Practice Makes Perfect
Many fluent English speakers may have heard this expression “Practice Makes Perfect" at some point. Most of our organizations and projects are of course not really going for ‘perfect’ but [...]
31
Jan 2022
27
Jan 2021
Into Unchartered Territory
Background/context Many of us have been leaders for a long time, but with a global pandemic, political and social upheaval and so much more, this period clearly feels and is [...]
02
Dec 2020
Rebuilding civil society
Recently I had the opportunity to co-create, host and facilitate the annual workshop of Accountable Now. We used many of the approaches that we have developed through the Testing Change [...]
15
Jun 2020
Learning through Disruptive Times
Time for learningLoyce Pace, CEO Global Health Council We are living through a worldwide health crisis, an economic crisis, a racial crisis and a crisis of democracy. Anyone of them [...]
09
Jan 2019
Trends to Watch for in 2019
As we move into a new year, there have been a number of pieces discussing trends we should be aware of. Here are some of the trends I find most [...]
30
May 2018
Multi-Generational Dialogue: Getting Practical
This post has been co-authored by Bonnie Koenig and Alyssa Smaldino Last year we wrote about the importance of multi-generational dialogue. We noted a number of considerations to help make [...]
24
Apr 2018
Test It! Lessons we are Learning Part II
Introduction The Civil Society and Testing Change project (CS&TC) is an initiative to develop and test new ways for civil society organizations and their partners to operate. The project’s [...]
15
Nov 2017
Continuing to Explore Impact Assessment
Earlier this year I wrote about the state of impact assessment. Under the auspices of the Civil Society and Testing Change project, I recently helped convene and facilitate a discussion to [...]
23
Aug 2017
Test IT! – The project continues
The youth engagement working group is the first group that is part of the Civil Society and Testing Change project, a global project to develop and test some operational changes [...]
16
May 2017
The State of Impact Assessment
Why Impact? As I wrote in the introduction to my book “International Engagement for Impact in a Changing World”: “We’ve become complacent about outcomes as things we can measure [...]