Using SenseMaker® - engaging stakeholders in the results
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 13, 2014 2:20:35 PM
After a good six years of SenseMaker® projects, one of the consistent things has been the difficulty in feeding back results to stakeholders in ways that help them make better decisions. (I'm not a fan of big reports - partly because I think they tend to make great doorstops and bin-f …
Using SenseMaker® - emotional intensity
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 4, 2014 11:30:01 AM
A short one, and one aimed specifically at SenseMaker® users. If that isn’t you, skip this one - nothing to see here…
The evolution of practice - SenseMaker® in Development
by Tony Quinlan on May 13, 2014 11:24:00 AM
I’ve been working with SenseMaker® now in development projects for a few years and I was recently reflecting on how far we’ve come in what we do. Lots of lessons - often learned the hard way in the early stages, but never disastrously. It’s time to share some of those lessons, for any …
The Girl Research Unit - Rwanda's expert SenseMakers®
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 17, 2014 1:57:06 PM
The other week I was out in Kigali, Rwanda again - looking at the frameworks and practicalities around the upcoming three-year programme working with young girls across the country. SenseMaker® will be a big part of the evaluation and we'll be exploring how to use it for continuous mo …
One umbrella, many projects
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 31, 2014 5:40:42 PM
On Wednesday, I spoke with various government colleagues about potential applications of SenseMaker. Slides are here:
Connecting with citizens - the United Nations Development Programme and SenseMaker
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 28, 2014 4:25:46 PM
A short blog today - there's a longer one that's half-written about how we might build a framework for common central monitoring of multiple local projects, but that needs a little more teasing out and work to make it mroe practical.
Learning SenseMaker
by Tony Quinlan on Dec 16, 2013 5:02:34 PM
I’m in Antrim, Northern Ireland tomorrow, working with a bunch of smart people who are using SenseMaker to understand patients’ experience of healthcare across the region - it’s called the 10,000 Voices project.
Here, There and Everywhere - SenseMaker in Eurasia
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 31, 2013 12:37:18 PM
There's a new post up today from Mihail Peleah at the UNDP's Voices in Eurasia blog:
Rwanda re-visited - visuals of conference pieces
by Tony Quinlan on Aug 24, 2013 6:36:15 PM
I've just been reminded of the great visuals from my recent talks at the Girl Learning Summit in Rwanda. A fabulous event, run by the Girl Effect University team from the Nike Foundation.
Patterns of voices from the Balkans - working with UNDP
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 12, 2013 2:58:20 PM
The past two days have been intense and productive - spend in Bratislava on a raft of narrative projects being run by UNDP, coordinated by a client and friend who is an extraordinarily capable project manager. (Praise I don't give lightly - the ability to switch from detail to strateg …