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Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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Outreach Invitation Letter for Online Collaborative Spaces
Once your group is created, a fundamental step in the start-up process is effective outreach. This means reaching out to your core members and seed participants to invite them to…
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Communities of Practice and Networks: Reviewing Two Perspectives on Social Learning
This paper examines two different approaches used to describe and analyse similar phenomena: ‘networks for learning’ and ‘communities of practice’. These approaches are both…
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Video: How to Read DHS Tables Part I (English)
The first video in a series that teaches viewers how to read and understand tables from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). This video provides step-by-step guidance on…
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Mobile App: Demographic and Health Surveys
Ever wish you could quickly access Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) country indicators from your phone or tablet? Want to know what surveys are coming in your country? …
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Tools for Knowledge and Learning: A Guide for Development and Humanitarian Organizations
Knowledge and learning is key to ODI's Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) approach. This toolkit aims to present entry points and references to the wide range of tools and…
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Resources on Systems Concepts in Evaluation
Bob Williams' website offers a variety of resources around the use of systems concepts in evaluation.
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Is Yours a Learning Organization?
Leaders may think that getting their organizations to learn is only a matter of articulating a clear vision, giving employees the right incentives, and providing lots of training…
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Admitting Failure
It’s really hard to talk about failure.Admitting Failure hopes to change that. It is painful for civil society organizations to acknowledge when we don’t meet our goals and…
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There’s a Difference Between Cooperation and Collaboration
Everyone seems to agree that collaboration across functions is critical for major projects and initiatives. The reality, however, is that meshing the skills and resources of…
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Assumptions, Conjectures, and Other Miracles: The Application of Evaluative Thinking to Theory of Change Models in Community Development
Unexamined and unjustified assumptions are the Achilles heel of development programs. In this paper, we describe an evaluation capacity building (ECB) approach designed to help…