New at Evaluation 2025! Catch 20-minute demos from leading companies in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday, November 13, and Friday, November 14. Discover the latest tools, innovations, and real-world applications with our brand-new Demo Theaters.
Featured Demonstrations
Theater Schedule
Featured Demonstrations
Thursday, November 13
Cultivating Connection: Transforming Findings Into Meaningful Conversations
Rajiv Ramdat | 12:40 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CT
Presenting your work is more than sharing results -- it’s an act of connection and leadership. This session invites evaluators to explore how self-awareness, values, and coaching principles can enhance their communication and presence during poster sessions and professional exchanges. Through guided reflection and practical exercises, participants will develop strategies to articulate their work with confidence, engage others with clarity, and build professional relationships that extend beyond the event.
Thuja
Tyreek Houston | 1:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT
This demo introduces Thuja. Thuja is building a feedback intelligence platform that helps teams collect authentic responses and verifies them. Just like Salesforce did for sales and Figma did for design, Thuja is doing for feedback. Watch how this next generation tool saves you countless hours of work and gathers feedback you can actually trust. We imagine a world where every important decision, from strategy to policy to evaluation, is grounded in real human truth.
The Community Tool Box: Resources for Participatory Evaluation
Christina Holt | 6:15 p.m. - 6:35 p.m. CT
This demo introduces the Community Tool Box—the world’s largest free online resource for community health and development. For over 30 years, the Tool Box has equipped millions of users worldwide with practical, evidence-based tools for creating, sustaining, and evaluating community and systems change. The demo will outline key features of the platform, including the sixteen toolkits, troubleshooting guides, online training modules, and more. Join us to learn how these accessible resources can strengthen efforts to promote health equity, drive sustainable change, and support participatory evaluation.
The Evaluation Couch Live Podcast at AEA: Making the Case for Evaluation
Maria Montenegro | 6:40 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. CT
Join Maria Montenegro for a LIVE conversation for her acclaimed podcast, The Evaluation Couch. On this episode, Maria will be joined by Nina Sabarre, Denise Baer, and Nathan Varnell to discuss how evaluators can explain and demonstrate the value of evaluation during a time of contested evidence, strained humanitarian systems, and rapid technological change. The speakers will share how they are navigating these challenges in real time, and explore ways to build trust, shift narratives, and make evaluation indispensable again.
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Friday, November 14
Let's Talk About Graduate School
John Lavelle | 1:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT
Whether it's you're first time attending or you're returning after being in the work force, graduate school is a big undertaking! This short talk will cover some of the important components about preparing for graduate school including selecting a program, writing a letter of intent, balancing academics and work, and choosing a project topic that works for you.
Theater Schedule
| Thursday |
| 12:40 - 1:00 p.m. |
Cultivating Connection: Transforming Findings Into Meaningful Conversations |
| 1:10 - 1:30 p.m. |
Thuja |
| 6:15 - 6:35 p.m. |
The Community Tool Box: Resources for Participatory Evaluation |
| 6:40 - 7:30 p.m. |
The Evaluation Couch Live Podcast at AEA: Making the Case for Evaluation |
| Friday |
| 1:10 - 1:30 p.m. |
Let's Talk About Graduate School |