Ecosystem Op-Ed blog posts present creative new ideas and visions for the feedback field. They weave together evidence, theory and lessons learned by the feedback community to discuss current issues in a thoughtful and accessible way. If you would like to suggest a topic for an op-ed or write a guest piece, please drop Annie a note at [email protected]
Natasha Abrol | August 3, 2020 When the Black Lives Matter protests began this year, my university’s debate union, a community that never misses an opportunity to talk about its commitment to social justice, did not hesitate to send out a letter from the coaches committing to do more to support anti-racism efforts. When students…
Jack Rudnick | July 28, 2020 What does feedback in government look like? The first answer people often come up with is elections. Elections serve as a form of citizen feedback every two, four, or six years that put boundaries on what a politician can and cannot do. But there is also a less appreciated…
Maura Holt-Ling | July 20, 2020 At Feedback Labs, we believe in putting the people who are most affected by a problem at the center of solving those problems. We believe in listening to communities and making this listening the norm across all sectors. The story of how this particular belief became a value of…
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…
Megan Wilson | April 16, 2020 Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation (DDCOF) believes that a healthy mouth leads to a healthy life. Over the past few years, DDCOF has evolved and shifted from being directive in our work to prioritizing partnership and learning in all that we do. Measuring the impact of our philanthropic investments…
Nate Mandel | April 14, 2020 Last month, my colleagues at Listen4Good, Fund for Shared Insight’s signature feedback initiative, laid out a compelling case for why, when it comes to closing the loop with clients who have participated in feedback surveys, nonprofits should just do it. In the weeks since then, the world changed…
Fayyaz Yaseen | April 6, 2020 As the world braces itself through the COVID-19 epidemic, the United Nations has warned that Pakistan could be amongst the hardest hit countries. The country’s current number of coronavirus patients stands at around 3000, but this is against the backdrop of some of the lowest testing rates in the…
Alex Carle | March 26, 2020 How can we enable New Power to be an integral part of finding solutions with the most marginalised and vulnerable? In the face of the global COVID-19 crisis, we can see the drive and motivation of governments, civil society, and healthcare providers but also the disconnect between 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…