Exploring the Social Lab Framework
About a year ago I discovered the work of Zaid Hassan around Social Labs through social media and a new book he wrote The Social Labs Revolution about designing and [...]
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Apr 2015
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Nov 2014
Learning from Wherever it May Come
In September (Making the Most of Online Events) and November 2013 (Asking the Tough Questions) I participated in a number of conferences and workshops through livestreaming and other online opportunities. [...]
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Oct 2014
Tools and methods for co-creation in workshops
This post is cross-posted from DIYToolkit where it appeared as a guest post. Earlier this year I worked with Ci2iGlobal, a global group of social entrepreneurs and NGO practitioners, to [...]
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Jun 2014
The Personal Touch to Global Health
I spent the past week exploring traditional (Eastern) vis a vis Western approaches to healthcare. I most often focus on organizations, but it’s good to focus on, and be reminded [...]
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Apr 2014
Scaling for Impact by Scaling Deep
I’ve written about scale-up (scaling) many times before, as scale-up or under another ‘label’ for the scaling concept – international outreach. Working with a number of groups involved in various [...]
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Jan 2014
Navigating towards cultural change
A Twitter conversation around the effectiveness of advocacy campaigns and my recent travels to several countries where garbage disposal is a major problem have me thinking about this question of [...]
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Nov 2013
Asking the Tough Questions
Through the wonderful technology of livestreaming and a number of conference organizers who planned livestreaming into their events, I was able to travel recently to conferences and workshops in Rome, [...]
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Jun 2013
Healing the World post-2015
In July 2012, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a 27 member High-level Panel (HLP) to advise on a new set of global development goals. These new goals are to replace the [...]
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Apr 2013
Cross-sector Learning
Most of my work is done with NGOs and n the civil society sector. But as I feel strongly about cross-sector exchange, and finding few conferences that bring together diverse [...]
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Apr 2013
Creating Effective Partnerships: Ownership and sustainability at the local level
This is a guest post by Meg Mall, International Development Consultant for Goodwill Industries International In my various roles with Goodwill Industries International over the past 10 years, I’ve supported [...]