Guest post by Megan Campbell, Sr. Research, Learning, and Engagement Consultant at Feedback Labs What does it take to make feedback the expected thing? At Feedback Labs we believe it means getting to a tipping point of leaders and organizations acting in dispersed but coordinated ways — experimenting with different tactics, tools, and techniques, and then coming together regularly to …
Fifty people including citizens, representatives from Community Based Organizations (CBOs), NGOs, INGOs, government, and traditional authorities turned up at the Rumphi Malin Lodge to reflect on their recent efforts to innovate together and address emerging issues of trust and power within their group. They came by bicycle, mini bus, car, motor bike and on foot from almost every corner of …
From 2014 to 2018 the Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) project in Nigeria sought to build a stronger, more resilient, and more nimble Nigerian civil society by strengthening the capacities of civil society actors to form common agendas, coordinate strategies, align outcome measurements, and share knowledge. SACE organized 18 clusters of civil society organizations working on clearly-defined thematic issue …
Root Change is excited to launch Pando, an online platform that makes it possible to visualize, learn from, and engage with the systems where you work. Pando harnesses the power of network maps and feedback surveys to help organizations strengthen systems and improve their impact. Grounded in social network analysis, Pando uses web-based relationship surveys to identify diverse organizations within …
“The idea of an inclusive forum for discussion sits deep in our culture. The idea that we can harness this part of our culture to undertake actions to reform the aid system is new and exciting. We have complained about the jet-set foreign aid experts. But it is on us to step up and become the experts of our own …
Does the way international development assistance is organized make sense? Ten years ago we left the comfort of a large international NGO so that we could make this question the focus of our daily work. Root Change was born, and along with it, our mission to question deeply held assumptions about development assistance. Many of our friends thought we were …
Root Change has partnered with Children International and their 13 country agencies to clearly identify challenges facing their communities and test solutions using lean experimentation and design thinking. Local staff have been testing rapid, low-cost organizational changes in areas such as internal communication, partnership development, as well experiments related to child wellbeing. Worldwide, over 50 experiments are currently being tested …
