What Comes Down from the Mountain? (The World Economic Forum 2016)
This week the World Economic Forum is meeting in the Swiss town of Davos. Many of us aren’t aware of this or if we are, don’t think anything will come [...]
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Jan 2016
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Jan 2016
Transitioning to a new year
The ends and beginnings of calendar years are always good times for some reflection on what’s just past and looking forward to the new year. Due to a heavy travel [...]
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Aug 2015
A Multi-Year Program Review
Although the key to significant change is often in the lessons of long-term implementation, we don’t see these multi-year studies as often as would be useful. Recently the Helping Babies [...]
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May 2015
Observations on a design oriented workshop
This week I helped facilitate the work of a diverse group exploring what resources could be created for people with disabilities, whatever their disability might be and wherever they might [...]
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Apr 2015
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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Sep 2014
Making Connections
This week three of the different networks I am part of held symposium/workshops/conferences and a common theme was noticeable in my Twitter stream – the importance of identifying good ideas [...]
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Jul 2014
Inspirational People and Inspirational Teams
I wrote a blog post a few years ago on what I believe makes an inspirational person. Groups of people working together in concert can also make inspirational teams. A [...]
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Feb 2014
Learn Share Lab on Co-Creation
A small but diverse group from 12 countries and many fields of practice came together recently to explore the concept of co-creation at the Learn Share Lab. The event modeled [...]
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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 [...]
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Feb 2013
The Boundary of Age
This is a guest post by Kate Otto of Everyday Ambassador. My guest post on the same theme can be found on EA's site here. My name is Kate Otto, [...]