"This one-of-a-kind book fills a gap in the literature by providing readers with a systematic approach to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) training for programs and projects. Bridging theoretical concepts with practical, how-to knowledge, the authors draw upon the scholarly literature, applied resour
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ces, and over 50 years of combined experience to provide expert guidance that can be tailored to different M&E training needs and contexts, including those for novices, professionals, organizations and their staff, community members, and other groups with a desire to learn and sustain sound M&E practices." (Publisher description)
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"This praxis note suggests some possible ways to harness YouTube in support of civil society development. Firstly, it examines the ways in which YouTube might be used. Secondly, there are suggestions of particular clips that INTRAC staff and others have found useful." (Page 2)
"Takes a broad look at the Innovation Camps and Labs convened by Internews during 2011 and 2012. It identifies what they can achieve, how best to run the events, and pitfalls to avoid. The study focuses on these key questions: The organization and process of the Innovation Camps/Labs: what were the
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main events and activities? Which were most useful? Why? How can organizers recruit appropriate participants? What combinations of people work well together? In the structure and process, what worked, what didn’t work, and why? What types of goals best suit the structure of an Innovation Lab? What were the main outcomes of Innovation Camps/Labs? How can organizers promote the sustainability of the work produced in Innovation Camps/Labs?" (Internews website)
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"This practical guide is based on the trainings developed for the Through Our Eyes community video project, a collaboration between the American Refugee Committee International (ARC) and Communication for Change (C4C). These workshops combine sessions on key project themes—gender norms, gender-bas
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ed violence, harmful practices, HIV/AIDS, and related issues—with practical sessions on the technical and interpersonal skills needed to carry out participatory video work for social change in the community. This guide is designed as a tool for workshop facilitators and program coordinators. Facilitators with a strong understanding of participatory training methods and community-centered production will implement this training most effectively. Useful resources on both of these areas are included in Section V." (Foreword)
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"Typically today's tasks in management and consulting include project management, running workshops and strategic work - all complex activities, which require a multitude of skills and competencies. This standard work, which is also well accepted amongst consultants, gives you a reference or cookboo
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k-style access to the most important tools, including a rating of each tool in terms of applicability, ease of use and effectiveness. In his book, Nicolai Andler presents about 120 of such tools, grouped into task-specific categories entitled Define Situation, Gather Information, Information Consolidation, Creativity, Goal Setting, Organisational Analysis, Technical Analysis, Strategic Analysis, Decision Making, and Project Management. Checklists and application scenarios further enhance the use of this toolbox." (Publisher description)
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"Mit der Interventionssammlung „Solution Tools” liefert das internationale Who-is-who der lösungsorientiert arbeitenden Beraterszene einen in dieser Art bisher einzigartigen Fundus an praktischen Übungen, Fragetechniken, Ideen und Konzepten für den unmittelbaren Einsatz in Workshops und Berat
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ungssituationen. Die rund 50 Autorinnen und Autoren präsentieren aus ihrer persönlichen Beratungsarbeit 60 ihrer bevorzugten und besonders bewährten Interventionen. Alle Übungen sind detailliert in ihrem jeweiligen Kontext beschrieben, so dass sie sich leicht in die eigene Praxis übersetzen und unmittelbar anwenden lassen. Die Autoren schildern nicht nur den exakten schrittweisen Ablauf, sondern auch, wie die jeweilige Übung inszeniert wird, was der besondere 'Dreh' daran ist und welche persönlichen Erfahrungen sie damit gemacht haben. Damit liefert das Buch auch einen tiefen Einblick in die Bandbreite des lösungsorientierten Ansatzes: Einige Interventionen sprechen eher den Kopf an, andere mehr das Herz und wieder andere den Bauch. Einige Autoren schreiben sehr humorvoll, andere eher ernst, letztlich geben sie aber alle einen sehr persönlichen Einblick in ihre Arbeitspraxis und ihren Erfahrungsschatz." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Editors and journalists who have been trained to understand issues of gender-based violence and human rights can have a positive influence on educating public and political understanding of these issues. This article describes two workshops held recently in Senegal and Albania for male and female e
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ditors and journalists. The UNFPA workshop for journalists and editors from six African countries in postconflict situations, held in Senegal, was deliberately scheduled to coincide with the Dakar film festival on gender-based violence. The purpose of the UNFPA strategy was to achieve extensive media coverage in these six countries. The Albanian workshop for local and national media took place in Tirana as part of a three-year project against sex-trafficking, conducted by the NGO Albanian Centre for Population and Development in partnership with the Mediterranean Women’s Studies Centre." (Abstract)
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"This toolkit provides a selection of 100 participatory learning and action (PLA) tools which you can use for HIV/AIDS programmes. PLA tools are interactive activities which enable communities and organisations to learn together about a HIV/AIDS in their community, develop a plan, act on it and eval
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uate and reflect on how it went. The philosophy of this set of publications is that organisations and communities have to work as closely together as possible if they are to address HIV/AIDS successfully." (Page 6)
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"Eine Geschichte zu erzählen ist grundsätzlich etwas Einfaches, das alle kennen und mit dem sich starke Gefühle hervorrufen und Erkenntnisse herbeiführen lassen. Komplizierter ist die Arbeit mit Geschichten im Rahmen der Tätigkeit von Organisationen, wenn damit zu Reflektionen angeregt, Gemeins
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chaften gebildet, praktisches Wissen vermittelt oder aus Erfahrungen gelernt werden soll. Dieses Handbuch soll der DEZA und ihren Mitarbeitenden und Partnern Denkanstöße und praktische Tipps liefern. Das vorliegende Material soll dazu beitragen, dass Sie die Fähigkeiten und das Vertrauen entwickeln, die zum Geschichtenerzählen und zur Moderation beim Geschichtenerzählen wichtig sind. Zudem hilft es möglicherweise bei der Entwicklung komplexerer Methoden und Programme im Bereich von Wissensaustausch, Organisationsentwicklung und Kommunikation. Konkret enthält das Handbuch folgende Elemente: Tipps, Strukturvorlagen und Instrumente, die Ihnen helfen, sich Erfahrungen in Erinnerung zu rufen, diese mit andern zu teilen und sie zu nutzen; Überlegungen zu den praktischen und emotionalen Aspekten des Geschichtenerzählens; Überlegungen zu den Gefahren einer Institutionalisierung dieser Ansätze; Einblicke in die Erfahrungen der DEZA bei der Arbeit mit Geschichten. Storytelling eignet sich nicht für jede Situation. Die Methoden sollten durch erfahrene Personen sorgfältig ausgewählt und auf Arbeitskontext und -ziele abgestimmt werden. Gewisse Methoden wie der konsequente Einbezug des Geschichtenerzählens in die Kernabläufe einer Organisation, zum Beispiel in Evaluationen, erfordern Geduld und eine langfristige Unterstützung durch das Management. Nur so kann der geeignete Ansatz mittels Trial-and-Error-Verfahren gefunden werden. Das Handbuch soll in erster Linie Möglichkeiten eröffnen und nicht definieren. Es soll Sie dazu motivieren, Ihr eigenes Repertoire zu entwickeln." (Einleitung, Seite 6)
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"The idea of capturing, storing and sharing knowledge so as to learn lessons from the past and from elsewhere – overcoming the boundaries posed by time and space – is far from being a new one. In recent years, a growing movement has emphasised the improved application of knowledge and learning a
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s a means to improve development and humanitarian work. The movement has led to the widespread adoption of learning and knowledge-based strategies among the range of agencies involved in such work, including donor agencies, multilaterals, NGOs, research institutes, and the plethora of institutions based in the South, including national governments, regional organisations, and indigenous NGOs. This guide is aimed at staff working in all such organisations. There are 30 tools and techniques contained here, divided into five categories: i) Strategy Development; ii) Management Techniques; iii) Collaboration Mechanisms; iv) Knowledge Sharing and Learning Processes; and v) Knowledge Capture and Storage. Many of these tools are simple and trying them out requires nothing more than the desire to try something new, and the drive to ‘get on and do it’. Undertaking them effectively requires effective – sometimes advanced – facilitation and communication skills. Here, we have aimed to provide comprehensive accounts of how to apply such techniques, with a focus on the requirements of potential facilitators." (Introduction, page 2)
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"This sourcebook is for all who work with others on participatory learning and change. Written in a spirit of critical reflection and serious fun, it provides 21 sets of ideas and options for facilitators, trainers, teachers, and presenters, and anyone who organises and manages workshops courses cla
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sses and other events for sharing and learning ideas. It covers topics such as getting started, seating arrangements, forming groups, managing large numbers, helping each other learn, analysis and feedback, dealing with dominators, evaluation and ending, coping with horrors, and common mistakes." (Publisher description)
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"Over the last six years, IICD has facilitated Roundtable processes in each of its nine Country Programmes in Burkina Faso, Bolivia, Ecuador, Ghana, Jamaica, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. A Roundtable workshop is usually the first activity to be held at the start of a Country Programme and, as
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such, represents the first step towards facilitating ICT-enabled development in developing countries. Once a Country Programme is underway, a Roundtable workshop is generally held each time a new sector is added. During the period 1998 to 2003, a total of 22 Roundtable processes were facilitated. They generated ideas for 139 locally owned ICT projects in the health, good governance, education, livelihood opportunities, and environment sectors. This booklet is the result of an evaluation of the Roundtable process between 1998 to 2003 based on quantitative and qualitative indicators. The findings are relevant for all those involved in facilitating ICT for development initiatives, particularly decisionmakers in organisations for development cooperation, local policy-makers, practitioners in organisations working with ICTs for development, and the donor community. Following an introduction to the concept of ICT-enabled development and an acknowledgement of the growing recognition in development circles of the important role that ICTs can play in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, the booklet goes on to describe how the Roundtable process works. The Roundtable process is then placed within the context of the seven guiding principles that guide IICD’s holistic approach to ICT-enabled development: Demand-responsiveness; multi-stakeholder involvement; local ownership; capacity development; partnerships; learning by doing; and embedding ICT projects at the sector level. Empirical examples from different countries are also provided throughout the booklet. The main findings of the evaluation of the Roundtable process are then presented, followed by lessons learned and recommendations." (Foreword)
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