When the Ground Shifts
When the Ground Shifts As we are all well aware, there are many things that are changing in our world and in the professional environments in which we engage. [...]
17
Aug 2026
04
Aug 2025
Re-envisioning Scaling – a 10 year review
I have had an evolving relationship with the concept of 'scaling’. I first started using the term (pivoting from ‘international outreach’ into the business realm of ‘scaling’) via an [...]
30
Oct 2024
Engaging Internationally: Constants and Changes
For almost three decades! I have been writing about engaging internationally. There was a group of NGOs that were already operating internationally in the mid-1990’s (when this story starts [...]
09
Sep 2024
When it’s time to wind down or pivot
Had a great run with your community of practice / network? Is the momentum diminishing? Could it be time to pivot or wind down? Introduction: Over the past decade [...]
19
Feb 2024
Transitioning the Testing Change project
As many of you who have been readers of this blog know, I have written a number of times over the past years about the Civil Society and Testing [...]
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 [...]
17
Dec 2019
Most popular blog posts of the decade
It is hard to believe we are already at the end of the decade (and that I’ve been blogging for a decade!) but here we are :) For my end [...]
12
Nov 2019
Global Maturity: An Organizational Framework to Succeed Globally
Last week I participated in a discussion around some of the success factors for how organizations can engage and grow more effectively internationally. We reviewed a report entitled Association Global [...]
25
Sep 2019
Global Engagement Takes Time – Part II
One of the fun parts of being more ‘senior’ in one’s career is having the opportunity to share ‘lessons learned’ over the years. I had the opportunity to participate in [...]
23
Oct 2018
Strategic International Outreach
If your organization is expanding its international reach, taking time for doing the due diligence to explore and understand new environments is crucial. First steps to take include clearly articulating [...]