Too many TED talks. Too little time. Here’s some I’ve come across over the last few months to share with how-matters.org readers. [...]
Archive for the ‘Reflection & Rumination’ Category
December 7th, 2011 - 10:01 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Accountability in all the wrong places
When we reduce accountability to abstract concepts or empty exercises that are, if we are honest, ultimately about reporting funding expenditures to donors, we miss the point. [...]
November 26th, 2011 - 8:33 am § in Reflection & Rumination
Hallowed Halls or Ghost Towns?
Are aid workers fighting while propagating the very organizations in which they serve? It’s as if the perpetuation of the institutions themselves slowly, silently becomes what consumes people, rather than the needs and priorities of those they are ultimately meant to serve.[...]
November 17th, 2011 - 12:41 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination
Random Nomad
Link to my interview in The Displaced Nation: "RANDOM NOMAD: Jennifer Lentfer, International Aid Consultant, Writer & Blogger"[...]
November 12th, 2011 - 7:57 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Hillary, Julia, Stoves Won’t Save the World
On World Pneumonia Day, I ask what has become of The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves a year later. Why has yet another “silver bullet” failed to make a difference for those in the developing world?[...]
October 24th, 2011 - 1:00 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Real Impact with Saeed Wame
Sharing my conversation with Saaed Wame, founder and director of local organization NACC in Malawi, on valuing community contributions, the challenges of child protection, and how numbers cannot portray the true value of his organization’s work.[...]
October 16th, 2011 - 11:25 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
The Value of Feasting
Does the food received at a village feast versus a distribution of flag-emblazoned sacks nourish differently? My contribution to the Blog Action Day 2011. [...]
