Content tagged with “Advocacy and Social Media”
Our Next Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast: A Closer Look at Global Health Policy NetworksGlobally, why have deaths from certain conditions declined faster than others? Typically, people’s answers focus...
Tags: global health, APEP News, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies
The World as ClassroomThe idea gurus at TED have just released an online portal for educators—and for the student in all of us: TED-Ed. Teachers from around the world are invited to submit short...
Tags: Education, global health, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies
Sharing Lessons Learned At the end of last month, The Aspen Institute’s Ministerial Leadership Initiative (MLI) closed shop after more than four years of fruitful work with health ministers from...
Tags: Foreign Policy, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies
Unpacking Stats A few weeks ago we told you about a World Bank report showing a marked decrease in the number of people in developing countries living in extreme poverty. In their latest “Trade Fact...
Tags: Poverty, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies
Evaluating Talk Two weeks ago, we featured the Huffington Post piece of an Aspen Institute colleague arguing for the value of talk. Coincidentally, The New Yorker recently asked: so, what really...
Tags: Education, Evaluation Theory and Methods, Advocacy and Social Media
The Potential Power of Talk It may seem a little self-serving to highlight a sister Aspen Institute program, but our colleague Judy Samuelson makes some great points in a Huffington Post piece about...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Methods, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies
From NOLA With Love Our friends at Moving Forward Gulf Coast released their first video newsletter of the year highlighting the great work of grassroots advocates involved with the national 2025...
Tags: Foreign Aid, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies
Blackout This past Wednesday, a number of hugely popular websites either closed shop for the day or altered their interface as a sign of protest against two controversial intellectual property bills...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Methods, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies
From a No. 2 Pencil to an iPadWe think The New York Times' "Room for Debate" feature is pretty darn cool. This week, the topic is classroom technology and the Times has recruited an impressive list...
Tags: Education, Advocacy and Social Media, Evaluation Theory and Practice
Breakfast to Go We’re excited to be hosting an advocacy evaluation breakfast with folks from the United Nations Foundation on the Foundation’s cool internal advocacy evaluation systems next Thursday...
Tags: APEP News, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies