As evaluators, we develop partnerships to build bridges between dedicated community members and funders. At the American Evaluation Association (AEA) nationa...

Many organizations and agencies seek to diversify their outreach. This is critical in creating culturally tailored programs and evaluations. Reducing dispari...

Facilitation is an integral part of the work that ACET engages in with many of our clients. Facilitation is more than management or team leadership, as Hunte...

How are you measuring your community readiness for your program? One model ACET often uses is the Community Readiness Model (CRM), and we have worked with th...

If you’ve already completed the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) assessment and are wondering what to do next, ACET can help. We assist organization...

ACET, Inc., has created a web-based, grant-alert tool where you can access grant opportunities that ACET finds for organizations like yours. ACET identifies ...

ACET, Inc., is pleased to introduce Lisa Perkins Smith, who joined ACET this spring as an Administrative Associate! Lisa brings her extensive experience in g...

ACET is wrapping up a project with the Minnesota Department of Human Services to assess the capacity of Minnesota Recovery Organizations to tailor services a...

Every evaluation involves working with a number of audiences. Communicating effectively with each audience is a key factor in creating a successful evaluatio...

Meghan Adams, MPH, is our newest Research Assistant who joined ACET in November. “I’m interested in public health because you can make a difference on a comm...

Evaluation and strategic planning go hand in hand. Some organizations already have a strategic plan and ask ACET, Inc., to build an evaluation plan from that...

April marks the 20th anniversary of Stella SiWan Zimmerman founding ACET, Inc. She started the company as an independent contractor, working from her apartme...

One of our Research Associates, Brad Krueger, had an opportunity to attend a discussion with national grantees from the CDC Good Health and Wellness in India...

Ashley Kitchen, Ph.D., is our newest Research Associate who joined ACET in March 2018. “I really like evaluation,” she says. “You get to work in the field of...

At ACET, we facilitate many meetings, and we work to create successful meetings that move meeting goals forward and keep everyone engaged. Here are three key...

ACET often works with communities that value oral traditions. Collecting and sharing information that’s visual often is an effective qualitative evaluation t...

For an evaluation to go well and be sustainable over time, it is essential to engage multiple stakeholder groups. Without a strategy, people can be surprised...

ACET, Inc., is proud to introduce our new Communications Editor, Jolene Roehlkepartain! Jolene is passionate about ACET’s focus on culturally tailored evalua...

At ACET, we lead many focus groups, and we build capacity with our clients so they can successfully lead focus groups and build capacity of others to facilit...

Surveys provide a rich array of information—when they’re designed well to minimize bias. We at ACET Inc., follow rigorous protocols so that the information r...