Our evaluation team offered a new training on 'navigating the Institutional Review Board (IRB)' for Ag&Natural Resources extension professionals. This training was designed based on several requests from our county extension professionals. kit alviz

Had a wonderful time sharing my grad school & career experiences in the U.S. with extension education grad students in India. It was a great opportunity to interact with students about grad school & career opportunities in extension education and evaluation. Ag&Natural Resources CA&ES, UC Davis

Traveling to the American Evaluation Association (#eval24) conference to present a panel, a roundtable, and three posters from my work. Please join our sessions if the topics are of interest to you. ⁦⁦Ag&Natural Resources⁩ ⁦⁦CA&ES, UC Davis⁩ ⁦UC Davis Human Ecology⁩

Our team presented two posters at the American Evaluation Association (#Eval24) conference today. We presented our approach for extension evaluation capacity building in California and the western region. ⁦Ag&Natural Resources⁩ ⁦⁦CA&ES, UC Davis⁩ ⁦UC Davis Human Ecology⁩

Thrilled to receive American Evaluation Association's team award for “Excellence in Extension Evaluation Training” at the #Eval24 conference. Thanks to the colleagues who nominated our Ag&Natural Resources Extn Evaluation Capacity Building team for this award. CA&ES, UC Davis UC Davis Human Ecology

All set to present at the National Association of Extension Program & Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP) annual conference. If you are attending the conference, please join our sessions if the topics are of interest to you. Ag&Natural Resources CA&ES, UC Davis UC Davis Human Ecology

We offered a training on Use of Ripple Effects Mapping in Program Evaluation to Oregon State University extension professionals today. There was great participation and lot of discussion. Thank you kit alviz for leading this training. Ag&Natural Resources CA&ES, UC Davis UC Davis Human Ecology

My 'Excellence in Extension Staff Development Award' news in our organization’s social media post. CA&ES, UC Davis UC Davis Human Ecology

New paper in CalAg Journal. A survey of 505 California producers found that they play a central role in community wildfire risk management. The findings have implications for policy reforms & targeted extension programming. Preprint lnkd.in/g8uBwRz4. Ag&Natural Resources CA&ES, UC Davis

I had an opportunity to share my experiences of 'using focus groups in extension' with UA Fairbanks Extension 4-H professionals. I shared examples from my Ag&Natural Resources and other collaborative work. Thank you Dr. Alda Norris for the invitation! CA&ES, UC Davis UC Davis Human Ecology

For the first time at ⁦Ag&Natural Resources⁩ , we offered a capacity building training on ‘writing strong evaluation plans for grant proposals’ to our extension professionals. If you are interested in the training video, reach out to me.

We offered a training on 'Best Practices for Running Focus Groups' for the first time as part of the Ag&Natural Resources Extension Evaluation Capacity Building training series. Thanks to our guest speakers for sharing examples from their extension evaluation & research projects in CA and NM.

We offered a training on "Best Practices for Developing Surveys and Basics of Sampling Methods" for as part of the 2025 Ag&Natural Resources Extension Evaluation Capacity Building training series. Thanks to the guest speakers for sharing survey design and sampling examples from their projects.

We offered a training on "Using Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) Method in Program Evaluation" as part of the Ag&Natural Resources Extension Evaluation Capacity Building training series. Thanks to the guest speakers for sharing REM examples from their projects.

We offered a workshop on Theory of Change and Program Logic Models to Fall 2025 UC Davis Global Impact Fellows. Students worked on populating logic model templates with inputs, outputs, outcomes, indicators, and data collection methods.

All set for #Eval25. Join our sessions if the topics are of interest to you!