David Fetterman - Ignite Lecture - Empowerment Evaluation

AEA Ignite Lecture.  David Fetterman was invited to present an Ignite Lecture at the American Evaluation Association annual meeting.  His talk was titled:  Empowerment Evaluation.

An Ignite lecture is a talk about a topic of interest using 20 slides and presented in 5 minutes.  It is fast and designed to spark your imagination and stimulate your interest in the subject matter.

The lecture provides a useful (albeit rapid) introduction to empowerment evaluation.  Additional information is available at the collaborative, participatory, and empowerment evaluation web site and this blog.

Key publications include:

• Fetterman, D.M., Deitz, J., and Gesundheit, N. (2010).  Empowerment evaluation:  a collaborative approach to evaluating and transforming a medical school curriculum.  Academic Medicine, 85(5):813-820.
• Cox PJ, Keener D, Woodard T, Wandersman A. (2009).  Evaluation for Improvement: A Seven Step Empowerment Evaluation Approach for Violence Prevention Organizations. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Fetterman, D.M. and Wandersman, A. (2007) Empowerment evaluation:  yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  American Journal of Evaluation, 28(2):179-198.
• Fetterman, D.M. and Wandersman, A. (eds).  (2005).  Empowerment evaluation principles in practice. New York: Guilford Publications.
• Fetterman, D.M. (2001).  Foundations of empowerment evaluation.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Fetterman, D.M., Kaftarian, S. and Wandersman, A. (1996).  Empowerment evaluation:  knowledge and tools for self-assessment and accountability.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

A new empowerment evaluation book is in press and titled:

• Fetterman, D.M. (in press).  Empowerment evaluation in the digital villages:  Hewlett Packard's $15 race toward social justice.  Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Contact Dr. Fetterman and Dr. Abraham Wandersman for additional information.