What does it mean to scale?
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations – creating opportunity for non-profit organisations’ teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Civil society organisations and innovators are rightly concerned with scaling their interventions to reach more […]
Hands-on Learning Issue 19
CLICK HERE TO READ HANDS-ON LEARNING ISSUE 19. Through our Hands-on Learning publication, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them to share what they have learned so that others are able to draw from and build on their experiences. Read below a short […]
Learning Brief: Sowing the seeds of change – How to create a more inclusive, fair and sustainable food system
The coronavirus threw South Africa’s fractured and unequal food system into stark relief. How can we create a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient food system that gives greater power to those who still have little influence over how the system works? Some solutions emerged during the 2020 Food Dialogues – we summarise them for you […]
The potential of social enterprise for waste management and reduction in South Africa – A literature review
“Maintaining the status quo is not a viable option,” but we can also see that this crisis presents an unprecedented opportunity. We can rethink the choices we have made and commit to achieving something different, a world that is community-centric, ecologically balanced and spiritually fulfilling.” -David Korten (Living Economies Forum) Covid-19 has impacted the world, […]
Hands-on Learning Issue 15
Through our Hands-on Learning publication, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them to share what they have learned so that others are able to draw from and build on their experiences. In this issue: In addition to its core business, the Renewable Energy […]
Why it is good to share
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” Steve Jobs I love this quote from Steve Jobs. It is very honest and I absolutely know it […]
Under construction: Our new Monitoring and Evaluation Website
We are in the process of developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Resource website for organisations. Have a look at this presentation where we explain why we are developing the website as well as how it will work. This presentation is powered through Prezi, please wait a few moments for the presentation and embedded images to load.
When the poor behave badly, should they be excused?
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread” – Novelist and Nobel Laureate, Anatole France (1844 – 1924) Have you ever wandered through the parking lot of a gambling casino? There are some fancy cars, but […]
Domestic Violence: It All Starts With the Child
“Do you remember that horrific picture in the Cape Times last year, of a terrified man kneeling in front of a crowd in Khayelitsha preparing to necklace him? As if that scene wasn’t bad enough, the really bone-chilling stuff was happening behind him, where mothers stood holding the hands of their toddlers as they too […]
Why bad presentations happen to good causes- a resource for NGOs
Our boardroom has seen quite a few “bad presentations happen to good causes” which is why I was very excited to stumble upon the e-book ‘Why bad presentations happen to good causes’ by Andy Goodman the other day. Thinking back to the tragic moments when we saw those presentations needlessly crash and burn (one endless […]
