Context and MEL challenge Designing Evaluation and Communication for Impact (DECI) is funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Ottawa). Our partners are researchers in the global South committed to bridging research to policy in dynamic topics. Their applied research efforts are complex and evolving, and require a developmental MEL support. Since 2009 DECI […]| Unstuck by UNDP
This post was co-written by FactSet’s Cloud Infrastructure team, Gaurav Jain, Nathan Goodman, Geoff Wang, Daniel Cordes, Sunu Joseph and AWS Solution Architects, Amit Borulkar and Tarik Makota. At FactSet, their goal for cloud platform on AWS Cloud is to have high developer velocity alongside enterprise governance. They wanted application teams to have a frictionless […]| Amazon Web Services
This year, 21 summer students joined AFSC, taking on roles in Client Services, Insurance, Digital Services, Lending and more. We asked four summer students to reflect on their time at AFSC. Here’s what they had to say. Isabelle Ho, People Services summer student Coming into this summer job, my main expectation was to work hard […] The post AFSC provides supportive environment for summer students appeared first on Agriculture Financial Services Corporation.| Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
With a deep understanding of agriculture, AFSC claims adjusters deliver a professional and supportive experience, even in uncertain times.| Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Often, they are the first point of contact a producer has with Agriculture Financial Services (AFSC) when crops fail to thrive or suffer hail damage. George Kueber, Claims Adjusting manager at AFSC, believes claim adjusters provide significant value by supporting clients, answering their questions, and guiding them through the claims process. One call, in particular, […] The post AFSC Claims Adjusters: Supporting Alberta agriculture appeared first on Agriculture Financial Services Corporation.| Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
This week’s Field Notes is about prompts. First, though, I... The post Field Notes #132: Prompt Volume appeared first on Omniscient Digital.| Omniscient Digital
There is growing consensus that meaningful Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) must be intentional, resourced, fit-for-purpose, and focused on utilization. When we talk about MEL that responds to complexity and uncertainty, the conversation often jumps straight to conceptual and methodological innovations. However, what can truly unlock the potential for complexity-aware and systems-informed MEL to support […]| Unstuck by UNDP
My lovely husband and I have spent the last couple of weeks sorting out the move down to Dorset and getting set up in our new place. It’s a process of working through which bits of our old life we want to bring with us and which we’re going leave with love behind in Sussex. This is a joyous (most of the time) process of decluttering and appreciation and we feel very lucky to be able to do it.| Catherine Howe
Images from a long summer on the rocks I remember two things about my first visit to the Grand Canyon. The first is we all got in trouble. By “we” I mean the four oldest of the Connor children who were deemed old enough to know better than to go over the barrier along the … Continue reading The Old Testaments→| Rhubarb Skies
A catastrophic fire, an expert guide, and a dauntless scabland bird Before an outing at dawn a few days ago I had only seen my friend Lindell Haggin twice in the past year. Both of those times were on remote video sessions devoted to habitat restoration. Suffice to say, in-person adventures are superior to Zoom … Continue reading The Sage Thrasher’s Next Song→| Rhubarb Skies
How an obscure freeway exit can change your day, and perhaps your life. Halfway between Spokane and Seattle, Interstate-90 dips to the southwest and descends from the open flatlands of Grant County…| Rhubarb Skies
As systems change evaluators, we’ve had firsthand experience supporting philanthropy and foundation strategies and portfolio programs aimed at addressing wicked problems — from safe, affordable housing to better health outcomes for vulnerable groups. We’ve learned that more traditional evaluation approaches often fall short when tackling the dynamic and emergent nature of complex systems change. In […]| Unstuck by UNDP
Since our 2025 Farallon Islands whale watching season began in early April, we’ve experienced one remarkable day after another off the coast of San Francisco. Each trip to the Farallon Islands has offered unforgettable and close encounters with humpback whales, but a particular pattern has emerged that’s left both our crew and guests stunned: the…The post Field Notes: Close Encounters With Humpback Whales Near the Farallon Islands appeared first on Oceanic Society.| Oceanic Society
Meet Oceanic Society naturalist Raymond Boland, who shares his passion for nature, conservation, and leading snorkeling expeditions in Palau.| Oceanic Society
Navigating Public Resources Governance Systems: Public resources and services are necessary for equitable and sustainable development around the world. However, the governance systems that shape how resources are raised and used are often stuck in a vicious cycle of ineffectiveness and exclusion due to power asymmetries, prevailing ideas and norms, and the complexities of reforms […]| Unstuck by UNDP
To our clients, partners, and friends: At Google I/O 2025, among many other AI-centric updates, Google introduced AI Mode, a fully conversational| Omniscient Digital
Starting back at the DCN conference I’ve been talking about design a lot as I try and make the case that we need to design our new unitaries before we start to measure them. I’ve also been part of some really thoughtful work from the Policy lab on this and also some research carried out by DWP which you can read here.| Catherine Howe
This Lochby Mini Field Journal has been my constant companion since it arrived a few months ago. I love the idea of a field journal and being at the ready to capture bits and bobs from my day. Hone…| From the Pen Cup
I’ve been really touched by the comments I’ve had on LinkedIn about as well as the notes and messages from my staff I’ve been sent the result of announcing that I’ll be leaving Adur and Worthing in July to take up the post of Chief Executive of Dorset Council in August. Thank you.| Catherine Howe
This is an overview of the keynote speech that I gave at the CFGS conference. Clearly I am biased as the chair but I thought it was a brilliant conference, really carefully curated and hosted and with a real buzz about it as people came together to talk about the role of governance and scrutiny in democracy. | Catherine Howe
How do we perceive the world around us? In order to understand what surrounds us, we| ucmp.berkeley.edu
Another post with some dreams – very much from a personal perspective and as someone who has been thinking and researching in this space for a fair while now… While devolution is a huge and wide scale shift in how our democracy and state will operate its very very light in terms of democratic innovation ...| Catherine Howe
Speaking very personally, I’m living with the tension between being passionately up for both local government reorganisation and devolution and my equally strongly held belief that how you do something really has an impact on the outcome you are creating. This was always going to be a messy process and the balance between figure it ...| Catherine Howe
In my other start of the year post I talked about some of my democratic and design dreams for the year – in this one I want to share my digital dreams. Stepping back from devolution question and into the reorganisation one, the opportunity for modernisation which comes with the creation dozens of new organisations ...| Catherine Howe
Most people have never experienced a social innovation lab, so how do we talk to these people about what they do and why they're useful?| Fieldnotes by Sam Rye | Social & Environmental Regeneration
On My Mind A week away from the usual vagaries of modern life and a social media (and news) fast has been a welcome break. It looks like I didn’t miss much on social media. I am glad I took some ti…| On my Om
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing? Príspevok Gauging change in the aggregate across portfolios je zobrazený ako prvý na Unstuck by UNDP.| Unstuck by UNDP
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing?| Unstuck by UNDP
HARICA - the only non-DigiCert certificate authority offering .onion certificates (for Tor hidden services) - has recently switched over to signing new certificates with their 2021 CAs. Here are some cliff notes on how to use HARICA's cross-certificates in your trust chain if that becomes a problem for you or your website viewers.| tweedge's blog
Indian Carnatic music can be traced back over 5,000 years of oral tradition passed down from Guru (teacher) to Sishya (student). The most important feature of this tradition is improvisation. Improvisation is done in two basic forms, Ragas (melodies) and Talas (cyclic rhythm). Indian Carnatic music also includes various unique instruments such as the Nadaswarm,... Read More| Center for Washington Cultural Traditions
In African culture, the drum has been a significant form of communication to convey important information, whether that be signals of danger or of celebration. The Djembe, in particular, is a type of goblet drum played by hand that originates from the Bambara peoples in Mali. The name comes from the saying “Anke djé, anke... Read More| Center for Washington Cultural Traditions
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing?| Unstuck by UNDP
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing?| Unstuck by UNDP
Let's talk about Experimentation Portfolios. Visualising an array of experiments to see active and latent potential to shift systems through living labs, mission-oriented innovation and challenge precincts.| Fieldnotes by Sam Rye | Social & Environmental Regeneration
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing?| Unstuck by UNDP
A federal judge has issued a partial summary judgment against Abraham “Avi” Mirman, in connection with a fraud and manipulation case involving the sale of unregistered shares in Liberty Silver Corp. (formerly OTC: LBSV). Mirman figured into a September 2019 Sharesleuth investigation into cbdMD Inc. (Nasdaq: YCBD). The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in August […]| sharesleuth
Given I only managed to post my 2023 intentions in August it feels a bit soon to be posting again – but here we are with some intentions for 2024 – all written alongside the annual sorting week.| Catherine Howe
I wrote this piece back in January but didn’t post it and I was going to discard it but decided not to as I like being able to hold myself to account for this stuff at the end of the year – and so here it is:| Catherine Howe
Observations are a live library of ideas to help you get unstuck. We talk to social development innovators, doers and thinkers and ask them to share their thoughts. These are some of their insights, served as small, refreshing nuggets of wisdom. Please, grab a bite and nurture your imagination!| Unstuck by UNDP
So, you’ve written a Racket library and now you’d like to make it widely available. How to go about it? This post documents a widely used (yet apparently undocumented) best practice.| Terminally Undead
As a Racket developer, if you’ve been running tests and code coverage on your GitHub repos using Travis (for instance, via Greg Hendershott’s travis-racket), you will eventually discover (as I did a few days ago) that Travis is no longer free for open source projects, as it once was. An unfortunate turn of events. In response, the trend among open source developers seems to be to migrate to Github Actions, a free, disturbingly convenient, and admittedly good option, from what I can tell.| Terminally Undead