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Twice the Participation in Half the Time: After Action Reviews in COVID-19
A woman from CARE's Honduras pilot voucher program holds a voucher for a supermarket.After Action Reviews (AARs) have lots of benefits. They give teams a chance to learn from each…
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After Action Review Survey
After Action Reviews (AARs) are a best practice for knowledge sharing and learning. As described on the BetterEvaluation website, an After Action Review is a simple tool to…
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You’ve Heard of After Action Reviews. What about Before and During Action Reviews?
Ever been teased for collecting too much feedback? I have - but how else would I know if our work achieved its goal? As an instructional designer, when I start a new training, I…
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Locally Led Development Spectrum and Checklist Tool
The Locally Led Development Spectrum and Checklist are instruments that USAID’s Locally Led Development Initiatives has developed and are testing to help USAID and our partners…
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Fresh Perspectives: An Introduction to Pause & Reflect at USAID
Fresh Perspectives explores the topic of Pause and Reflect and what this practice means at USAID, through the eyes of nine individuals supporting bureaus and Missions across the…
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Introducing Learning Lab's August Theme: Pause & Reflect!
The second themed month of our Month and Learn series at Learning Lab is Pause and Reflect. This is an intriguing phrase, action-oriented and, as one interviewee in our new podcast…
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Knowledge Lives in People: Using 'Connect and Reflect' to Learn From Each Other
Effective knowledge sharing is critical to the successful functioning of a complex organization like USAID. In the Innovation, Technology, and Research (ITR) Hub (formerly the…
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Piloting the Locally Led Development Checklist as a Pause & Reflect Tool in Armenia
In this interview, Learning Lab gets the inside scoop from Lusine Hakobyan at USAID/Armenia and Liana Poghosyan from local partner Prisma who, in September 2020, piloted a new pause…
Fresh Perspectives: An Introduction to Pause & Reflect at USAID
Fresh Perspectives explores the topic of Pause and Reflect and what this practice means at USAID, through the eyes of nine individuals supporting bureaus and Missions across…
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Why We Should Stop Asking “What Works in Democracy Assistance”
As the United States and other donors devote resources to democracy assistance in post-conflict countries, an obvious concern is that this money be spent on effective programs that…