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 [...]
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Jan 2019
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Aug 2018
Going Global Takes Time
Going Global Takes Time - that was the theme of an American Society of Association Executives MasterClass on operating globally that I presented at last week. 80% of the group [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Jul 2017
Multi-generational Dialogue
This post has been co-authored by Bonnie Koenig and Alyssa Smaldino In 2011 the most recent UN’s State of the World Report noted that “People under 25 make up 43 [...]
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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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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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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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Sep 2014
Perspectives on Engaging with India
India, like the U.S., China, and other similar countries that incorporate a large land mass, contains within it a very diverse population. Thus what applies in some situations my not [...]
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Sep 2013
Making the Most of Online Events
The past few years have found numerous new opportunities to follow and sometimes engage with conferences and more informal conversations around the world online. In any given week - from [...]