Opportunity 1: Resources and Toolboxes
Evaluation and statistics: Growing confidence while being comfortable with uncertainty
Much money and resources are invested in social development in South Africa. Ultimately, we want to know the impact of all this effort and investment. We need to know if the programmes and initiatives we implement and champion make the difference in people’s lives they are intended to make. Evaluation and statistics are tools to […]
Posted on 6 Dec 2019
Alcohol Harms Reduction
Billions of Rands are invested in social development in South Africa. Tens of thousands of people in government and civil society pour their lives into trying to improve society. But it seems like a Sisyphean task – pushing boulders up a hill only to see them roll back down again and again. One of the […]
Posted on 20 Nov 2019
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 […]
Posted on 11 Oct 2019
Hands-on Learning Issue 14
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: Dynamic networks are amplifier strategies that enable social innovators […]
Tags: Activate!, Build simple loving connections for every child, Caregivers, child abuse, Child vulnerability, Clowns without Borders, Communities free of violence, Drive public innovation by reigniting civil society, drop-out, Educational drop-out, Embrace, Family Support Programmes, Grade 12, grow great, Hands-on Learning, Learning Brief, Nal'ibali, Networks, Networks as amplifiers of social impact, Opportunity 1, Opportunity 10, Opportunity 7, PATCH, PIRLS, Prevention of fatal child abuse, School drop-out, Simple loving connections, Smart Start, Smartstart, social capital, support young people, Supporting young people, Violence, Violence against children, Youth, Zero Dropout Schools Initiative
Posted on 24 Jun 2019
Introducing: Improvise – A publication for the Fellowship for Organisational Innovation
Passionate, imaginative, critical thinkers are one of civil society’s greatest assets. But too often the young talent in civil society organisations are not grown to fill the middle management gaps or to take on increasingly bigger leadership responsibilities. In recognition of this, DGMT launched a Fellowship for Organisational Innovation in 2018. This Fellowship has 3 […]
Tags: Civil Society, Drive public innovation by reigniting civil society, Fellowship, Fellowship for Organisational Innovation, Innovation, Opportunity 1
Posted on 29 Apr 2019
How not to trip up on the digital highway: Lessons from social innovators developing e-platforms
Almost every household in South Africa has access to a mobile phone[1]. This has transformed the face of social development, with many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) embracing mobile technology to connect with their target audiences. In this learning brief, we explore the diverse opportunities – but also challenges – that come with using mobile platforms […]
Tags: cost of data, data cost, Drive public innovation by reigniting civil society, e-platforms, Food Forward SA, FunDza, Hands-on Learning, Innovation edge, JosStartes, Learning Brief, mobi sites, mobile apps, mobile space, Mobile technology, Mosaic, Opportunity 1, Praekelt, Redink, Reigniting Civil Society, smart-phone apps, smartphone apps, social innovators, The Reach Trust, Waves for Change
Posted on 16 Jan 2019
Hands-on Learning Issue 13
“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom” reads a quote by E.O. Wilson, who wrote the book, ‘Consilience: The unity of knowledge’. Through the newly revived and rebranded edition of our Hands-on Learning publication, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them […]
Tags: Early literacy Development, Embrace, Hands-on Learning, Implementation Experience, Mobile technology
Posted on 6 Nov 2018
Three key things social innovators must do to truly affect the next 25 years
In this piece, written for City Press in the build-up to the 2018 SA Innovation Summit, DGMT Deputy CEO Janet Jobson, addresses aspiring social innovators as she reflects on key aspects that we must get right to make a lasting impact. 1. Bridge the divides that define South Africa Too often social innovation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_innovation) fixates […]
Posted on 13 Sep 2018
Good reads to inspire thinking about change
We spend a lot of time thinking about change – change that would allow every person in South Africa to have the opportunity to fufill their life potential. We think about what is at the heart of situations -what drives a detremental situation to exist and to persist? We ponder how to activate change – […]
Tags: Books, Civil Society, Reading list, Social Change
Posted on 5 May 2018
How to communicate your work and achievements to funders
Writing proposals and reports to funders can be one of the most stressful parts of working in the social change sector. To make it less nerve wracking, it can be helpful to remember that funders are just people. Many of them have also worked for non-profit organisations, social movements or government departments, and understand the […]
Tags: Communicating to funders about your work, Tips and resources
Posted on 29 Jan 2018
