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Becoming an
Assessment
Storyteller
Learn how to plug your assessment data
into the stories you want told on your
campus.
By Sherry Woosley and Kurt Moderson
T
he best stories are fun, challenging, emotionally charged,
entertaining, and engaging. And the best storytellers draw
you in, hold your attention, and stay in your thoughts
long after they are finished. What if we aspired to become
storytellers to communicate our assessment results? What
kind of impact could we have on our students, our staffs, our programs,
and our profession?
Assessment data is generally shared in the context of scientific
research, with the assessment expert providing bits and pieces of
data to a passive audience. Stemming from a long research tradition,
presentations are typically organized by the traditional model of
a review of previous research, methods, results, limitations, and
implications. Even when these presentations are well done, the
audience often struggles to maintain a focus or to relate the projects to
the practical work of their daily lives. Is it any wonder that the power of
assessment is often not realized?
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - September/October 2013
Talking Stick - September/October 2013
Contents
New Member Highlight
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Business Operations
Facilities
Calendar
Becoming an Assessment Storyteller
The Quintessential Professional
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
New Members
Snapshot
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Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Cover2
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 1
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 2
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Contents
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - New Member Highlight
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 5
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Vision
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 7
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Just In
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 9
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 10
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 11
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 12
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Transitions
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 15
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Res Life
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 17
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 18
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 19
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Business Operations
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 21
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 22
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 23
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Facilities
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 25
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - 26
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Calendar
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Becoming an Assessment Storyteller
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Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - The Quintessential Professional
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Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - First Takes
Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Reporting Out
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Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - New Members
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Talking Stick - September/October 2013 - Snapshot
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