Feedback Fundamentals: Dialogue
Last time, we examined analyze – the step in which you look for patterns and information in the feedback data you’ve received. This week, we examine the dialogue step.
3TT: He That Hath an Ear…
I recently had the privilege of preaching a sermon at my church called, “He that hath an ear let him hear.” This title came from several scriptures in
Honesty in Aid
Earlier this week I was speaking to someone who works at a foundation and who is facing a quandary. Like most philanthropic funders, the foundation staff offer several ways for their grantees to give them feedback.
3TT: Generating and Using Feedback through Participatory M&E
Looking for feedback but not sure where to start? As practitioners and facilitators, we are constantly looking for innovative ways to generate meaningful feedback to inform our work. Join us – Jill (The Improve Group), Marissa (The Hunger Project) and Sophie (OneVillage Partners) – as we share innovative and participatory monitoring and evaluation strategies to close the feedback loop at the 2017 Feedback Summit. Here are three strategies we look forward to sharing with you in November:
Cynicism, Naiveté and Amnesia
The way Tiago Peixoto tells it, there’s not much difference between a Napoleonic telegraph and Twitter. At least, not in terms of the hype surrounding how they’ll transform democracy.
3TT: Government, Consult Thyself First
On November 2-3, we hope you will attend the Feedback Summit and talk with us about internal culture change, both in the public sector and otherwise. We have learned through observation and our own trial and error many painful lessons about the value of closing feedback loops and introducing new practices within the public sector.
Feedback Fundamentals: Analyze
Congratulations! You have collected feedback from your beneficiaries! You’re probably staring at a stack of interview forms, a database of text responses, a giant excel spreadsheet of feedback data. Uh oh. Now what?
Ecosystem Op-Ed: Vivid Stories
August is a feel-good month. The office clears out and you find yourself beside a lake, or a mountain, or a field, maybe a cathedral or a castle. Even if you’re not on vacation, the pace of work slows perceptibly and chatter around your desk dies down. You can reflect, ruminate. Feelings of happiness and repose render you receptive to ideas and plans.
LabStorm: Can a “Yelp” for Homelessness Unlock Transparency?
Homelessness is a complex problem. In New York City alone there are 128,000 people experiencing homelessness and another 4 million are living below the poverty line. A wide range of city and nonprofit service providers work to …
3TT: Making the Case for Feedback
Collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) is USAID’s approach to organizational learning and adaptive management. Part of my work as Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Specialist on the USAID LEARN contract is to build the evidence base that using a CLA approach improves organizational effectiveness and development results.