This set of slides provide an account of the meeting building upon the original slides that were used that day. Comments and questions from the participants and replies from the facilitator were added. The slides also contain the main insights and recommendations from the breakout groups which focused on five concrete ideas that could become part of MaFI's 2016 Work Plan; namely:
- adaptable management
- facilitation
- complexity for scale
- practitioner groups
- financial inclusion through market systems
These slides give you an idea of the content that was discussed during the MaFI session that took place on 22 Sep 2014, during the SEEP Annual Conference in Washington, DC. They are a mix of the slides used during the presentation and comments added by the facilitator and the participants.
Slides with the key 7 things you should know about MaFI... the best network for inclusive market development facilitators in the world! Why it is different; its learning agenda; how to participate, etc.
These slides give you an idea of the content that was discussed during the MaFI session that took place on 22 Sep 2014, during the SEEP Annual Conference in Washington, DC. They are a mix of the slides used during the presentation and comments added by the facilitator and the participants.
Slides with the key 7 things you should know about MaFI... the best network for inclusive market development facilitators in the world! Why it is different; its learning agenda; how to participate, etc.
Impact investing - which helps address social and/or environmental problems while also turning a profit - could unlock substantial for-profit investment capital to complement philanthropy in addressing pressing social challenges.
This presentation, given at the inaugural Global Impact Investing Network Investor Forum, discusses the priority barriers in scaling for-impact enterprises and examples of innovative acceleration platforms currently operating within the space.
20th TCI Anniversary Commemorative Book: The past, present and future of clus...TCI Network
20th TCI Anniversary Commemorative Book: The past, present and future of clusters 20th TCI Anniversary Commemorative Book: The past, present and future of clusters
Presentation given by Szymon Radziszewicz, IFAC Senior Technical Manager, during a seminar on the IFAC and the accountancy profession at the Philippines Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Inclusive Business Promotion Through Startup Innovation Ecosystem DevelopmentTri Dung, Tran
Understand Inclusive Business
Inclusive Business in Vietnamese agro-economy
Case studies: Traphaco Sapa & PepsiCo Food
Collaboration Opportunities for startups and ecosystem players
A Presentation on 'How Overseas Manipuris can contribute to the socio-economic development of Manipur via Knowledge Exchang Networks (KENs)'. Attended by top officials from various departments in govt of Manipur on 6th Oct 2011 at State Guest House - Sanjenthong (Imphal). Hosted by Ministry of Commerce & Industries
Hack For Change is a community of developers, software engineers, and other like-minded individuals, focused on solving specific problem statements proposed by social and governmental organizations, using emerging technologies.
The Benefits Of Innovation Workshops: Co-Creation And Remote CollaborationHarry Alford
Innovation workshops drive companies to develop a compelling point of view, see competitive challenges in a new light, address specific painful problems, and create hooks of synchronicity to stimulate productivity. Over the course of a three-hour session, we facilitate design thinking exercises to connect problems to a solution. This presentation articulates the benefits of participating in an innovation workshop.
The key ideas from the plenary session at the end of a glorious day that will shape MaFI forever... and the work that facilitators do all over the world. This document and the experiences accumulated in the last 2 years are the basis for the strategies and action plan of MaFI in 2011 and beyond.
Impact investing - which helps address social and/or environmental problems while also turning a profit - could unlock substantial for-profit investment capital to complement philanthropy in addressing pressing social challenges.
This presentation, given at the inaugural Global Impact Investing Network Investor Forum, discusses the priority barriers in scaling for-impact enterprises and examples of innovative acceleration platforms currently operating within the space.
20th TCI Anniversary Commemorative Book: The past, present and future of clus...TCI Network
20th TCI Anniversary Commemorative Book: The past, present and future of clusters 20th TCI Anniversary Commemorative Book: The past, present and future of clusters
Presentation given by Szymon Radziszewicz, IFAC Senior Technical Manager, during a seminar on the IFAC and the accountancy profession at the Philippines Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Inclusive Business Promotion Through Startup Innovation Ecosystem DevelopmentTri Dung, Tran
Understand Inclusive Business
Inclusive Business in Vietnamese agro-economy
Case studies: Traphaco Sapa & PepsiCo Food
Collaboration Opportunities for startups and ecosystem players
A Presentation on 'How Overseas Manipuris can contribute to the socio-economic development of Manipur via Knowledge Exchang Networks (KENs)'. Attended by top officials from various departments in govt of Manipur on 6th Oct 2011 at State Guest House - Sanjenthong (Imphal). Hosted by Ministry of Commerce & Industries
Hack For Change is a community of developers, software engineers, and other like-minded individuals, focused on solving specific problem statements proposed by social and governmental organizations, using emerging technologies.
The Benefits Of Innovation Workshops: Co-Creation And Remote CollaborationHarry Alford
Innovation workshops drive companies to develop a compelling point of view, see competitive challenges in a new light, address specific painful problems, and create hooks of synchronicity to stimulate productivity. Over the course of a three-hour session, we facilitate design thinking exercises to connect problems to a solution. This presentation articulates the benefits of participating in an innovation workshop.
The key ideas from the plenary session at the end of a glorious day that will shape MaFI forever... and the work that facilitators do all over the world. This document and the experiences accumulated in the last 2 years are the basis for the strategies and action plan of MaFI in 2011 and beyond.
Why is there a need for a training providers Peer Meetup? by Safaraz AliThe Pathway Group
Why is there a need for a training providers Peer Meetup? by Safaraz Ali, introducing PeerMeetup, In addition Safaraz gives his views on how business models have changed and how the world changed. Safaraz also introduces an alternative to the 70-20-10 model for learning that has been used for 20 years and suggests a 40-40- 20 model is now more relevant and appropriate.
Collaborative getting accelerated webinar with agora, fledge, edd, village ca...Mark Horoszowski
There are a growing number of social enterprise accelerators, pre-accelerators, and startup bootcamps - and there is increasing competition to get into them all.
In this webinar for scale-ready social enterprises, we will get to hear from social enterprise leaders, as well as directly from accelerator directors to help you decide on which accelerators are best for your organization, and how to make your application standout!
This will be most useful for social enterprises already in operation and in the early stages of scaling.
Our speakers include:
1. Rachel Crawford, Innovation Manager, Village Capital
3. Brent Ruth, Global Partnerships Manager, Entrepreneurship Database Program
2. Brian Bell, Director of Programs, Agora Partnerships
4. Anna Phillips, Director of Strategic Partnerships, MovingWorlds.org
5. Luni Libes, Founder and Director, Fledge
VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity and describes the fast-arriving future we are living in. This inspirational session will talk about how leadership, culture, and talent management are changing in these exponential times. Participants thru an exercise to leave with a person action plan.
Learning Objective:
Understand emerging trends and issues facing business and CPA Profession.
Learn about how leadership is changing to lead change in rapidly changing times.
Develop an action plan to take back and apply the principles learned.
Online Communities: Revenue Drivers or Dead Zones?Influitive
New research from analyst firm Demand Metric finds that while a majority of organizations have communities, only a small fraction are satisfied with their results. In this webinar, chief analyst Jerry Rackley walks through some results from the research and shares his recommendations for ensuring online communities are revenue drivers instead of dead zones.
The Web Management Community: Beyond IWMW and JISCMail Lists (#A4)lisbk
Slides for a workshop session on "The Web Management Community: Beyond IWMW and JISCMail Lists" facilitated by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the IWMW 2011 event held at the University of Reading on 26-27 July 2011.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/iwmw-2011/
A general overview of the Canada Foundation for Innovation grant application assessment process for UBC applicants for the 2015 Innovation Fund. Recommendations for grant applicants to the 2015 Innovation Fund.
Covid-19 Webinar for Corporates: Rethinking Corporate Volunteering to support...Empact
The COVID-19 outbreak has undeniably impacted our social organisations – whether through a loss in donations or sales, cancellation of volunteering events, disruption in supplies, or forcing a push to innovate. As a result, non-profits and social enterprises are extremely concerned about their sustainability towards serving their respective communities.
In challenging times like these, corporates can definitely play a vital role in supporting these organisations by strengthening their capabilities and capacity through skills-based volunteering.
In this webinar, we share specific needs on-the-ground using the results of a Pulse Check conducted with our non-profit organisations and social enterprises. We also present corporate skills-based volunteering opportunities that may effectively contribute to their survival and sustainability.
Similar to MaFI Meeting at SEEP Annual Conference 2015 - Report (20)
ACDI/VOCA's Activate is a tool to walk project staff through six steps, resulting in an Social Behaviour Change strategy and M&E plan. First, Activate will provide a set of customizable behaviors with simple guidance on how to select and tailor those behaviors. After projects identify and customize these behaviors, they will have a clearer picture of which behaviors they are trying to change. Activate will then provide training curricula and guidance on barrier analysis and formative research, so that staff will understand how to collect data on drivers and barriers of those behaviors. It will also include a set of sequential decision-making process aides, guidance on best practices from behavioral sciences, and resources on Behavior Mapping to connect target behaviors to M&E processes.
These slides propose a few guidelines and concrete projects to relaunch MaFI as a group that will focus on the psychological and cognitive aspects of facilitation of market systems development (MSD) programmes.
The results of a poll done to get feedback from members about a proposal to focus MaFI on the human and organisational sides of facilitation of market systems development.
A white paper produced by Kenya Markets Trust (KMT) and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) to promote the application of lean management principles to the field of inclusive market development
This is one of the learning documents produced by USAID's Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) Programme. MaFI members will use this document to share knowledge about theories and practices related to market systems.
The Market Systems Framework initiative aims to align the VC framework with systems concepts, make the very poor more visible, and better express the fact that VCs are adaptive, multi-layered, non-linear, and relationship based. The initiative seeks to define inclusive market systems and propose recommendations for project design and implementation.
The framework will be used to develop a detailed learning agenda to address how we (i) analyse market systems, (ii) use the analysis to design inclusive interventions that achieve systemic change, and (iii) measure the results.
You can learn more about LEO at: http://www.acdivoca.org/LEO
The paper starts out by examining the civil society strategy of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs which forms the basis for public NGO financing in Denmark. The assessment of the Danish policy environment includes extensive reference to a paper on the role of civil society in pro-poor growth initiatives prepared by CISU, an umbrella and fund for smaller Danish NGOs. Secondly, a couple of studies on the experiences of Danish NGOs working with the private sector are presented. Starting from a short reference to the role of NGOs and private sector in the area of microfinance, the paper then presents the role of the NGO in the development of pro-poor value chains including the planning and analysis process. Interventions are further specified in terms of a number of areas in which NGOs can support lead firms and small producers followed by a presentation of a number of ways that NGOs can ensure that working with the private sector indeed benefits the very poor. (Taken from the paper)
The Market Learning Event had the following aim:
To promote the appropriate use of market analysis and market based programming in humanitarian contexts through the consideration of the current and potential engagement with markets. The event set out to answer the following questions:
What are we doing today in relation to humanitarian programming and research?
What should we be aiming for?
What have we learnt in terms of challenges and solutions?
What do we need to do now and what is the priority?
The event combined presentations on experience and learning in assessment, analysis and response in relation to markets (see Agenda in Annex 1 for topics) in both the humanitarian and development sector, with working group discussions to explore gaps in knowledge and practices, and outline possible solutions for addressing these. While the learning had a clear humanitarian focus, the event aimed to explore developmental and private sector practices and knowledge, to allow for broadened learning and different approaches that could feed in and support the further development of humanitarian engagements.
This is a document that proposes a vision and strategies to do a second round of testing to find out a sustainable and efficient model to promote local-global dialogues between MaFI and LLGs all over the world.
This is the short version of the MaFI 2013 Work Plan. If you do not have much time to read the details, here’s a summary of objectives and modules:
Objectives:
- To continue influencing the principles, rules and practices of international development to promote facilitation approaches in inclusive market development using the MaFI-festo as a general guideline.
- To further the practice and thinking of inclusive market development facilitation through a systematic process of learning and action-research between market facilitators and M&E and complexity experts, mainly through the Complexity Dialogues and the Systemic M&E Initiative.
- To produce knowledge products based on MaFI’s learning agenda and processes (e.g. online discussions, webinars and in-person meetings) that inform and build the capacity of field practitioners and are relevant and interesting to other decision-makers such as donors and lead firms.
- To promote in-person interactions and local-global dialogue, learning and coordination through formal and informal initiatives such as Local Learning Groups, MaFI Ambassadors, workshops and conferences.
- To continue improving the efficiency and effectiveness of MaFI’s back-end operations (e.g. guidance to members, processing and selection of requests to join, MaFI introductions, selection of Top Influencer of the Month, etc.)
Modules:
- M&E of MaFI: To build better theories of change and indicators to monitor how learning and collaboration processes change in MaFI and to assess MaFI’s impacts on its members
- MaFI “Instructions Manual”: To codify the operational principles and the lessons learned by the facilitator of MaFI since its beginnings in 2007-8 and to provide tips and instructions about how to manage the back-end processes that keep MaFI running efficiently.
- Systemic M&E, Phase II: To illustrate the practical application, implications and impacts of the principles proposed in the Systemic M&E synthesis document in the context of inclusive market development initiatives.
- Complexity Dialogues: To build a learning agenda that will help MaFI to interact in a more systematic way with complexity experts to improve the application of complexity science in inclusive market development practice and policy-making.
- Capacity Building: To build global convergence and consensus around the basic skills and attitudes that effective and efficient facilitators of inclusive market development initiatives should have.
- Knowledge Production System: To convert the best discussions ever produced by MaFI into knowledge products that are easy to read and can reach large numbers of practitioners globally, both for information and training purposes.
- Local Learning and collaboration: To promote locally contextualised learning and collaboration between key development actors such as field practitioners, policy-makers and donors around issues related to facilitation of inclusive market development
“The purpose of this paper is to stimulate debate on what makes for good monitoring. It draws on my reading of history and perceptions of current practice, in the development aid and a bit in the corporate sectors. I dwell on the history deliberately as it throws up some good practice and relevant lessons. This is particularly instructive regarding the resurgence of the aid industry’s focus on results and recent claims about scant experience in involving intended beneficiaries and establishing feedback loops. The main audience I have in mind are not those associated with managing or carrying out evaluations. Rather, this paper is aimed at managers responsible for monitoring (be they directors in Ministries, managers in consulting companies, NGOs or civil servants in donor agencies who oversee programme implementation) and will improve a neglected area.” (Daniel Ticehurst)
IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER BUT DO NOT HAVE A SLIDESHARE ACCOUNT, PLEASE GO TO: http://bit.ly/mafisystemandesynthseep This paper is the synthesis of conversations that started in MaFI in June 2010 and a series of online and in-person conversations that took place in the second half of 2012. This paper captures the voices of practitioners, academics, donors and entrepreneurs who are trying to find better ways to monitor and evaluate the influence of development projects on market systems and learn more, better and faster from their interventions. The paper flags up three critical issues related to targeting, accountability and sustainability; and PROPOSES SEVEN PRINCIPLES that could help practitioners and policy-makers to designs and implement appropriate and usable systemic M&E frameworks.
This document contains evidence that supports some of the ideas proposed by MaFI members in the MaFI-festo and in the Systemic M&E initiative. Development is also about relationships, not just about technicalities and money; reality is complex; flexibility and ability of practitioners to connect and leverage the system's resources are key; etc.
This document by Eelke Wielinga describes the FAN (Free Actor Network) approach and practical tools to promote effective networks where traditional planning is balanced with the energies, incentives and dreams of the members. Mr Wielinga was one of the speakers of the Systemic M&E webinar (Innovations in Measuring Impacts in Market and Financial Systems: rethinking the current paradigm). This webinar was organised by SEEP's MaFI in October 2012 and hosted in collaboration with USAID's Microlinks and FHI360. To know more about the FAN approach and Eelke's work go to www.toolsfornetworkers.nl
Note: the results of this discussion are available at: http://www.slideshare.net/marketfacil/systemic-mand-e-synthesis-31jan2013
This is the first version of the paper that we will use to promote debate, reflection and progress around the systemic M&E initiative. The initiative’s main objective is to promote a rethink of how we measure our impacts on market systems and their evolution towards more inclusion, productivity and efficiency (i.e. how do we know that the markets systems we work with are actually going to continue reducing poverty and protecting the environment even after we have left the scene).
The paper is a live document and it is intended to evolve with the conversations that donors, academic researchers, and practitioners working in inclusive market development and finance/microfinance development. Most of these conversations will take place in MaFI, in USAID’s Microlinks (23-25 Oct, 2012) and the SEEP 2012 Annual Conference. Your comments and questions are welcome (please use the comments box here).
The systemic M&E is one of the concrete solutions proposed by the MaFI-festo (http://slidesha.re/mafifesto2) to make international development cooperation more facilitation-friendly, and therefore, more cost-effective.
Useful information about extreme poverty in Bangladesh and interesting lessons and insights about how to address it. For example: “Three principles for engaging with extreme poor (a blended approach): ensure sufficient present security to enable people to start planning in the future through direct support for sustainable subsistence; combine present survival with future provision for children; and support safety nets, insurance and social protection to cope with vulnerability, uncertainties, hazards and shocks”. For inclusive market facilitators the question then becomes: how can we use market systems to realise those principles? Many thanks to the authors, Joe Devine and Geof Wood, who gave their authorisation to share their work here. Useful information about extreme poverty in Bangladesh and interesting lessons and insights about how to address it. For example: “Three principles for engaging with extreme poor (a blended approach): ensure sufficient present security to enable people to start planning in the future through direct support for sustainable subsistence; combine present survival with future provision for children; and support safety nets, insurance and social protection to cope with vulnerability, uncertainties, hazards and shocks”. For inclusive market facilitators the question then becomes: how can we use market systems to fulfil those principles? Many thanks to the authors, Joe Devine and Geof Wood, who gave their authorisation to share their work here.
If markets are open, complex and adaptive systems why do we still try to measure our impacts on them and their evolution as if they were machines that we can control and predict? A new M&E paradigm is necessary for field practitioners to perform better as facilitators of change, and for policy makers and donors to invest their resources where they will make the biggest impact at the lowest costs.
This plenary will explore cutting edge thinking and enquiry around ways to improve the current evaluation paradigm and improved practice in measuring impacts in market systems. The plenary will explore ideas that support the construction and application of systemic approaches to M&E, the principles that should underpin this and how to make it practical for practitioners and policy makers. Check out this amazing line-up!
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Poonawalla Fincorp and IndusInd Bank Introduce New Co-Branded Credit Cardnickysharmasucks
The unveiling of the IndusInd Bank Poonawalla Fincorp eLITE RuPay Platinum Credit Card marks a notable milestone in the Indian financial landscape, showcasing a successful partnership between two leading institutions, Poonawalla Fincorp and IndusInd Bank. This co-branded credit card not only offers users a plethora of benefits but also reflects a commitment to innovation and adaptation. With a focus on providing value-driven and customer-centric solutions, this launch represents more than just a new product—it signifies a step towards redefining the banking experience for millions. Promising convenience, rewards, and a touch of luxury in everyday financial transactions, this collaboration aims to cater to the evolving needs of customers and set new standards in the industry.
What website can I sell pi coins securely.DOT TECH
Currently there are no website or exchange that allow buying or selling of pi coins..
But you can still easily sell pi coins, by reselling it to exchanges/crypto whales interested in holding thousands of pi coins before the mainnet launch.
Who is a pi merchant?
A pi merchant is someone who buys pi coins from miners and resell to these crypto whales and holders of pi..
This is because pi network is not doing any pre-sale. The only way exchanges can get pi is by buying from miners and pi merchants stands in between the miners and the exchanges.
How can I sell my pi coins?
Selling pi coins is really easy, but first you need to migrate to mainnet wallet before you can do that. I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant to trade with.
Tele-gram.
@Pi_vendor_247
how to sell pi coins on Bitmart crypto exchangeDOT TECH
Yes. Pi network coins can be exchanged but not on bitmart exchange. Because pi network is still in the enclosed mainnet. The only way pioneers are able to trade pi coins is by reselling the pi coins to pi verified merchants.
A verified merchant is someone who buys pi network coins and resell it to exchanges looking forward to hold till mainnet launch.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant to trade with.
@Pi_vendor_247
how to sell pi coins in South Korea profitably.DOT TECH
Yes. You can sell your pi network coins in South Korea or any other country, by finding a verified pi merchant
What is a verified pi merchant?
Since pi network is not launched yet on any exchange, the only way you can sell pi coins is by selling to a verified pi merchant, and this is because pi network is not launched yet on any exchange and no pre-sale or ico offerings Is done on pi.
Since there is no pre-sale, the only way exchanges can get pi is by buying from miners. So a pi merchant facilitates these transactions by acting as a bridge for both transactions.
How can i find a pi vendor/merchant?
Well for those who haven't traded with a pi merchant or who don't already have one. I will leave the telegram id of my personal pi merchant who i trade pi with.
Tele gram: @Pi_vendor_247
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Resume
• Real GDP growth slowed down due to problems with access to electricity caused by the destruction of manoeuvrable electricity generation by Russian drones and missiles.
• Exports and imports continued growing due to better logistics through the Ukrainian sea corridor and road. Polish farmers and drivers stopped blocking borders at the end of April.
• In April, both the Tax and Customs Services over-executed the revenue plan. Moreover, the NBU transferred twice the planned profit to the budget.
• The European side approved the Ukraine Plan, which the government adopted to determine indicators for the Ukraine Facility. That approval will allow Ukraine to receive a EUR 1.9 bn loan from the EU in May. At the same time, the EU provided Ukraine with a EUR 1.5 bn loan in April, as the government fulfilled five indicators under the Ukraine Plan.
• The USA has finally approved an aid package for Ukraine, which includes USD 7.8 bn of budget support; however, the conditions and timing of the assistance are still unknown.
• As in March, annual consumer inflation amounted to 3.2% yoy in April.
• At the April monetary policy meeting, the NBU again reduced the key policy rate from 14.5% to 13.5% per annum.
• Over the past four weeks, the hryvnia exchange rate has stabilized in the UAH 39-40 per USD range.
how to swap pi coins to foreign currency withdrawable.DOT TECH
As of my last update, Pi is still in the testing phase and is not tradable on any exchanges.
However, Pi Network has announced plans to launch its Testnet and Mainnet in the future, which may include listing Pi on exchanges.
The current method for selling pi coins involves exchanging them with a pi vendor who purchases pi coins for investment reasons.
If you want to sell your pi coins, reach out to a pi vendor and sell them to anyone looking to sell pi coins from any country around the globe.
Below is the contact information for my personal pi vendor.
Telegram: @Pi_vendor_247
The secret way to sell pi coins effortlessly.DOT TECH
Well as we all know pi isn't launched yet. But you can still sell your pi coins effortlessly because some whales in China are interested in holding massive pi coins. And they are willing to pay good money for it. If you are interested in selling I will leave a contact for you. Just telegram this number below. I sold about 3000 pi coins to him and he paid me immediately.
Telegram: @Pi_vendor_247
If you are looking for a pi coin investor. Then look no further because I have the right one he is a pi vendor (he buy and resell to whales in China). I met him on a crypto conference and ever since I and my friends have sold more than 10k pi coins to him And he bought all and still want more. I will drop his telegram handle below just send him a message.
@Pi_vendor_247
The European Unemployment Puzzle: implications from population agingGRAPE
We study the link between the evolving age structure of the working population and unemployment. We build a large new Keynesian OLG model with a realistic age structure, labor market frictions, sticky prices, and aggregate shocks. Once calibrated to the European economy, we quantify the extent to which demographic changes over the last three decades have contributed to the decline of the unemployment rate. Our findings yield important implications for the future evolution of unemployment given the anticipated further aging of the working population in Europe. We also quantify the implications for optimal monetary policy: lowering inflation volatility becomes less costly in terms of GDP and unemployment volatility, which hints that optimal monetary policy may be more hawkish in an aging society. Finally, our results also propose a partial reversal of the European-US unemployment puzzle due to the fact that the share of young workers is expected to remain robust in the US.
how to sell pi coins at high rate quickly.DOT TECH
Where can I sell my pi coins at a high rate.
Pi is not launched yet on any exchange. But one can easily sell his or her pi coins to investors who want to hold pi till mainnet launch.
This means crypto whales want to hold pi. And you can get a good rate for selling pi to them. I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi vendor below.
A vendor is someone who buys from a miner and resell it to a holder or crypto whale.
Here is the telegram contact of my vendor:
@Pi_vendor_247
MaFI Meeting at SEEP Annual Conference 2015 - Report
1. SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
MaFI Meeting
Coming Back Home
2. Welcome
SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
Special birthdays are moments of
reflection; moments to take stock of
what life has been and moments to
think about the future.
It is also a special moment for MaFI:
• how can/should MaFI evolve to
respond to the changing landscape
of market development?
• How can MaFI maximise its value
to practitioners?
3. SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
Welcome
In this meeting the main
objectives were:
• To take stock of the
achievements of the last year
• To reflect about the future of
MaFI
• To identify ideas that could be
part of MaFI’s 2016 work plan
4. SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
• Dan Norell, World Vision: Moving from
value chain to market systems
development, need to observe and
learn about market linkages
• How to influence the audience and
facilitate donor participation?
• Kristin O’Planick - USAID: where are
connections/overlaps etc. between
different networks and how do we
leverage these? Having a more focused
agenda for MaFI, at least for the year.
What is the biggest challenge for
facilitation?
• Ken Wood, VSO: how can MaFI work
better as a network, sharing tools, best
practice, etc.?
5. SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
Eileen Hoffman, Chemonics:
• Would like to see actionable items to go
back to our organizations with.
• Facilitation is somewhat in conflict with
data driven/randomized control trial
trends in M&E. Need to find metrics that
show facilitation is building networks &
changing behaviour.
• We may need a big publication sponsored
by influential institutions to convince
donors of the merits of market facilitation
approaches.
• Bridging institutions: great that Lucho is
both in BEAM and MaFI but more people
are needed to build bridges.
6. SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
• We need a more focused agenda:
• Stand alone projects
• Aligned with needs and capabilities
of SEEP members’ teams
• With large potentila to influence
practice and policy of non-SEEP
members too
• MaFI will need a new (informal)
organisational and support structure:
• The facilitator working with contact
points and champions in key SEEP
member organisations
• Better intel and comms with SEEP
members to know their needs and
possibilities in a more timely
manner
7. • This section was added to the agenda for the
benefit of newcomers
• The facilitator gave basic info about MaFI
• You can find more at http://bit.ly/aboutmafi
(N.B.: this info will change soon!)
• The facilitator asked experienced MaFI
members to share their ideas and experiences
about MaFI. This is what they said…
SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
What is MaFI?
8. • Chris Harwood, World Vision Australia: a place to
connect with and participate in shared learning
on tools and more theoretical topics with other
market facilitation organizations. LinkedIn
discussion groups particularly useful.
• Eileen Hoffman: Great thing about online forums
is that a lot of the people asking questions and
commenting are actual market facilitators
working in the field; it’s very practical and up-
front.
SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
What is MaFI?
9. Is there a subject specialist who oversees LinkedIn
discussions to assure quality of information?
• In 2007/8, MaFI had about 20 members. For a
few years, the facilitator worked with other
members to produce specific deliverables (e.g. e-
discussion reports). Now MaFI has more than 400
members. Practically impossible to do centralised
quality control. There is some organic, informal
peer-revision but not perfect.
• The MaFI Knowledge Factory is designed to
address this challenge. See: http://bit.ly/mafikf
SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
10. Structure proposed for the meeting
• Main achievements in 2015
• The future of MaFI
• Main opportunities for 2016
• Wrap up
SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
11. Main Achievements in 2015:
Collaboration with USAID’s LEO project
SEEP Annual Conference 2015
Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
12. The webinar and e-discussion we produced together are
• “good examples of how to bring together
organizations and push the envelope of where we’re
applying market systems (wage labor, sustainable
poverty reduction, etc.)
• “Nearly 250 people participated in the e-discussion
over three weeks.
• “Good example of leveraging the value in networks –
broad range of thinkers and backgrounds.”
(Anna Garloch – ACDI/VOCA)
SEEP Annual Conference 2015
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Collaboration LEO-MaFI-BEAM
13. Main Achievements in 2015:
Collaboration with LEO
SEEP Annual Conference 2015
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15. Main Achievements in 2015:
Collaboration with SEEP’s WEE Group
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16. Main Achievements in 2015:
The Facilitation Tools Portal
with the support of the LEO Project
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17. Main Achievements in 2015:
Mini webinars on facilitation tools
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18. Main Achievements in 2015:
Three-part webinar series on…
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19. Main Achievements in 2015
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20. Main Achievements in 2015:
Blogs, syntheses and
collaboration with universities:
MaFI Knowledge Factory
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21. Main Achievements in 2015: Universities keen
to pilot Research Alliances with MaFI in 2016
• Faculty of Agriculture, University of
Zimbabwe
• Economics Faculty Center for Research
and Development, King's College, Nepal
• School of Economics and Public Policy,
Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
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23. MaFI’s Evolution
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• MaFI grew and maintained high levels of
vibrancy for 5-6 years. The main
emphasis was on promoting the
paradigm of inclusive market facilitation.
• In the last 18 months, it seems that its
vibrancy has been declining in terms of
creation of discussions and number of
interactions between members (hard to
prove quantitatively since LinkedIn
eliminated its “stats” feature but it feels
like it)
Time
Vibrancy
24. MaFI’s Evolution
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This is a critical juncture
for MaFI: it is the time to
ask ourselves how
should MaFI adapt to
regain its relevance and
vibrancy and maximise
its value to practitioners
and other key
stakeholders in the field
of inclusive markets.
25. Key changes during Transition
• Market systems facilitation is
becoming mainstream amongst
donors and program managers
–More knowledge codified
–More $ invested by donors
–More skilled practitioners needed
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26. Key changes during Transition
• Ongoing initiatives like Microlinks
increasing promotion of market
facilitation approaches
• Emergence of new projects and
platforms with similar objectives,
such as USAID’s LEO and Learning
Lab and DFID/SDC’s BEAM
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27. Key changes during Transition
• Growth of MaFI has taken it into a
sort of limbo:
–Relatively low number of members on
LinkedIn (compared to other similar
groups)
–But large enough to have lost the
feeling of “safe space” that has been
so appreciated since its beginings
32. … a MaFI that adds value
to SEEP member organizations
and
leverage their potential
to reduce poverty worldwide
through market systems facilitation
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How would a better MaFI be different?
Before From now on
Promoting market facilitation towards the
outside
More promoting of market facilitation
amongst SEEP members
Open to SEEP members and non-SEEP
members
More focus, attention and investments on
SEEP members
Helping individuals with their questions Helping teams with their questions
Helping individuals to network Helping teams to network
Top-down planning at beginning and then
more organic and light touch
Bottom-up strategic planning but aligned
with SEEP members needs and potential
Space for discussion and learning
amongst individuals
Space for solution-driven collaboration
between SEEP members
Focus on market development CoP only Focus on financial and market dev CoPs
No very clear strategic role for SEEP
member organisations
Clear roles as mobilisers, translators and
mentors – with focus on field-staff
35. Q - Dan Norell: Could MaFI go wider in terms of
bringing in more SEEP organizations but also deeper
– bringing in participants from field offices that
might not have bandwidth to watch webinars, etc.
but can access LinkedIn?
• A: We should get MaFI to focus on SEEP’s 130+
organizations worldwide
• A: MaFI’s success should be measured in terms of
its added value to the member organization's
teams who are trying to adopt or improve their
practice in inclusive market facilitation
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Focus on SEEP and deep, long-term
engagement with field practitioners
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The power of SEEP
37. Eileen Hoffman: do you have advice for promoting
institutional membership? I joined MaFI, but my
organization is not a member of SEEP
• The new MaFI strategy will focus on value addition to SEEP
member organizations
• Non-SEEP members will see that there is a value in joining
SEEP. MaFI will work closely with SEEP’s comms team
• Committed individuals who have been a key part of MaFI’s life
will continue to play a key role, even if they are not working
for a member of SEEP. Ideal if those individuals promote SEEP
within their own organizations.
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Getting more organisations to join SEEP
and participation of non-SEEP members
38. For the moment, MaFI on LinkedIn will stay open to
whoever complies with the usual basic requirements to
join (even people who do not work for SEEP member
organisations) :
• Invest at least 1 hour per month to contribute to
discussions on LinkedIn, etc.
• Has relevant experience in any area related to MaFI’s
agenda/objectives (even young professionals can join)
• Has a passion for inclusive market facilitation (but with
a critical mind)
• Has an information-rich profile on LinkedIn
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What will happen with MaFI on LinkedIn?
39. Anna Garloch: “One of the things I like most about MaFi is
that it is individual, broad, and open. I can see the benefits of
focusing on organizations, but could risk restricting things too
much and damage organic, inclusive value.”
• The idea isn’t to make MaFI exclusive to SEEP members
only –there are amazing individuals who do not work for
SEEP member organizations- who have been part of the life
and soul of MaFI for many years. They should stay.
• The key in the new strategy is that the limited resources of
MaFI (funds, facilitator’s time, etc.) will be used to benefit
SEEP member organizations; particularly the field teams
who are trying to reduce poverty through market systems.
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Protecting the “individual, broad and
open” nature of MaFI
40. Eileen Hoffmann: “Strikes me to think about the
difference between interacting as individuals (we’re
professionals with shared concerns) versus interacting as
organizations (some of us are competitors), but actually
this is the exact problem we face trying to work in the
field. Maybe MaFI can play a role in getting people to
collaborate in useful ways in the field?”
• Indeed! MaFI could explore ways to contribute to this
collaboration. Through better communication with
SEEP member organizations, we will know where
opportunities for useful collaboration exist –especially
at the ground level.
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Collaboration and Competition
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• The comparison table above provides many clues about this
• Example: if a MaFI member (on LinkedIn) poses a question, the other members
may reply and help, but SEEP’s resources such as the facilitator’s time, core
staff and funds will not be prioritized in the promotion of these
conversations, unless they can contribute to needs of SEEP members’ teams.
• The focus of MaFI’s efforts and investments will be on projects that have been
identified and prioritized by SEEP member organizations and that contribute to
their field teams’ capacity to use inclusive market facilitation effectively.
• MaFI will not invest resources in the production of documents and discussion
topics that don’t directly address problems on the ground faced by SEEP
members’ teams.
• We currently do not know all the details about what MaFI will or won’t do. The
evolution of MaFI will be shaped by the most active representatives of SEEP
member organizations and other committed members as we implement our
plans.
What things would the new MaFI do that the
current one does not do? (Paul Bundick)
42. Lorenz Wild, Mercy Corps: “on the importance of having field
staff grasp market facilitation – it’s not just going deep within
SEEP member organizations but also with local partners on
the ground.”
• This is a great idea! These are precisely the insights that
SEEP member organizations can bring to MaFI’s new
strategy to make it work at the ground level
• The engagement of local partners can be enabled by the
SEEP member organization acting as a local connector,
mobiliser and translator.
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Broadening the local scope
43. • After a 30-minute break, the group was
presented with a list of six ideas
• Interest? Relevance?
• Good list? Need to drop ideas? Need new
ones?
• Group decided which ideas to focus on
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Breakout Groups
45. • Each group focuses on one idea
• Please discuss (20 min):
– What you think about the idea. Interesting? Useful?
– How would you modify it to make it work for your
organisation?
– What synergies with your organisation do you see?
– What risks do you see and how should we prepare for
them?
• One person takes note and shares key points (max
5 min per group).
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Breakout groups instructions
46. 1. Adaptive management – what are the skills,
capabilities and behaviours that organisations who
show effective adaptive management are building and
why?
2. The Art and Science of Market Facilitation – a set of
minimum standards?
3. The Complexity for Scale Dialogues - From pilots to
scale: Bringing market system facilitators, donors and
complexity experts to discuss about the practical
applications of complexity science to the design,
analysis, implementation and M&E of market
development programmes.
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List of ideas – Part 1
47. 4. Practitioner Learning Groups: a model to
produce knowledge through a solution-driven
approach, peer-support and networking.
5. The Systemic Finance Meeting Point: bringing
the markets systems and financial sector
together through facilitation.
6. Regional/Local market facilitation conferences:
co-organised by SEEP member organisations –
designed to learn and network around topics
that matter in local contexts.
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List of ideas – Part 2
48. Some participants said it would have been better to come
up with a list of problems first, and then discuss solutions
rather than starting from ‘good ideas’
• The list was designed as a starting point to discuss
known, key issues and challenges
• The group was presented with the list to find out if
some ideas should be dropped or could be the subject
of further development
• This approach gave the participants some time to
discuss concrete ideas to overcome the challenges they
considered more important
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Comments and questions before
splitting into subgroups
49. Taking into account:
• pending issues from MaFI’s previous work plans
• work plans from LEO and BEAM
• inputs from MaFI members and SEEP staff
• inputs from field practitioners
• opportunities like the recent CGAP paper called
“A Market Systems Approach to Financial
Inclusion - Guidelines for Funders”
• changes and challenges in market systems dev.
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How was the list of issues developed?
50. Margie Brand, EcoVentures: are these ideas things MaFI
would implement, or ideas of things members should find
other organizations/funding to do? This affects the
viability of strategies, and whether or not people will
want to discuss them right now.
• The idea of this activity is to start a reflection about
how we can all work together to implement those
ideas we are most interested in and that can add the
greatest value to our colleagues on the ground.
• If needed, MaFI will work with SEEP to raise funds to
implement the solutions that members need the most
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Comments and questions before
splitting into subgroups
51. • Irina Ignatieva, Concern Worldwide: the discussion on complexity is
appreciated but what I am experiencing in my work is that you
actually need simplicity.
– This is a very useful insight. Perhaps the term “complexity” is loaded
or has been abused/misunderstood and switches people off even
before they have a chance of learning about it.
– In the past we tried different ways to get MaFI members to learn
about complexity. However, we did not link that learning to practical
challenges.
– This time the idea is to learn about complexity to see how it can help
us to improve our capacity to promote scale up in our programs.
– Complexity can help facilitators to understand scale up processes that
depend on self-organization (though not all scale-up processes are
self-organizing)
• Paul Bundick: I agree; you can simplify some of complexity but you
can’t reduce it to equations. It is linked to the adaptive
management idea.
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Yes to complexity, but…
52. • Lorenz Wild, Mercy Corps - PRIME: would be interesting to talk
about how market facilitation tools apply in areas outside of market
development (like nutrition, natural resource management, etc.)
• Eileen Hoffman, Chemonics: Similarly, it would be useful to delve
into market facilitation, still in markets, but outside of agriculture.
For example, working with SMEs, tourism, etc.
• Anna Garloch, ACDI/VOCA: the reality is that USAID is pressing ag,
but I agree that if you look at economic development trends it’s a
shame that we’re not contributing more to other industries; could
also be a ton of learning for the ag. sector
• Sheldon Yoder, Habitat for Humanity: most market system
development tools look at the poor as producers, but Habitat for
Humanity looks at them as consumers and it’s difficult to find any
literature/evidence on the poor as consumers.
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Market facilitation beyond agriculture
53. After presenting the list of six
original ideas, the group
decided to focus on five. The
one about regional/local
market facilitation
conferences was not discussed
because it’s implementation is
quite standard. However, it
was seen as an important idea
that we should try to
implement.
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So, what did the subgroups do?
54. • Participants: Glen Burnett, Eileen Hoffman, Laura Rovamaa, Elizabeth Fustos,
Lorenz Wild, Anna Garloch, Karri Byrne, Irina Ignatieva
• Perhaps we could call it “Adaptive Program Management” to make it a bit more
specific (focus on how implementers manage their programs and learn from them)
• Adaptive management is many times a buzzword but there are simple tools and
good principles that can be applied on a management level.
• We need a literature review, basic tools and examples than can take us beyond the
theory. We cannot separate this from facilitation!
• Donors are calling for this. Need to cultivate champions in these donors. USAID’s
Learning Lab – PPL: enabling environment. PPL Case studies on CLA are important.
• Possible to do donor training on adaptive management to influence mission staff?
• Amplify-Leverage-Advocate. How do we make this global?
• Need to be gentle and go for baby steps because this is a major shift in many ways.
• Webinars, e-discussions, and then more formal products. How about (sort of) TED
Talks on how adaptive management has worked in different spaces?
• Is there a tension between adaptive management & donor requirements for
monitoring, etc.? YES – but practitioners need to come together & think about
what they’re doing (involving donors) before advocating for change.
Adaptive management
55. • Participants: Hayden Aaronson, Margie Brand, Adam
Keatts, Andrew Hull, Moses Ssimwogerere, Ruth Campbell,
Sasha Muench
• Need practical guidelines for facilitators in the field – not
only for agriculture but across sectors
• Current materials are too high-level and contain too much
technical language.
• Need a market facilitation practical tactics working group
with representatives from SEEP members.
• One priority would be quality control, done by a technical
advisory group to supervise online content.
• Many resources on facilitation are too high-level and
theoretical.
• MAFI should initiate a Market Facilitation Tactics Project.
The art and science of facilitation (1)
56. What would the Market Facilitation Tactics Project look like?
• Perhaps an on-line compendium of a range of market
facilitation tactics and tools.
• Could be arranged by light and heavy touch, intervention
point, or value chain/sector.
• Keep it simple and avoid market systems jargon.
• There would also need to be guidance provided on how to
use each facilitation tactic.
• It would also be useful to have some evidence base, even if
anecdotal, for how each tactic has worked previously.
• We would not want to make the evidence barrier too high.
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The art and science of facilitation (2)
57. How could we make this happen?
• Send out requests to SEEP members to nominate a representative
to the “Market Facilitation Tactics (MFT) Working Group”.
• The MFT Working group would agree on further details of the
concept and develop a work plan
• The MFT would also agree on a Technical Advisory Selection
Committee who would select well respected experts to sit on the
Technical Advisory Committee and provide overall quality control to
the project. Having recognized experts would also give the tactics
tool gravitas and build excitement around it.
• The group felt this is an initiative that could be undertaken without
external funding. There should be incentive for SEEP member
organizations to contribute to the facilitation tactics project, by
promoting their involvement, shaping the content, and utilizing it
for their respective field projects.
The art and science of facilitation (3)
58. • Participants: Ken Wood, Alyssa Casey, Frank Tembo, John
Chettleborough, Bethel Tsegaye, Netsaalem Bahiru, Gareth
Davies, Kristen Donnelly, Paul Bundick.
• There’s confusion around complexity. People are ascribing
different meanings to it creating more problems than it’s
worth. Maybe a better approach is starting with adaptive
management and moving from practical issues to the more
useful complexity-related concepts, methods and tools.
• Concrete examples of complexity would make it easier for
practitioners to understand how to use it in their programs.
• How to use systems and complexity to make market
analysis more cost-effective?
• We need to close the gap theory – practice and MaFI can
be instrumental in that.
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Complexity for Scale
59. • Participants: Dan Norell, Sovanna Yun, Vanhsy Chindavong, Adebiyi
Bode, Rommel Fuerte
• These can bring field workers together with key stakeholders to
discuss both complexities and simplicities.
• Short, down-to-earth lessons with the primary goal of building
trust.
• Exchange problems, develop case studies.
• Tap into experience of the SEEP practitioner learning programs.
• Not sure about the platform – virtual; field visits not always cost
effective?
• Building trust is context specific, not just geographic but sector.
How do you build a system in which knowledge doesn’t remain with
just a few stakeholders but really is shared?
Practitioner Learning Groups
61. • Participants: Ruth Odera, Justin Kosoris, Mario
Moran, Sheldon Yoder and Julia Enyart.
• Microlinks is already doing some activities to
fill gap between finance and market systems.
• CGAP guidelines are valuable but could be
improved w/ case studies, examples, tactics
and tools to show how a market systems
approach can interact with finance and multi-
sectoral approaches.
Systemic finance meeting point (1)
62. • Microfinance institutions are working with larger
financial institutions to develop products for low-
income clients.
• Document success and uptake of clients and how
new products influence the regulatory framework
• More can be done to improve guidance and
capacity building on financial inclusion
• How to inform and help visualize what market
systems look like in different settings such as
health & housing? For example, using market
systems to increase access to finance for low-
income housing builders and families.
Systemic finance meeting point (2)
63. • Convert the ideas discussed in the meeting into
concrete projects with concrete deadlines and
deliverables
• Build a map of SEEP members, their market
development projects and their market facilitation
champions
• Convene small groups of SEEP members who self-
select to drive and support the implementation of the
ideas discussed in the meeting
• Identify and put in place the right incentives and
processes for the champions and their colleagues and
partners
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Next steps
64. • Thanks to SEEP for all its support to MaFI
• Thanks to the SEEP team for making this
Conference possible
• Meeting facilitated by Lucho Osorio
• https://uk.linkedin.com/in/luchokool
• luchokool@gmail.com
• https://twitter.com/alchemistbutter
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Thank you all so much!