Narrate at the UN Data Literacy workshop, November 2018
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 16, 2018 5:07:18 PM
Our CEO and Chief Storyteller, Tony Quinlan, spoke on Thursday 15th November 2018 at the Bangkok workshop on UN Data Literacy. Talking about using ethnography in-field, he discussed projects we’ve undertaken with Cognitive Edge’s SenseMaker tools. His slides from the conference are do …
Working with SenseMaker - experiences from the field with UNDP
by Tony Quinlan on Feb 20, 2018 2:29:44 PM
If you’re thinking of running a SenseMaker project – I’d strongly recommend reading these first.
UNDP Innovation Conversation on Complexity 27 September, 2017 - video available
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 4, 2017 9:51:52 AM
Last week, Tony gave a talk at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Navigating Complex Adaptive Systems. Brilliantly hosted by the UNDP Innovation team, particularly Malika, the video from the hour-long presentation is here
Fragments of Impact - early feedback and thanks
by Tony Quinlan on Feb 8, 2016 7:26:53 PM
There's more to come on the results of the recent Fragments of Impact event in Istanbul - the current plan is to write the projects up properly as soon as we can a) find people who can write effectively on this topic or b) find the time ourselves to sit and write. (Volunteers welcome. …
Fragments of Impact - an update
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 28, 2016 2:12:57 PM
Back in June 2015, we began the Fragments of Impact programme, partnering with UNDP, to explore how to use SenseMaker® in monitoring and evaluation. This week we’re back in Istanbul, with all the various participants to teach and explore the data and what to do next - in terms of inte …
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 …
Getting more good results - while avoiding the "Best Practice" trap
by Tony Quinlan on Apr 17, 2014 6:54:14 PM
The greatest obstacle to better practice, to better results and to better impacts is the temptation to replicated what has worked elsewhere. It's a huge temptation - reinforced by academic programmes, self-help books and conference presentations that focus on "Here's what worked somew …
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.
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: