For over 25 years, Dr. Fetterman has received accolades for his keynote presentations, workshops, evaluation projects, mentorship, and leadership in education, evaluation, teaching, medical education, and ethnography.
- "Congratulations. God bless you and your dedicated team and thumbs up for all that you do."
- "My evaluation skills were enhanced as a result of your workshops. I learned a lot from you. I am most appreciative to you for teaching me how to identify and track progress as well as the way you helped me to present information that captures the attention of the reader through graphs and charts."
Keynote Presentations
The power of David's work lies in how immediately useful and widely accessible it is. I have just completed my tenure as the Chair of the South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association, and as the 2011 Conference Chair I can attest to the fact that the participants were completely engaged in David's workshops and keynote address.
I am convinced that SAMEA will have to consider bringing David back for additional workshops on Empowerment Evaluation, since we had to turn so many away due to it being over-subscribed. One of the reasons for the success of the 2011 Conference was largely due to David's presence and inputs, and we are so very grateful that he found the time to support SAMEA in this way.
David not only preaches empowerment, but lives it as well - I spent much of my time with him asking questions and probing about his experiences and perspectives, and I found him open, engaging and extremely helpful and coach-like during our interactions.
Designing evaluations for the public sector (where I currently work) is difficult largely due to issues of complexity and the management of the demands of various stakeholders/partners. I think that using empowerment evaluation as a point of departure to evaluating complicated and complex public sector development programmes is an answer to this, since it focuses the attention on those for whom services are provided, and away from the complexity, other interests or stale methodological debates.
I have been inspired to immerse myself in the study and use of EE, and hope to share my experiences with other evaluators as I do so. Thanks once again to David for his work and his generous spirit.
Candice Morkel
M&E specialist (Public Sector)
South Africa
Invited Talks & Presentations
"Great presenter!"
"Made what could have been a complex topic very simple and practical."
"Enjoyed presentation and application to every day work! Thank you...Excellent work!"
- American Evaluation Association - Invited Presentations - audience responses
Dear Dr. Fetterman,
It was great to meet you this week in Arkansas. I really enjoyed your presentations. You helped make all the calculations and data gathering more practical and functional for me. All the personal examples and stories about your experience made your presentation excellent. I will look forward to any future meetings that you conduct for MISRGO.
Sincerely,
Joey Hinson
Project Director
Minority Initiative Sub-Recipient Research Grant Office
University of Arkanas at Pine Bluff
Workshops
- American Evaluation Association Workshop - participants
Dear Dr. Fetterman.
Thanks again, for your everlasting patience and concern with the sub-grantees during the 6th Annual Clearning the Air for Communities of Color Conference. You always have informative and inspirational material for our consideration. I'm sure I speak for the other attendees when I say that this workshop was comforting, as you gave us valuable information on how to present our work and how to relate to legislators (and others) concerning how extremely important our work is to the industry.
Thanks again for your concern and hard work!
Pastors Eddie and Carolyn Yarborough
Evaluation Projects
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - Knight Digital Media Center
Knight Case Studies Initiative
Senatorial Support - Academic Programs
Leadership in the Field
"The American Evaluation Association proudly recognizes David M. Fetterman for valued service as President and Board Member. Your leadership has both sustained and enriched this organization."
"David Fetterman, a division director at the Stanford University School of Medicine, received the Outstanding Higher Education Professional Award."
Dr. David Fetterman, director of the Policy Analysis and Evaluation Program at Stanford's School of Education, was told his students "raised $10,000 in his name for the computer lab at the Belle Haven Elementary School in east Menlo Park." The "inspiration for the fundraiser came from his lectures about wealthier schools that have access to computers and poorer schools that do not."
Dear Professor Fetterman,
Many thanks and appreciation for your excellent work and leadership in the field.
Shalom/Peace/Best Wishes.
Leonard Morgenbesser, Ph.D.
Albany, N.Y.
Teaching
Medical Education - Stanford University School of Medicine
Dear David,
Your evaluation efforts have been a monumental contribution to our educating and guiding these wonderful young men and women who desire to be the best doctors they can be. So the very least I can say is many thanks for your very meaningful efforts on behalf of ourmedical students!!! Very much appreciated!!!
Professor Oscar Salvatierra
Advising Dean
School of Medicine
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Dear David,
Kelly and I would like to thank you for sharing your passion for your work with the faculty attending our Clinical Teaching facilitator-training course in October. They were very interested in to hear your work in education and medical education. We are so gald you could join us and make a special contribution to their experience at Stanford.
With much gratitude,
Georgette, Stratos, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Stanford Faculty Development Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
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To: Senior Associate Dean & Associate Dean:
Re: Dr. David Fetterman
I wanted to send you both a quick note to let you know how helpful David Fetterman and his group has been to me and the department of surgery. He has faciliated a departmental retreat to talk about improving the clerkship, traveled to our non-Stanford sites to help with faculty training, and has always provided me with cumulative feedback and ideas on how we can continue to improve the clerkship. It has been an invaluable resource to me to have access to. Daivd is always responsive to my requests and provides me with the data and input I need. I have found it helpful to discuss new ideas with him. I am glad that we have access to his service and expertise and look forward to continuing to work with him in the future.
Dr. Sherry Wren
Director of Clerkships
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Chair, Faculty Senate
Stanford University School of Medicine
Chief of General Surgery, Palo Alto Veterans Administration, Palo Alto
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David,
All of the Stanford sites want you to come and work directly with them to help improve their teaching. The difference you made at Kaiser and SCVMC were visible and clearly effective.
Sincerely,
Dr. Sherry Wren
Director of Clerkships
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Chair, Faculty Senate
Stanford University School of Medicine
Chief of General Surgery, Palo Alto Veterans Administration, Palo Alto
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Dear David,
Please excuse the hyperbole, but I am truly overcome by your response to my e-mail. I have been at Stanford for a long time, and cannot think of any time in the past when I have been the recipient of such thoughtful and effective administrative action. You understood the situation perfectly, and engineered a great solution to what in the large picture is a trivial issue. Thank you so much.
With great respect.
Professor Emeritus Jerry Reaven
Endocrinologist
School of Medicine
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"David has made several site visits to assist clerkship directors in revising their orientations, syllabi, and student performance evaluations. End-of-clerkship evaluations demonstrate improved ratings as a result of feedback and coaching; narrative performance evaluations have improved in terms of completeness and level of detail."