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Quote of the Week: Martin Luther King Jr.
"Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate...
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The Importance of Learning and Climate Change
While at the Carbon Expo in Cologne at the end of May, there was a great deal of interest in the climate change learning programs that we shared with attendees. The sense I got as I spoke with...
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Reputation and Governance Styles: The Leader as a Smart Aleck
Because we have a global audience, I must start by explaining that, according to the Oxford American Dictionary, a smart aleck is “a person displaying ostentatious or smug cleverness’. It also reports...
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Entertainment Media Can Help Change Behaviors and Stop the Ebola Outbreak
In the wake of the current Ebola crisis, the 2011 movie Contagion (See the trailer here) directed by Steven Soderbergh has repeatedly been cited as one of the best examples of a movie taking on the...
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Blog Post of the Month: Entertainment Media Can Help Change Behaviors and...
Each month, People, Spaces, Deliberation shares the blog post that generated the most interest and discussion.In August 2014, the most popular blog post was "Entertainment Media Can Help Change...
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So You’ve Written the Research Report: What Else Do You Need to do to Ensure...
Remember the old days when you wrote a report, published it (perhaps with some kind of executive summary), did a couple of seminars and then declared victory and moved on? Social media have changed...
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Is the Idea of ‘Areas of Limited Statehood’ Useful or Superfluous?
The October 2014 edition of Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions is a special issue on 'areas of limited statehood’. As the overview essay states, the...
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How Communication can Help Break the Chain of Corruption in the Private Sector
When one thinks of corruption in the private-sector, grand scenes of executives paying bribes, bidders lying to win contracts, and senior accountants setting up secret bank accounts are likely to come...
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#2 from 2014: Entertainment Media Can Help Change Behaviors and Stop the...
Our Top Ten blog posts by readership in 2014. This post was originally posted on August 06, 2014In the wake of the current Ebola crisis, the 2011 movie Contagion (See the trailer here) directed by...
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Shades of grey in the global green movement
"Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular." - Emile Durkheim How are Ban Ki-moon,...
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Blog post of the month: If using ‘Theories of Change’ cannot transform the...
Each month People, Spaces, Deliberation shares the blog post that generated the most interest and discussion. In November 2015, the featured blog post is "If using ‘Theories of Change’ cannot...
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Media (R)evolutions: As Internet access expands, demand for freedom of...
New developments and curiosities from a changing global media landscape: People, Spaces, Deliberation brings trends and events to your attention that illustrate that tomorrow's media environment will...
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MOOC? Engaging citizens: A game changer for development?
Often it is the simple things that make major impacts, and engaging citizens for better development results is a very simple concept. However, at a time when participatory approaches such as...
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Avoiding perversions of evidence-informed decision-making
How to avoid “We saw the evidence and made a decision…and that decision was: since the evidence didn’t confirm our priors, to try to downplay the evidence” Before we dig into that statement...
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Apply Today! Summer Institute 2016 - Reform Communication: Leadership,...
Those working on reforms- whether they involve energy subsidies or education stipends- know that implementing change can be difficult. Government ministries often disagree on policy, the private...
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Six lessons I learnt while trying to reach 10 million women in India with...
Priyanka Dutt shares what she has learned while implementing a mobile health program for women in India.Last month, the Government of India launched a nationwide mobile health (mHealth) program...
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Blog post of the month: Six lessons I learnt while trying to reach 10 million...
Each month People, Spaces, Deliberation shares the blog post that generated the most interest and discussion. In March 2016, the featured blog post is "Six lessons I learnt while trying to reach 10...
View ArticleWhy Storytelling is Fundamental for Success
Susan McPherson is one of those inspiring women working at the wonderful intersection of business and social impact. Susan explains why storytelling is fundamental for success, in the business and...
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Thinking through funnels of attrition
When first introduced to the idea of a funnel of attrition (my early attempt at a slightly more nuanced and symmetric — but still generic — version is here), I largely thought of it as a useful...
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The things we do: Why those who see the world differently are always wrong
Have you ever been in an argument that ended badly, after which you expected to receive an apology? Did the apology come or was the other side also expecting one? Have you ever done an audit or...
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