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Remembering the Value of Learning
This post was written by Piers Bocock, Chief of Party of the USAID LEARN Contract. Piers has been working in KM and communications for 20 years, in health, economic development,…
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Capturing and Sharing through Digital Storytelling
Since the dawn of time humans have been telling stories. Our ancestors used cave paintings, ancient oratory, dramatic theatre, and even interpretive dance to communicate with the…
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Introduction to Net-Mapping
Net-Map is an interview-based mapping tool that helps people understand, visualize, discuss, and improve situations in which many different actors influence outcomes. By creating…
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Strategy Development: Scenario Testing and Visioning
Scenario Testing is a group learning activity. The basic premise can be used more widely in all kinds of settings, whether generating a knowledge strategy paper, (e.g. outline three…
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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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Webinar: Reform Strategies for Development Professionals: How to Plan for and Measure Change in Complex Systems
Development practitioners have increasingly realized the value of learning by doing and of incorporating flexibility into program design. These adaptive approaches have particular…
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The Right Way to Off-Board a Departing Employee
This piece, by Rebecca Knight, was originally published on hbr.org on January 15, 2016.When a valuable employee tells you she’s leaving, worrying about losing her institutional…
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What USAID has Learned from its Public-Private Partnership Data
This blog was originally posted on Devex Impact on August 3, 2016.At the U.S. Agency for International Development, we are committed to a data-driven and evidence-based approach to…
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Cracking the Nut Health: Lessons from the 2016 Conference
The learning event, Cracking the Nut Health: The Role of Communities in Building Resilient Health Systems took place July 18-19, 2016 in Washington, D.C., which focused on the three…
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The Ivory Tower
Describe The Approaches Utilized To Measure / Assess This KM Initiative: The knowms travelled around to monitor progress. They used a range of approaches to assess the results. They…