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A radically new way of thinking about form and context in literature, politics, and beyond
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We need to be alert to tensions between being friendly with colleagues and fully safety-conscious, and between the bottom line and public safety
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An exploration of how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecological survival.
What is the relationship between design, power, and social justice? “Design justice” is an approach to design that is led by marginalized communities and that aims expilcitly to challenge, rather than reproduce, structural inequalities. It has emerged from a growing community of designers in various fields who work closely with social movements and community-based organizations around the world.This book explores the theory and practice of design justice, demonstrates how universalist design principles and practices erase certain groups of people—specifically, those who are intersectionally disadvantaged or multiply burdened under the matrix of domination (white supremacist heteropatriarchy, ableism, capitalism, and settler colonialism)—and invites readers to “build a better world, a world where many worlds fit; linked worlds of collective liberation and ecological sustainability.” Along the way, the book documents a multitude of real-world community-led design practices, each grounded in a particular social movement. Design Justice goes beyond recent calls for design for good, user-centered design, and employment diversity in the technology and design professions; it connects design to larger struggles for collective liberation and ecological survival.
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October 19, 2019 12:58 PM
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The research conducted by this year’s Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research.
Despite recent dramatic improvements, one of humanity’s most urgent issues is the reduction of global poverty, in all its forms. More than 700 million people still subsist on extremely low incomes. Every year, around five million children under the age of five still die of diseases that could often have been prevented or cured with inexpensive treatments. Half of the world’s children still leave school without basic literacy and numeracy skills.
This year’s Laureates have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty. In brief, it involves dividing this issue into smaller, more manageable, questions – for example, the most effective interventions for improving educational outcomes or child health. They have shown that these smaller, more precise, questions are often best answered via carefully designed experiments among the people who are most affected.
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October 2, 2019 11:02 AM
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Why and how donors should use donor-advised funds to invest in innovation toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Target setting and 'outcome measurement' are part of a vast industry of checking and 'holding to account' but basically it doesn't work, and probably causes more problems than if you didn't bother in the first place. That's a bit controversial..., particularly if you are in the game of; measurement, checking and 'holding to account'. Let…
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Dear CoCreative friends, We invite you to join us during a special no-cost Ashoka-CoCreative webinar on May 23, 2019, from 10 AM - 12 PM EST. During our time together, our team members Maren Maier (Germany) and Russ Gaskin (US) will lead a webinar about Collaborative Social Innovation and Systems Change. This opportunity is part of Ashoka's ongoing exploration of topics related to New Leadership and New Ways of Organizing. We are honored by the invitation to engage in these meaningful and thought provoking conversations. The webinar is open to anyone. Please feel free to pass the information along to any colleagues – in your workplace or at other institutions – who might find this webinar beneficial. Details: The session will include learning about our impact as changemakers through CoCreative Consulting and the development and evolution of “Collaborative Impact” as a collaborative system change framework and methodology. Our Collaborative Impact approach proposes an integral vision that includes several models and engages people from the cognitive, emotional and action-oriented perspectives. We will also engage in questions such as: What’s the difference between a change system and the target system we seek to change?What do single systems change methods leave out?What is the role of social entrepreneurs in systems change?What are key elements of collaborative leadership for systems change?What are the four "essential ingredients" in multi-stakeholder collaborations and change teams? Bring your questions and systems change experience and join us for what we expect will be a generative dialogue with some practical tools for your own work. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/612514575 Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) Meeting ID: 612 514 575 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aD896Zd3l Open Training Opportunities: We also want you to know that we have three opportunities this fall for friends, colleagues or your network partners to be exposed to our methodology, tools and hands-on learning environment during our Collaborative Innovation Essentials course. This course will support you to: Design and lead multi-stakeholder collaborations fueled by real alignment, engagement, and momentum Lead more confidently through the fear and uncertainty of leading complex change across ideological and cultural boundaries Help groups navigate the confusion and polarization that shows up when engaging diverse constituents You will leave this course with increased effectiveness and skill in: Establishing the conditions for powerful collaborationAligning diverse interests around a powerful shared goalMapping a shared understanding of system dynamicsHelping stakeholders develop real empathy for everyone affected by the workIdentifying the critical shifts that need to happen in order to realize your goalDeveloping a powerful set of ideas, build them into working prototypes and test them in the real worldScaling up the work and the impactBuilding a shared learning environment Do you have someone to recommend or to whom you'd be willing to pass along the registration link? September 9-11 in Washington DC (Hosted by Ashoka)September 18-20 in Missoula, MT (Hosted by Headwaters Foundation and Zero to Five)October 28-30 in Honolulu, HI (Hosted by Omidyar Fellows) For more information about joining the no-cost webinar, registering for one of our open training sessions, or scheduling a time to speak with us about designing an opportunity just for your team, please contact Melissa Darnell at melissa@cocreativeconsulting.com. In collaboration, Russ --- Russ Gaskin Managing Director CoCreative Consulting Cell: +1-202-253-8846 russ@cocreativeconsulting.com cocreativeconsulting.com linkedin.com/in/russgaskin
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May 10, 2018 8:21 PM
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Stories are the most powerful tool we have for increasing understanding and building engagement with complex issues. Telling them well can drive belief and behavior change.
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February 21, 2018 8:14 PM
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The Evaluation Masterclass: Principles-Focused Evaluation for Community Changemakers will be offered in Toronto, Regina, Calgary and Vancouver.
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To effect social change requires understanding the key forms through which power works, especially those that order space, time, status, and connectivity.
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Footprint evaluation focuses on the ‘footprint’ that human systems make on natural systems. This requires attention to the nexus between human systems and natural systems. Footprint evaluation is grounded in the premise that all evaluations should include consideration of environmental sustainability, even when this is not a stated goal of the intervention.
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December 3, 2019 9:00 PM
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System work is not about solutions; it’s about discovering and steering local pathways for change at a pace appropriate for our ability to learn and for what local communities can enact and absorb. A feature story from the Winter 2020 issue.
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October 15, 2019 8:02 AM
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The research conducted by this year’s Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research.
Despite recent dramatic improvements, one of humanity’s most urgent issues is the reduction of global poverty, in all its forms. More than 700 million people still subsist on extremely low incomes. Every year, around five million children under the age of five still die of diseases that could often have been prevented or cured with inexpensive treatments. Half of the world’s children still leave school without basic literacy and numeracy skills.
This year’s Laureates have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty. In brief, it involves dividing this issue into smaller, more manageable, questions – for example, the most effective interventions for improving educational outcomes or child health. They have shown that these smaller, more precise, questions are often best answered via carefully designed experiments among the people who are most affected.
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October 2, 2019 10:47 AM
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An excerpt from Driving Innovation From Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs examines how employees catalyze innovation from within organizations.
Will Steffen and colleagues at the Stockholm Resilience Centre now argue that human beings now
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In several recent articles, I have explored the relationship between my past work in theatre and the current work I am doing as a part of Reos Partners. My
See our Systems Thinking Resources below! Concepts and Frameworks The Five Learning Disciplines Developed by renowned systems thinker Peter Senge, these five disciplines each enhance the ability of a person or organization to use learning effectively. Leveraged together, they contribute heavily to the success of learning organizations, defined by Senge as, “…organizations where people continually …
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January 24, 2018 1:17 PM
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Plus 5 things we’ll try in 2018 We’re all about trial, error, more trial, and when we can, celebrating success! See what we tested last year, and what we’ll iterate this year. 1. Open learning events One of our favorite mantras is we don’t know what we don’t know. How can we expose ourselves and … Continued
As many nonprofits look at the enormous potential benefits of building shared leadership in and around their organizations, they will surely stumble across the holacracy model, but does it offer a real path forward? In this article, a veteran of one change process intelligently critiques the model, providing guidance on what other organizations may wish to avoid. This is the first of a 3-part series on shared leadership we will run over the coming month.
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