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 [...]
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Aug 2017
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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 [...]
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Jan 2017
Five ways to engage internationally in 2017
Widen your horizons - The divisions between national and global have blurred. One result of this is that it is even easier to find information that can be helpful in [...]
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Sep 2016
Exploring Social Innovation
Over the past decade the concept of innovation and social innovation have increased dramatically in usage and popularity. Google ‘innovation’ and over 500 million results come up; social innovation and [...]
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Aug 2016
From Youth Engagement to Youth Integration
In a previous blog post I wrote about the beginnings of the Civil Society and Testing Change (CS&TC) project. This post shares our experiences last month with our first [...]
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Jan 2016
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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Nov 2015
DATA: #datarevolution #BigData #DataShift – what’s it all about?
As my work covers many different subject areas and communities, I spend a fair amount of time following trends in these different areas and how they impact my central focus [...]
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Jun 2015
Six tips for Communicating in a Global World
During some recent meetings and exchanges I noticed that periodically we can all use some reminders about how to stay inclusive and accessible when dealing with a global audience. Practicing [...]
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Feb 2015
Celebrating an Anniversary
Time flies and already I have finished five years of blogging. To celebrate I spent some time reviewing those 85+ posts, adding other ideas that came to mind from that [...]
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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. [...]