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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Archives for blog topic “Advocacy Strategies”
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
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 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.
Feb 22 2013
Calling All Breakfast Aficionados: Join Us on February 28th, 8:15 – 9:45AM
Craig Charney, Founder and President of Charney Research, will be on hand to chat with us about the potential role of public opinion surveys in development evaluations.
Feb 08 2013
Pass It Along
The Institute for Inclusive Security (IIS) may not have the most transparent name, but this blog post explains its purpose indirectly by highlighting mainly what others do. Nice.
