Time to Reflect
This week marked another success for same-sex marriage advocates: Delaware Governor Jack Markell enthusiastically signed into law a same-sex marriage bill that only minutes earlier
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May 03 2013
Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast: Assessing Coalitions with Innovation Network on May 22nd
During Q&A at our last breakfast event, someone in the audience asked Serra Sippel of the Center for Health and Gender Equity about the challenges of assessing an advocacy coalition
Apr 26 2013
Close that Loop, PleaseCall us biased, but we think The Aspen Institute's Education and Society Program is doing significant work, especially on the (still) controversial issue of teacher evaluations. In their new report,
Apr 19 2013
PEPFAR—and Effective Advocacy—Save Lives: A Breakfast Dialogue at the Aspen Institute
Our Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast Series is back next Thursday, April 25th, with Ten Years of PEPFAR: A Conversation About Evaluation, Advocacy and Grantmaking. Taking the Institute of Medicine’s
Apr 12 2013
Movement & Momentum
In One in Seven, the Disability Rights Fund (DRF) presents the ongoing evolution and progress of the global disability rights movement by highlighting the work of several organizations
Apr 05 2013
Save the Date: Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast on April 25th, 8:15-9:45AM
So we’re back, folks, with another heavily caffeinated breakfast discussion on advocacy evaluation. On April 25th, Kimberly Scott of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Serra Sippel of the Center for Health and Gender Equity,
Mar 29 2013
Nurturing a Movement
For advocacy groups getting together to work toward a common objective, there are multiple organizational structures to consider: Partnership, Coalition, Campaign, Network, and so on.
Mar 22 2013
And Now, Let’s Welcome Our Techno-Feminist-Theologian-Evaluator…
Often, it seems the entire world loves those TED talks. We’ve even featured a few of them on “So What?” ‘cause, well, they can be incredibly interesting and insightful.
Mar 15 2013
The Art of Influence
In a recent paper, Kristen Grimm of Spitfire Strategies writes about a topic that goes to the heart of what all advocacy groups attempt to do—that is, influence the process
Mar 08 2013
Climate Change Advocacy
The connection between climate change and security concerns can easily be over-drawn, limiting its credibility. But Anne-Marie Slaughter and her research colleagues are serious about their analysis.
