Hello, my name is Keri Culver

​I am an international evaluator and writer.

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Through EvalMundi I evaluate foreign aid programs worldwide.  I also provide training in evaluation, field research, ethics, and other topics.  Learn More

My latest writing

Zero moment

Zero moment

Zero moment: that minuscule space in time before you do something that changes you forever. I’m a writer, and I think of myself as always having been one. But it’s not true. I have first, foremost and absolutely been a dedicated reader. I’ve got one, two, three or...

Moving the goals post

Moving the goals post

Featured pic from Mitchell Lawler on Unsplash Goalposts - goals - get it? The start of a year is an appropriate, if imperfect, time for looking at your goals and urging yourself forward. I think goals should be realistic but ambitious - after all, you only get one...

Done and to do: my writing year

Done and to do: my writing year

I came across a blog post today on the Brevity site, by Allison K. Williams, asking about one's writing year: what did you manage to accomplish? The novelty was the positive angle: not what did you promise yourself to do, and not get done, a set of questions I'm...