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Ignite Session 4

Thursday, November 13, 2025
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

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Presentations:

  • 3:45 PM - 3:50 PM CST
    Evaluating Systems Change: Testing Assumptions, Reflecting, and Building Capacity

    Presenter: Madeline LoBosco – Third Plateau

    Presenter: Zafreen Jaffery, Ed.D – Third Plateau

  • 3:55 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Evaluation of Vermont’s Domestic Violence Accountability Programming

    Presenter: Kitra Monnier, n/a

  • 4:00 PM - 4:05 PM CST
    Evaluation’s Echoes: Tips for communicating evaluation findings so key take-aways resonate beyond the core audience

    PD Workshop Presenter: Andrew MacDonald, MPP – ICF

    Presenter: Michael A. Vanic, M.S.Ed. – ICF

  • 4:05 PM - 4:10 PM CST
    Evolving Excellence: Leveraging Standard Operating Procedures

    Presenter: Cassandra Johnson, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Presenter: Heather Graham, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Chamapaign

  • 4:10 PM - 4:15 PM CST
    How a Shared Learning Agenda Can Build Collective Understanding of an Innovation Support Process

    PD Workshop Presenter: Kristin Kennedy – ETR

  • 4:15 PM - 4:20 PM CST
    I don't “agree” and I'm not neutral: the case against neutral and naked "agree” or “disagree" options in Likert survey items

    Presenter: Nathan Browning, M.A. – Kiaer Research

  • 4:25 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Incorporating AI Tools for Evaluations that Share Leadership and Support Communities

    Presenter: Maggie Jaeger, Ph.D.

    Presenter: Christopher Cox, Ph.D. – The Rucks Group, LLC

    Presenter: Emily Royse, Ph.D.

  • 4:30 PM - 4:35 PM CST
    Justice-focused strategies for re-envisioning STEM workforce development pathways for youth through inclusive interactions with an adult professional network of support

    PD Workshop Presenter: Evelyn G. Christian Ronning, Manager of Research and Evaluation, Science Museum of Minnesota – Science Museum of Minnesota

    Presenter: Evelyn G. Christian Ronning, Manager of Research and Evaluation, Science Museum of Minnesota – Science Museum of Minnesota

  • 4:35 PM - 4:40 PM CST
    Kindergarten Readiness for All: A Community Dialogue Through Data Gallery Walk.

    PD Workshop Presenter: Xuejin Lu, PHD

    Presenter: Mwila Mvula

  • 4:40 PM - 4:45 PM CST
    Listening to Parents, Transforming Communities: A Needs Assessment for One Knox

    Presenter: Jerri-ann B. Danso, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

    Presenter: Sara E. Hall, M.S. (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee, Knoxville