Knowledge Management
A reflection on the meanings and nuances of "knowledge management." The punch line: knowledge management (KM) is a mindset and process of collaboratively describing a desired future state of affairs, the required information needed to make decisions towards those desired outcomes, and the ecosystem of practices to collect,
Musing
Key questions that impact how I think and what I pursue in the false dichotomy of work-life (when, in reality, all is connected). * What does success look like? When I offer this up to an individual or a group, the responses are quite telling. People define "success" in
Networks
Scenario: multiple organizations connected through shared goals believing collaboration leads to greater impact on their constituents. These organizations are based in different countries around the globe, speak various languages, employ a range of people, and utilize myriad digital communication tools. Issue: these organizations recognize the importance of clear communication, information
Library
A few thoughts on possible library transformations. Library from the Latin liber, bark. At what point do artificial intelligence and computer algorithms supplant the human editor and curator? Can the machine filter through all available data and select out that which is most appropriate to a user's needs?
Musing
As an analytical thinker, I ponder future outcomes in both home and work life, and the intermediate steps to see transformation from the current to the future state of affairs. The analogy I often use is that of directing a water craft from its current location to some desired location,
Client
Humanity United funded a set of projects during my time at iScale on the issue of peace building, particularly around enhancing the network of organizations pursuing common goals related to peace and security.
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Canada's international development organization funds research across the spectrum of issues. IDRC has funded the following projects where I have been a member: International Open Data Charter, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, and projects when I worked with iScale, largely on project monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
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The Omidyar Network is a philanthropy that invests in both nonprofit and for-profit projects. My work on the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency and the International Open Data Charter received funding from the Omidyar Network.
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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation supports many grantees on an international scale and has supported several projects of which I have been a part. Projects: * Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency * Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
occasional missives
"The United Nations Foundation links the UN’s work with others around the world, mobilizing the energy and expertise of business and non-governmental organizations to help the UN tackle issues including climate change, global health, peace and security, women's empowerment, poverty eradication, energy access, and U.S.
The goal of the International Open Data Charter is to foster greater coherence and collaboration for the increased adoption and implementation of shared open data principles, standards, and good practices across sectors around the world. The Charter is a set of agreed-upon open data Principles, based on the G8 Open
The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data is a global network of governments, NGOs, and businesses working together to strengthen innovative ways that data is used to address the world’s sustainable development efforts. The Global Partnership amplifies current efforts among its Partners and links Partners in new configurations in
With generous support from the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, the Campaign to End Pediatric HIV/AIDS (CEPA) focused on overcoming policy and implementation bottlenecks to scaling up prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT+) and pediatric diagnosis, treatment, and care programs in six focus countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Kenya, Tanzania,
For this project with the Gates Foundation in 2011, a small team from Innovations for Scaling Impact, with me as one of two lead researchers, aided the Foundation’s Global Health measurement, learning, and evaluation (MLE) and Malaria teams to finalize an MLE plan that specifies grant-level sources of data
In 2010, I, as part of Innovations for Scaling Impact, worked with the Packard Foundation on a social network analysis of grantee connections using web crawl techniques. The maps, showing linkages, were then used by Foundation staff in their review of their portfolios.
The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) is a multi-stakeholder action network working to advance and institutionalize global norms and significant, continuous improvements on fiscal transparency, participation, and accountability in countries around the world. I started working on GIFT as part of Innovations for Scaling Impact in 2011, and in
I, as part of Innovations for Scaling Impact in 2011, assisted the MasterCard Foundation in gaining a better understanding of the ecosystem of actors engaged in two of the Foundation's focus areas. I used a network analysis approach, web crawls in particular, to produce a network map of
The International Budget Partnership collaborates with civil society around the world to analyze and influence public budgets in order to reduce poverty and improve the quality of governance. Project: Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In
The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) aims to demonstrably improve the lives of children in developing countries by achieving large-scale, sustainable impact. CIFF believes that every child deserves to survive, thrive and mature into adulthood in a supportive and safe environment. CIFF is an independent, philanthropic organization based in
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has worked with partners around the world on improving the lives of children, enabling the creative pursuit of science, advancing reproductive health, and conserving and restoring the earth’s natural systems. Project: Packard Foundation Grantee Networks Mapping
