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The Evaluation Couch

Maria Montenegro

Welcome to The Evaluation Couch, where we discuss topics related to evaluation and navigating a career in evaluation. In this space, I will share about my evaluation journey, share tips from my career advising and management experience, and invite other evaluators to hear about their perspectives. My goal is to continue promoting the use of evaluation and help evaluators build the careers they deserve.

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72 episodes

  1. 71. Stop Applying with an Entry-Level Mindset: Positioning Yourself for Evaluation Manager and Director Roles 33:02
  2. 70. Your Relationship With Evaluation Gurus And Why It Matters For Your Career 23:49
  3. 69. Seven Strategies to Prepare For a Potential Layoff 16:43
  4. 68. How Evaluators Answer "What Do You Do?" Live from C2026 16:31
  5. 67. How Amy Built Career Clarity and Landed a Director-Level Evaluation Role 30:10
  6. 66. Too Junior for Senior Roles, Too Senior For Junior Ones? How Hairat Found Her Way 18:52
  7. 65. Women in Evaluation | How Doaa Abou Hussein Built a Pro-Palestine, Impact-Driven Consulting Firm 50:33
  8. 64. Women in Evaluation | Feminist Evaluation, Caregiving, and Identity with Claudia Olavarría 59:14
  9. 63. One Year On: Rebuilding After Career Disruption and Launching a Business with Beeta Tahmassebi 54:59
  10. 62. One Year On: Resiliency, Advocacy, and CES Leadership with Matt Sanscartier 39:07
  11. 61. One Year On: Leading AEA Through The Inflection Point with Karen Jackson 37:59
  12. 60. Making Learning Real in MEL with Florence Randari 43:41
  13. 59. Six Strategies That Accelerated My Evaluation Career 36:56
  14. 58. Personality Types and Leadership in Evaluation 36:19
  15. 57. How AI Is Transforming Evaluation Consulting with Slavica Stevanovic 44:03
  16. 56. Visibility Through Consistency: Cecilia Eva Beloqui's LinkedIn Journey 26:57
  17. 55. An Evaluator's Journey into Portfolio Careers: Mishkah Teladia's Story 46:20
  18. 54. Embracing Portfolio Careers With Kelsi Kriitmaa 45:20
  19. 53. Making The Case For Evaluation (Live from Eval25) 43:42
  20. 52. Owning Your Path: Mahesh's Career Story 27:32
  21. 51. Interviewing With Your Edge Part 2 45:02
  22. 50. Interviewing With Your Edge Part 1 34:34
  23. 49. Your Career Logic Model 36:57
  24. 48. The 6 Myths That Hold Evaluators Back In Their Careers 38:56
  25. 47. Feeling Like an Imposter as an Evaluator with John LaVelle 48:55
  26. 46. Building Your Consulting Sales Pipeline with Paul Bakker 36:42
  27. 45. Turning Learning Into Action: Building Evaluation Capacity with Allison Prieur 39:55
  28. 44. Three Times I Almost Stand In The Way Of My Own Career Growth 27:28
  29. 43. Why and How To Detach Your Identity From Your Job Title 31:07
  30. 42. Redefining Compensation Practices in Evaluation: A Conversation with Corey Newhouse and Komani Cedano 49:30
  31. 41. From Passive to Proactive: Improving Your Job Search Strategy 28:25
  32. 40. Reflections from the Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge (EC3) 30:26
  33. 39. The PhD Dilemma: My Experience In Academia 42:33
  34. 38. Five Career Reminders Grief Has Given Me 30:16
  35. 37. Cathexis Consulting on Being a B Corp 40:34
  36. 36. Work-Life Integration in Evaluation: A Conversation With Giovanna Montagner 31:42
  37. 35. Becoming a Credentialed Evaluator: Would I Do It Over? 40:50
  38. 34. Growing Your Career with Evaluation Competencies 33:52
  39. 33. Leaders Transforming Evaluation Workplaces: Nina Sabarre 35:16
  40. 32. Leaders Transforming Evaluation Workplaces: Monique Liston 32:46
  41. 31. Leaders Transforming Evaluation Workplaces: Kat Haugh 35:00
  42. 30. Transitions Across Sectors with Eric Barela 38:53
  43. 29. Ratiba's Learnings From Navigating Uncertainty in International Development 40:44
  44. 28. Transitioning to Corporate Philanthropy with Veronica Olazabal 41:23
  45. 27. Building Community: A Dialogue on Values and Collaborative Reflective Practice 34:42
  46. 26. The Power of Community in Our Careers: A Conversation with Torriel Harris 39:00
  47. 25. Navigating Salary Negotiations as a Woman 37:29
  48. 24. The Evaluation Hiring Perspective: Resume Myths and Tips 45:11
  49. 23. Writing Cover Letters 26:42
  50. 22. Knocking On Other Doors 34:55