Turning stories into data

Seeds

We have a new time-waster to share. Global Giving, a meta-NGO we’ve raved about before, has just launched its globalgiving storytelling project. Why?

We’re trying to break through the self-report bias that often prevents international development from having a larger impact.

With this community-based beneficiary feedback we’re identifying community-focused organizations, good listeners, potential innovators, and we’re breaking through the self-report bias that often prevents international development from having a larger impact.

It will be interesting to see how this effort develops, and what uses are made of it. Meanwhile, it is easy to emerge from a rabbit-hole to find that half an hour has vanished from your life. We searched on “seed” to get the Wordle picture above. If you find any really great stories that deserve a wider audience, why not share them in a comment here?

One Reply to “Turning stories into data”

  1. We are proud to be your featured time-waster, Jeremy. Thanks for telling our story, and for taking time to dig through the stories on the site. Stay tuned for updates on how we’re feeding the stories back to the change-makers in the communities!

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