Nobody believed that writing a book together could happen, but forty community leaders produced 27 stories about their work in development and empowerment in just 4 hours. Independent consultant Lucia Nass shares her story from Myanmar.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘social enterprise’
May 20th, 2012 - 3:00 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers
Write a book in 4 hours with 20 grassroots organizations?—How!?!
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community empowerment, community leaders, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grantmaking, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Lucia Nass, Myanmar, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise, writeshop 2 Comments
May 15th, 2012 - 7:35 am § in Reflection & Rumination
Accountability to whom? Keep asking.
It still shocks me a little when a colleague will look at me and ask, “Now, what do you mean by ‘downward accountability’?”, as if I’ve uttered an oxymoron. [...]
Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, downward accountability, foreign aid, foreign assistance, GlobalGiving, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise 8 Comments
May 9th, 2012 - 5:00 pm § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination
Why I support isolated aid workers across the globe and so should you!
The estimated 595,000 aid workers around the world (ALNAP, 2010) are rarely called to examine the bureaucratic rigidities that govern their day-to-day work. By supporting each other to create more trust, equity and mutual accountability with those we serve in the developing world, system-wide reform[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid reform, aid workers, capacity building, coaching, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, mentoring, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise, whydev.org 3 Comments
May 7th, 2012 - 3:00 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
The Case of the Missing Tomato Cages
When people ask me why this farm-girl-turned-aid-worker has devoted herself to placing community-driven development initiatives at the forefront of aid, here’s why.[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, corruption, donors, downward accountability, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Local Champions, local leaders, organizational development, philanthropy, social capital, social enterprise 1 Comment
May 5th, 2012 - 7:05 am § in Reflection & Rumination
Does aid need a 12-step program?
“Let go and let God.” It’s a mantra of the self-help group, Alcoholics Anonymous. After attending three conferences related to international aid in the last week, I’m wondering if it’s time for us to adopt the same approach.[...]
Tags: 12 step program, accountability, aid effectiveness, aid innovation, aid workers, Alcoholics Anonymous, capacity building, CBODN, Chesapeake Bay Organizational Development Network, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, country ownership, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, InterAction, InterAction Forum, international aid, international development, local leaders, MIDEGO, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise, USAID, volunteers 10 Comments
Focus on the HOW
"It is the HOW that creates impact." A new video from Daniela Papi of PEPY Tours. [...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, Cambodia, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, Daniela Papi, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, international volunteers, organizational development, PEPY Tours, philanthropy, social enterprise, volunteerism No Comments
March 12th, 2012 - 5:44 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination
Searching for Closure: A Kony2012 Postscript
@InnovateAfrica & I host a live chat to reflect more the issues that came up from our posts on #StopKony. [...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, Hope North, InnovateAfrica, international aid, international development, Invisible Children, Kony2012, Northern Uganda, philanthropy, social enterprise, StopKony, Uganda 7 Comments
February 26th, 2012 - 9:02 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Logframes….errrgh!
The predictable, linear, rational progression of activities is what can make a sound logframe clear and elegant. But this is also what can render it useless in the context of providing relief and fighting poverty and injustice. [...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, community participation, donors, evaluation, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grant making, international aid, international development, logframe approach, logframes, Logical Framework, M&E, monitoring, NASA, organizational learning, philanthropy, social enterprise, U.S. military, USAID 14 Comments
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:25 pm § in Good Practice
How to build strong relationships with grassroots organizations, Part 3 of 3
Ultimately, people just need more recognition for the good work that they do. (Part 3 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 6 Comments
February 22nd, 2012 - 3:00 pm § in Good Practice
How to build strong relationships with grassroots organizations, Part 2 of 3
Under-resourced and under-recognized local organizations face immense challenges on the ground. Yet we as outsiders most often choose to express frustration or impatience if an organization does not appear to be responding to our expectations. (Part 2 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 No Comments
