So You Failed…
Cue the sad music. And the rain clouds. But once you’ve gone through all those post-failure emotions, what's next? Sarika Bansal's "The Power of Failure" has a few apt suggestions:
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Nov 30 2012
Straight from the Tropics, with Love
We give the creative advocates at Radi-Aid a standing ovation for making us aware that Norway is pretty damn cold. As the song goes, it's time for us to care, folks.
Nov 16 2012
Europeans Are Just a Tiny Bit Different
In a new report published earlier this week, the folks at Grantcraft explore the nuances of funding and conducting advocacy in the European Union. While there has been a tendency
Nov 09 2012
APEP at the AEA Conference
We braved long security lines (and in-flight coffee of "questionable" quality) to make our way to Minneapolis for the AEA’s annual conference. Yes, it rained…and snowed.
Nov 03 2012
Measuring What "Makes Life Worthwhile"
Well, let’s start with a pretty important question: so, how do you capture what makes life worthwhile… globally? The Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index attempts
Oct 26 2012
En•gage•ment (Noun, /en'gājmənt/)
Beth Kanter's blog always offers some useful food for thought and this week is no different. In writing about her upcoming webinar for the Nonprofit Technology Network,
Oct 19 2012
RSVP for the Advocacy and Policy Change TIG Business Meeting and Reception on Oct. 25th
The American Evaluation Association’s annual conference is almost upon us and we’re getting our bags ready to join the fun in Minneapolis.
Oct 12 2012
Painting the World with Numbers
Earlier this year, Foreign Policy published the Fund for Peace’s annual Failed States Index. Simply put, the higher a country scores on the selected indicators, the greater the risk of state failure.
Oct 05 2012
Change From The Inside
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and current chair of the Aspen Institute’s Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health, recently spoke to The Economist about her long and distinguished career.
Sep 28 2012
Education Nation
APEP got the chance to witness television magic this week at the Education Nation Summit thanks to our work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and NBC News. We’re helping to define and assess
