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What are policy windows?

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. Download takeaway instructions In the world of policy change, timing is everything. According to political […]

Caring about the care economy

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. Download takeaway instructions   In recent years, non-profit organisations (NPOs) have grappled with dwindling donor […]

When projects don’t go according to plan

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. Download takeaway instructions Civil society organisations are a catalyst for innovation and positive social change […]

Community ownership is not a means to an end

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. Download takeaway instructions If you work in civil society or the socioeconomic development sector, you […]

Zero rating: A bridge across the digital divide

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. Download takeaway instructions Mobile technology has the potential to transcend structural divides and enhance access […]

Scaling up with social employment

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. Download takeaway instructions   In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, social employment emerged as […]

Is there a sweet spot to working with government?

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. Download takeaway instructions   Civil society is made up of thousands of different actors with […]

Leadership lessons from the Arch

Amidst trials both past and present for civil society, this podcast looks to give hope. In contrast to hope, despair is an immobilising emotion – and change becomes impossible – leading to hopelessness becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. Looking at the leadership values of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and those who worked closely with him in civil society, we find out how he kept individuals and organisations that he worked with hopeful.

Introducing: The DGMT Learning Lunch

Has your NPO ever tried to host a brown bag lunch series, but struggled to sustain it? For those not familiar, a brown-bag-lunch is an informal meeting or learning opportunity in the workplace during the lunch hour. It is hosted once a month or every two weeks, and it is called a “brown-bag-lunch” because staff […]

Harnessing Thunder

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. Download takeaway instructions   Where lies our hope at the moment? The last two years have […]