In order to build authentic relationships with grassroots organizations, these qualities, attitudes and abilities will really make a difference. (Part 1 of 3)[...]
Posts Tagged ‘capacity building’
February 21st, 2012 - 9:02 pm § in Good Practice
How to build strong relationships with grassroots organizations, Part 1 of 3
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise 1 Comment
February 14th, 2012 - 9:33 am § in Reflection & Rumination
On Love & Justice: A Valentine’s Day Reflection
We don’t talk about our hearts nearly enough in international aid. But this Valentine’s Day seems like a good time to do so. Sharing an excerpt from "The Love That Does Justice: Spiritual Activism in Dialogue With Social Science,” edited By Michael A. Edwards & Stephen G. Post[...]
Tags: Abraham Heschel, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Bishop Desmond Tutu, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, Cornel West, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Frank LaMere, international aid, international development, justice, love, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Michael A. Edwards, organizational development, philanthropy, self-awareness, social enterprise, Stephen G. Post, Valentine's Day No Comments
February 1st, 2012 - 8:00 am § in Good Practice
What changes as an organization gets stronger?
Sharing sixteen elements of an organization that change as it gets stronger. By Phil Bartle, PhD.[...]
Tags: Aaron Ausland, capacity building, civil society, community-based organizations, foreign aid, foreign assistance, good practice, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, NGOs, non-governmental organizations, organizational change, organizational development, Phil Bartle, social change 4 Comments
January 27th, 2012 - 9:15 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “Capacity Gap”
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “Capacity Gap” by yours truly. [...]
January 23rd, 2012 - 7:00 am § in Guest Bloggers
Has aid lost its humanity?
“Development work had become more about systems and structures than the actual lived realities of people,” argues Mette Müller, founder of Best Self Experience. Can important concepts like 'empathy', 'understanding' and 'compassion' enter the way we deliver aid?[...]
Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Best Self Experience, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, compassion, donors, empathy, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, intuitive healing, Kenya, Mette Müller, organizational development, philanthropy, social change, social enterprise, Tanzania 9 Comments
January 16th, 2012 - 11:53 am § in Reflection & Rumination
Poverty here, poverty there
How do our perceptions of the poor in our own country influence how we think about the poor in the rest of the world? My reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, Barbara Ehrenreich, C-SPAN, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, Cornel West, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grantmakers, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Jeffrey Sachs, Jr., Majora Carter, Michael Moore, organizational development, PBS, philanthropy, racism and development, Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity, Roger A. Clay, social enterprise, Suze Orman, Tavis Smiley, Vicki Escarra 4 Comments
January 3rd, 2012 - 11:00 am § in Uncategorized
12 to watch in 2012
How-matters.org’s top 12 people, trends, sites, and organizations to watch in 2012![...]
Tags: African Diaspora, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Akili Dada, capacity building, CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, hiiDunia, international aid, international development, M&E, Mathare Valley blog, monitoring and evaluation, organizational development, philanthropy, Re-Action, social enterprise, Solome Lemma, Sparks Microgrants, The Broker Online, The Listening Project, USAID, USAID FORWARD, whydev.org, WiserEarth.org 9 Comments
November 27th, 2011 - 3:00 pm § in Guest Bloggers
Letting the snark flow
Does snark among aid bloggers go too far? I share this guest post by Orietta L’Abbate, CEO of the Association Amis des Enfants de l’ile de la Gonâve in Haiti, in an attempt to even the score.[...]
Tags: aid bloggers, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Association Amis des Enfants de l’ile de la Gonâve, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, disaster management, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, international aid, international development, local activists, organizational development, relief and recovery, snark 2 Comments
November 8th, 2011 - 8:23 am § in Good Practice
Mentoring Among Local Organizations—Here’s How!
As an informal practice or a formal program, mentoring is a tool that organizations can use to nurture and grow their programs, systems and people. Sharing guidelines to make them successful![...]
Tags: capacity building, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, mentoring relationships, mentorship, NGOs, organizational change, organizational development, peer support, technical assistance 7 Comments
November 3rd, 2011 - 9:04 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers
Local Realities, Local Adaptation
Tanya Cothran, Executive Administrator at Spirit in Action, writes about how an idea, some information sharing, and a little bit of money can go a long way at the local level when people are behind an initiative.[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, IGAs, income-generating activities, international aid, international development, Malawi, organizational development, site visits, small grants, Spirit in Action, Tanya Cothran, TrickleUp, village savings and loans, VSL 8 Comments
