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Understanding and facilitating change

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What is the purpose of organisations and how can they and their role in society best be understood? How can organisations learn and innovate? This guide aims to stimulate and enrich the practice those supporting organisations and social movements in working, learning, growing and changing to meet the challenges of a complex world. It includes tried and tested concepts, approaches, stories and activities and was developed by a global team of collaborating practitioners and activists.

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Using mobile phones in fundraising campaigns: ( M. Stein / MobileActive.org , 2007); Mobile fundraising is emerging as a new tool for organisations to identify potential donors to raise money. Mobile phones are being used across the world to raise money for social causes such ...
How to conduct quality impact evaluations under financial, time and data constraints: ( M. Bamberger / Independent Evaluation Group Knowledge Programs and Evaluation Capacity Development (IEGKE), World Bank , 2006); Evaluation is an important accountability tool. It helps in learning about what works well, what does not and reasons why. However, evaluations can be expensive to conduct. Project and programme ma...
Principles for good NGO governance: ( M. Wyatt / International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , 2004); The central and Eastern European Working Group on Nonprofits Governance has been exploring challenges facing nonprofits boards since its founding in 2001. A set of guidelines that could promote a s...
Learning about and facilitating organisational change: ( The Barefoot Collective , 2009); This is a practical do-it-yourself guide for leaders and facilitators wanting to help organisations function and to develop in more healthy, human and effective ways. The guide, with its supporting...
Guidelines on mental and psychological support in emergency settings: ( Inter-Agency Standing Committee , 2007); Armed conflicts and natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering to affected populations. The psychological and social impacts of emergencies may be acute in short term, b...
Manual for nurses to provide effective nutrition care and support for people living with HIV: ( Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008); This training manual, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II (FANTA-2) Project, recognises that nutrition interventions are an important component of comprehensive care and sup...
Manual on how to scale up priority HIV and AIDS interventions: ( World Health Organization , 2008); This operations manual, published by the World Health Organization, provides guidance on planning and delivering HIV prevention, care, and treatment services at health centres in countries with hig...
Toolkit on HIV stigma and gender-based violence reduction: ( R. Kidd;N. Prasad;M. Tajuddin / Gender and HIV/AIDS Web Portal, UNIFEM , 2007); This toolkit, published by the International Center for Research on Women, is a collection of participatory educational exercises for educating health care providers on the issues of stigma and gen...
Guidance on impact evaluation: ( F. Leeuw;J. Vaessen / Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation , 2009); Many development interventions appear to leave no trace of sustained positive change after they have been terminated and it is hard to deternine the extent to which interventions are making a diffe...
How can livelihoods be supported in the midst of humanitarian crisis?: ( J.R. Austin (ed);T. Morris / Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children , 2009); Although necessary, emergency relief can only fulfil a limited role. For those that are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance for long periods aid must be provided for displaced persons to garn...