This section of the blog is dedicated to announcements for exciting upcoming events and opportunities, as well as participants’ reflections on past Feedback Labs events.
Feedback Labs | January 12, 2021 The past year brought about an unprecedented global pandemic, social unrest in the face of continued racial injustice, and economic hardships around the world. Barely into 2021, we’ve already seen challenges to our democracy here in the US grow more urgent even as these other crises remain. We continue to…
Meg VanDeusen | October 21, 2020 This month, the 2019-20 cohort of Feedback Fellows – a group of ten frontline practitioners from Colombia, Indonesia, Uganda, South Africa, Afghanistan, Mexico, Yemen, Mali and the USA – completed their fellowship. They are superstars who have and will continue to push feedback to the next level at their…
Feedback Labs | October 14, 2020 In countries all over the world, new tools are being created to help nonprofits, governments and funders listen to the people they seek to serve in new ways. In the United States, we’ve seen a growth in the number and quality of feedback tools, while many local tools across…
Meg VanDeusen | September 9, 2020 Share this: To build strong feedback loops, we need thoughtful and accessible ways to hear from our constituents and make sense of what we’re learning. Whether it’s an SMS texting app that allows us to reach constituents directly or an advanced dashboard that helps us pick out insights from…
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…
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…
Pavani Peri | March 19, 2020 Most conferences have a long ramp-up period before attendees fully start to engage with each other. This was not the case at Feedback+San Juan. By the time I had taken in the beautiful view of the ocean from Indigo Room A (where our plenaries took place), I was pulled…
Feedback LabsFebruary 28, 2020 Over the past three days, attendees have connected, collaborated, laughed, and danced, on their journey to reimagine listening. Today, although Feedback+San Juan has to come to an end, our community committed to continued action as each individual made connections and shared their energy to bring these lessons back and enact action…