Leveraging Feedback to Support People Using Cameras to Defend Human Rights
Priscila NeriNovember 26, 2019 What does it take to be a human rights defender? In 2019, it could be as…
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]
The Value of Conversation
We live in an age of metrics. More often than not, complex problems get reduced to numbers. In international development, we often try to make decisions based on these numbers. But what is there that numbers can’t say?
What do students think? Innovating Vocational Education in India with TISS-SVE
Leena Chandran-Wadia and Neela DabirNovember 4, 2019 The Tata Institute of Social Sciences School of Vocational Education (TISS-SVE) is changing…
LabStorm: Making a data-driven constituent accountability mechanism to protect human rights
OVD-Info is a human rights project that monitors politically-motivated prosecutions in Russia. They run a telephone hotline and legal chatbot, provide lawyers in court and pay for the work of analysts and journalists to protect human rights.
LabStorm: Measuring Impact with Stakeholder Voice
Sopact is a software company, based out of the San Francisco Bay area, on a mission to make Impact measurement and management simple. With cutting edge technology, Sopact helps social sector organizations measure their impact through a dashboard with a variety of indicators. The results can be used to direct and apply changes to their methodologies.
LabStorm: Bringing Integrity Icon to the US
Integrity Icon, Accountability Lab’s flagship program, has become a global movement – on the ground, online and through the media – to celebrate and encourage honest government officials.
LabStorm: Putting Communities at the Heart of Disaster Recovery
La Maraña is a woman-led, participatory design non-profit that empowers Puerto Ricans to improve their cities and communities. In the aftermath of Hur
LabStorm: Measuring Local Ownership in International Development with Pando LLS
The Pando Localization Learning System ( LLS) is a dynamic online platform that uses network maps and feedback surveys to measure how much local actors are driving development in their area.
Treating Aid Recipients as Customers
Kuja Kuja is a start-up of Alight (formerly the American Refugee Committee) that began with a simple observation: the humanitarian sector was not thinking of refugees as their primary customers. They did not prioritize the voices of the people that they served – and that was not good enough.
Gathering Feedback From a Dispersed and Informal Workforce
Factory auditing and compliance have become increasingly common across the world, and yet a major portion of the handcraft industry remains untouched.