions to ask when considering developing a survey.

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Have you seen the new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope? By viewing the same information through a different lens or perspective, we experience the world in a new way. We see a different level of detail, which presents new possibilities, questions, & learning. This is not just relevant to astronomy, it is a great lesson for evaluation too!

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One year ago, I filed my LLC paperwork. Two weeks later, I gave notice at my full time job. Two weeks after that, I said goodbye to my old position. This post describes and celebrates the process of stepping into solopreneurship.

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In reply to E Broadbent.

Hello, thanks for your comment! I found this Insider article to be interesting: https://www.businessinsider.com/political-language-rhetoric-framing-messaging-lakoff-luntz-2017-8

Thanks for letting me know about the Rider resource. It looks like it may have been removed from their website.

Hi
I’m part of a church group discussing ways to defuse political discourse with those we may disagree with – and we’re hoping to find examples of common language “trigger words” that immediately shut down connection and understanding. Many of us realize that as “progressives” living mostly in metropolitan areas, it’s too easy to feel that the gifts of education and our cultural sympathies end up causing a bit of a superiority complex which leads to condescension in our treatment of fellow citizens who we identify as “red-state”, Trump voters, etc.
Do you know of any discussions on this topic and maybe even lists such as the one above contrasting Inclusive with less-inclusive language?
Also… I noted that one of the links in the “Additional Resources” list seems incorrect:
“Using inclusive language Guidelines and examples” links to the home page for Rider University (https://www.rider.edu). If you know where I can find the intended article, I’d appreciate it.
Thanks very much!