LabStorms are collaborative brainstorming sessions where a group of organizations come together to help one organization wrestle with a feedback-related challenge. They operate in Chatham House rule, meaning no information will be tied back to a particular attendee, but in these blogs we share the anonymized major learnings from each session. If you would like to participate in an upcoming LabStorm (either in person or by videoconference), please drop Corey a note via [email protected]
Stemming from the traditions of oral history, Memria is a software and services company that has been built to complement existing tools used by nonprofits, advocacy organizations, libraries, and other institutions to enhance their story collection abilities.
The Siegel Family Endowment (SFE) has a relationship-driven approach to grant making. They commit to collaboration with their grantees: beginning each grant cycle co-creating an engagement process, writing the proposal with Program Officers, and facilitating three touch points for feedback throughout the grant period.
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 …
With hundreds of thousands of effective nonprofits doing good work
In June 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a flood of information on US nonprofits by making electroni
200 million people in the United States – which includes about 80% of the adult population – are affected by complex health issues. Millions of patients and families deal with the difficult choices surrounding chronic and terminal health…
In public discussions and representations of the refugee crisis there is often something missing: the voice of refugees themselves.
Feedback mechanisms at airport security checkpoints, or the entrance of the World Bank, are inviting. The smiley faces clearly display a range of emotions easy to identify. The buttons themselves are just begging to be pushed. It’s visual. It’s intuitive. But does it effectively close the feedback loop?
Data is powerful. We use data to answer questions, understand problems, and arrive at better solutions. But when stakeholders are interested in different indicators, it’s no easy task to the kinds of data to gather in the first place.
Facilitator: Nick van PraagMay 12, 2017 Collecting feedback is arguably a first order requirement for a feedback loop. But the Feedback…