Rigorous humility: Seeking a healthier relationship with results
Ambiguity abounds in the social good sector! Why and how we can be more ok with that.
Tag: monitoring and evaluation
Why I wrote about “smart risks” in philanthropy and why I would frame it differently now
What is so “risky” about placing relatively small amounts of money in the hands of people addressing challenges in their own communities?
Are NGOs missing the impact forest?
Impact truth lies in messy micro-nuances that determine whether target populations “vote” for interventions with their feet or wallets, argues guest blogger Michael Buckler of VillageX.
Excuse a little shameless self-promotion
3 places where my voice in #globaldev discussions have appeared lately
Preserving the “I don’t know” within big data
“‘I don’t know’ is found in imprecise information, in unseen or undetectable outcomes. It’s found in our trust in people, in their innate capacities and energy.”
Friday’s Poetic Pause: Evaluation Led by Poetry?
“Little did Rumbidzai know that her poem would become a piece of art that would serve to illuminate the journey the partner organizations were about to begin.” From “Narratives of Hope ‘It Starts Within Us’: Documenting Development Through Stories of Change”, published by Weaver Press.
12 to watch in 2012
How-matters.org’s top 12 people, trends, sites, and organizations to watch in 2012!
The Curious Aid Worker: Storytelling with Marc Maxson (Part I)
“Half the stories of community change are not about NGOs at all, but individuals. It’s time NGOs realized they’re not the center of the community, and figured out how to work with the individuals who are.” ~from my interview with Marc Maxson of GlobalGiving’s Storytelling Project
Dipping into the reading pile
Sharing excerpts of twelve papers on international development and aid effectiveness from my reading pile.