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Filter search resultsEssential tools to track your social media data
This infographic by Infographic World identifies the key data to be measured and specific tools and applications for tracking different social media profiles.ResourceClosing feedback loops: From engaged citizens to more responsive governments
This webpage from The World Bank Institute looks at the impact of citizen engagement on development outcomes.ResourceUsing feedback effectively in peacebuilding contexts
This blogpost, written by E Duncan for DME for Peace, looks at the use of feedback in Peacebuilding contexts.ResourceMeasuring empowerment? Ask them: Quantifying qualitative outcomes from people’s own analysis
This paper, written by Dee Jupp and Sohel Ibn Ali with contribution from Carlos Barahona for Sida, uses the experiences of a social movement in Bangladesh to demonstrate how empowerment can be measured by those who are beingResourceClosing the citizen feedback loop
This article, written by Dennis Whittle and David Bonbright for Keystone Accountability, argues that collecting and responding to feedback is essential as it is not only the right thing to do but it is also the smart thing to do.ResourceFeedback Labs
Feedback Labs is a collaboration of like-minded organisations who aim to make governments, NGOs and donors more responsive to the needs of their constituents.ResourceResearch to action: Social media
This site contains a great roundup of blog posts about using social media to encourage research uptake.ResourceConstituent voice: Technical note 1
This paper from Keystone Accountability provides detailed guidance in the use of Constituent Voice, which is a methodology aimed at cultivating a voice of constituents of an organisation.ResourceCreating the missing feedback loop
This article, written by Alex Jacobs for the IDS Bulletin describes how agricultural development organisations can create feedback systems that allow them to hear from the beneficiaries of their work.ResourceBig data for development: challenges & opportunities
This white paper by UN Global Pulse examines the use of Big Data in development contexts.ResourceWeek 50: Feedback loops – new buzzword, old practice?
Recently, I had the good fortune to start collaboration with The MasterCard Foundation, which is strongly committed to what it calls ‘listening deeply and elevating voices’.BlogPositioning participation on the power spectrum
In the second blog in the 4-part series about participation in evaluation, Irene Guijt and Leslie Groves focus on making power relationships and values in 'participatory' evaluation processes explicit to avoid tokenistic partBlogTree maps: A tool for structuring, exploring and summarising qualitative information
This tool makes use of qualitative information that is in the form of important distinctions or differences that people see in the world around them.ResourceSocial media news release webinar with step-by-step guide
This one-hour webinar is an in-depth discussion of the 15 steps to creating a press release. Excerpt The following example is an excerpt from Falkow (2012)ResourceHierarchical card sorting
Hierarchical card sorting (HCS) is a participatory card sorting method designed to provide insight into how people categorise and rank different phenomena.Method50 top tools for social media monitoring, analytics, and management
This blog post by Pam Dyer lists 50 different tools for gathering, analysing and reporting data about social media.ResourceMalawi exports treemap
This Wikipedia page is an example of an export trading treemap developed by the Observatory of Economic Complexity of MIT Media Lab and the Center for International Development at Harvard University.ResourceFeedback mechanisms in international assistance organizations
This CDA Collaborative Learning Projects paper outlines research conducted with international development organisations on the use of recipient/primary stakeholder feedback in humanitarian aid projects and programs.Resource