Meg VanDeusen | July 2, 2020 Do you believe the people whose lives are affected by your program or service should have a say in how the program is run? Do you sometimes feel like you’re the only one who believes that listening to them is important? We hear you. Time after time, our…
Hera Hussain | June 24, 2020 The Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) is a silo-busting collaboration across governments, businesses, civil society, and technologists to open up and transform government contracting worldwide. They bring open data and open government together to make sure public money is spent openly, fairly and effectively. They focus on public contracts as…
Corey Oser, Kulsoom Khan, Katie Fuhs | May 26, 2020 Global Fund for Children (Global Fund for Children) envisions a future where all children and youth are safe, strong, and valued. As a public foundation based in Washington, DC, Global Fund for Children provides flexible funding, capacity development support, and network strengthening activities to partner…
Alison Miranda | May 21, 2020 Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) is a collaborative of funders committed to building a more just, equitable, and inclusive society through greater transparency, accountability, and effective participation around the globe. TAI helps its members to strengthen the impact and effectiveness of their transparency and accountability funding, and the field…
Manmeet Kaur| May 19, 2020 Vimenti por Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico is a vibrant space of possibilities for families, nested within a small residential locality in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As a part of Feedback+San Juan, a group of professionals from across the world visited the club to sit down with staff…
Feedback Labs | May 15, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has been a shock to our systems. While we work to recover, it’s also important that we ask ourselves what we’ve learned from this experience and how we can be better prepared for the next crisis. Disease epidemics are becoming more likely and the damage from…
Nuestra Escuela | May 11, 2020 Nuestra Escuela is a non-profit school in Caguas, Puerto Rico, that has touched the lives of 1,745 youth and their families and grown into a bustling center for alternative education. Nuestra Escuela’s academic model is based on responding to the biological, psychological, and social needs of children and adults.…
Kyende Kinoti | May 5, 2020 Effective communication is the single most important factor when it comes to collecting feedback. LabStorms are usually between an organization seeking advice on how to improve their feedback practices and a group of feedback practitioners. But what happens when constituents participate in LabStorms? This was the highlight of the…
Kalyn Livernois | April 24, 2020 “We were planning to start collecting feedback in a new community this month, but COVID-19 has changed everything. Should we even be thinking about surveying our community now or should we wait until things settle down a bit more? “We normally hear feedback about our programs in person. What…
Paige Creigh | April 20, 2020 At GlobalGiving, we believe that local communities are the key drivers of social change. They understand what challenges they face and what it takes to overcome them. That’s why, when COVID-19 began its global spread, we knew that listening to feedback from communities across the world would be key…