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Learning to Give Well: How We Can Invest in Impact - Notre Dame Technology Forum June 2011
The document discusses factors to consider when investing in humanitarian work. It emphasizes investing in people rather than things by funding activities that build people's capacity and connections. It also stresses the importance of learning from mistakes, checking impact, and being willing to change approaches when they are not working. Donors should focus on funding social enterprises and change rather than just supplying goods or services.
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Learning to Give Well: How We Can Invest in Impact - Notre Dame Technology Forum June 2011
- 1. How We Can Investin Impact by Daniela Papi – ND ‘00
- 14. note You will make mistakes…
- 15. note You will make mistakes… … and that is ok! (Though we are going to try to minimize the chance of that today!)
- 16. note You can’t know your actual impact unless you follow up, do research, and stay open to learning the realities of the impact you had.
- 17.
- 18. don’t te achkids. Schools
- 19. Neither do pencils, books,or t-shirts.
- 20. We need toinvest in people to put those things to use.
- 21. We should be investing timein people
- 22. to havethe capacity and connections to reach their own goals
- 23.
- 24. THINGS TO CONSIDERWHEN LOOKING TO Invest your money in humanitarian work
- 25.
- 26. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS
- 30. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Announce good intentions but don’t motivate anyone to carry them out
- 31. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Find things that work & get some reward Announce good intentions but don’t motivate anyone to carry them out
- 32. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Raise expectations but take no responsibility for meeting them
- 33. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Accept responsibility for their actions Raise expectations but take no responsibility for meeting them
- 34. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Determine what to supply
- 35. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Figure out what’s in demand Determine what to supply
- 36. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Apply global blueprints
- 37. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Adapt to local conditions Apply global blueprints
- 38. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Lack knowledge about the “clients” and the impact of their work
- 39. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Find out the reality of their impact Lack knowledge about the “clients” and the impact of their work
- 40. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS I know the answers. Poverty is a technical engineering problem my answers will solve.
- 41. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS I don’t know all the answers. It’s complicated; trial and error might be the way.
- 42. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Outsiders know enough to impose solutions.
- 43. PLANNERS vs SEARCHERS Insiders have enough knowledge to find solutions. Most solutions must be homegrown.
- 44. s may notbe accurate Market ing material
- 46. Don’t research Buy bad car
- 47. Don’t research Car breaks Buy bad car
- 48. Don’t research Youcan change your behavior in the future Car breaks Buy bad car
- 49. Don’t research SCHOOL Fails, adds to Invest in the corruption, etc. wrong thing
- 50. Don’t research Youdon’t usually know it! SCHOOL Fails, adds to Invest in the corruption, etc. wrong thing
- 51. do your own research You have to
- 52. Talk to those who might kno w more ???
- 53. A Day WithoutDignity
- 54.
- 55. Just Say NOto Orphanage Tourism
- 57. Consider PREVENTION Ratherthan Band Aid solutions
- 58. How would YOU define success?
- 59.
- 60. 1 What is your organization aiming to accomplish?
- 61. 2 What are your strategies for making this happen?
- 62. 3 What are your organization’s capabilities for doing this?
- 63. 4 How will your organization know if you are making progress?
- 64. 5 What have and haven’t you accomplished so far?
- 65. Who is identifyingneeds? more
- 66. Who is identifyingneeds? more What is the timeline?
- 67. Who is identifyingneeds? more What is the timeline? Who is being treated like the “client”?
- 68. Who is identifyingneeds? more What is the timeline? Who is being treated like the “client”? How are the leaders connected to the cause? And what is their leadership style?
- 69. Who is identifyingneeds? more What is the timeline? Who is being treated like the “client”? How are the leaders connected to the cause? And what is their leadership style? How transparent is the organization about their finances, their lessons, their processes?
- 70. What mistakes haveyou made? more What are you doing now that you weren’t doing before? What have you stopped because it failed?
- 71. What mistakes haveyou made? more What are you doing now that you weren’t doing before? What have you stopped because it failed? Are you funding “things” or “activities” or are you funding a change? How are you investing time in PEOPLE?
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- 74. as a donor Thingsto Remember
- 75. you have tolearn before you can help
- 76. $ You vote with yourmoney
- 77. Do you wantmore kids on the street?
- 78.
- 79. investing time in SOCIAL PEOPLE enterprise
- 80. Sometimes, you willfail.
- 81. Sometimes, you willfail. You will make mistakes.
- 82. Sometimes, you willfail. You will make mistakes. Be open to that.
- 83. Sometimes, you willfail. You will make mistakes. Be open to that. But the only way you will know is if you CHECK.
- 84. Sometimes, you willfail. You will make mistakes. Be open to that. But the only way you will know is if you CHECK. Don’t continue to fund failure.
- 85. Be willing tochange when you learn more.
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- 87. THANK YOU! inve sting for elf by in yours her e be ing to day!
- 88. Daniela Papi d@pepytours.com pepycambodia.org pepytours.com lessonsilearned.org
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