How can INGOs prepare for future humanitarian crises?
…collaboration will require integrated systems and an appreciation of comparative advantage. It will also need a “common professional language” accessible to all collaborators, and common funding to ensure a coherent…
Bayes Business School (formerly Cass)
Community engagement in UK Aid Connect consortia: definitions and challenges
How is “community engagement” defined in consortia working and how have UK Aid Connect consortia continued to work with communities despite significant challenges? Consortia tend to work with diverse communities…
Shifting power in Bogotรก: Notes from the #Shifthepower Summit
…with me. Marta Ruiz, a journalist and former Truth Commissioner in Colombia, reflected on the work of the commission, reminding us that it was not the politicians or military who…
ICAI review presents an opportunity to reshape DFID’s partnerships and improve CSO performance
…Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) gave the department an amber/red rating for its lack of commitment to understanding the wider contexts CSOs operate in, as well as its complex approach…
CharityComms
Tone of voice and style
…semicolon is a very elegant compromise between a full stop (too much) and a comma (not enough). This sentence illustrates beautifully how it’s done: “Some reporters were brilliant; others were…
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…not want to take time away from your important work commitments, then this online and part-time master’s course will allow you to learn and grow within your current profession. Latest…
United Edge
Strategies for creating happier, healthier, more impactful INGOs
…headspace to address these complex challenges, making them feel insurmountable and only compounding a sense of overwhelm. So the solution cannot be about doing more, it has to focus on…