The OAS in the time of reform: Stories’ role in institutional change
Changing an organization means changing how you tell your story.
Changing an organization means changing how you tell your story.
How to avoid feeling defeated before you go out and save the world (and while doing it)
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the Humanitarians of Tinder’s photos must be worth so much more.
What should employers do when they come across voluntourism experience on a resume? (A more and more frequent phenomenon)
“The presenting problem and the real (or underlying) problem are different.” Joe Shaffner on Peter Block’s book, “Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used.”
What level of nuance do we need to cover to accurately represent a unique individual when reaching large audiences?
“We…expect our pound of flesh. But rather than give aid workers the tools to do the job that is needed, we treat them with suspicion that they are incapable or weak when they need help.” A guest post by Weh Yeoh.
Guest blogger Akhila Kolisetty on the “NGOization” of grassroots social movements and the way forward.
Guest blogger Koissaba B.R. Ole writes that while researchers grapple with theories and frameworks to explain the causes of communities’ challenges, development practitioners are right at the midst of them.
If you could write a letter that would help thousands of other aid workers, what would you say?
“You can’t build relationships on a pie chart or a graph.” Guest post by David Peck of SoChange
“Maybe the aid world’s obsession with ‘happy stories’ is precisely what drives us away from learning what we must before we can succeed.” A guest post by Marc Maxson on the GlobalGiving’s Storytelling Project’s new online tools.
Guest blogger Barongo ba Kafuuzi Ateenyi argues that aid’s failures should not be blamed on the initiators of the projects—the foreigners—but the very home country systems that compromise its people.
Isaac Roy Kyeyune of FIND Partners International in Uganda shares his best advice on how organization can get through resource-constrained times.