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The Global Development Lab Convenes Unlikely Partners Around MERL Innovations
MERLIN: U.S. Global Development Lab Evaluation and Impact Assessment from Amy LeoUSAID is really trying to think outside the box. During the first in a series of collaborating,…
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Two Tunes, One Dance: Keeping Programming Agile
If there’s one thing I’ve learned working in development, it’s that everything changes, and good programs anticipate change and roll with it. As a Democracy Specialist in Washington…
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What Mad Men Can Teach Us About Meetings
A genuine fictional interview conducted by David Ratliff with Don Draper on May 24th, 2017. Don Draper is the Creative Director at Sterling Cooper, a fictional advertising agency…
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Collaborating, Learning and Adapting at USAID: The Critical Role of Culture, Processes, and Resources
This Guest Editorial for the Food Security Network's Knowledge Management Task Force was written by Stacey Young, Senior Learning Advisor at USAID's Bureau for Policy, Planning and…
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Evaluations Help USAID to be More Effective and Accountable
Kevin Smith is the USAID/PPL/LER Evaluation Team Leader.
Evaluation is a critical part of USAID’s work, enabling staff to learn about program effectiveness, identify what does and…
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Why Aren’t You Using Facebook Groups for Greater Engagement?
This blog is cross-posted from ICTWorks.Recently, I was talking with a Philippine rice farmer about the new agricultural practices he was using to achieve large crop gains on his…
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Featured User: Addi Qatamin
Like collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA), USAID Learning Lab is community-driven. In our broader efforts to highlight this community-driven approach, I recently spoke with…
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Participate in a CLA Experiment for USAID/Azerbaijan
USAID Foreign Service Officer and self-proclaimed “CLA Guru” David Ratliff (you may remember his interview with Don Draper or appearance in episode 4 of the USAID Learning Lab…
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Adapting Together: Lessons From an Online Community
This blog was orginally posted by Feedback Labs on July 12, 2017.A few months ago [Feedback Labs] wrote about what it takes to support the movement around adaptive…
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Making the (Business) Case for Adaptive Management: Three Tips from the Private Sector
Matthew Baker is a MERL Specialist, Organizational Learning & Research on the USAID LEARN contract.While we often turn to the private sector for inspiration, as I have noted…