As 2024 comes to a close, we’re celebrating all that the USAID Learning Lab community has shared, learned, and accomplished. Over 90 community submissions brought valuable new perspectives to the Learning Lab Library–with many of you participating in our new themed months. From gender analysis, to theories of change, to an internal communication tool, check out our blog listing the most popular community contributions from 2024. In the new year, we look forward to hearing fresh perspectives on learning and adaptive management from our long-time contributors and newcomers alike. Don’t forget to join the conversation on LinkedIn, as well. And check out the resources in the next section to help you become a future Learning Lab contributor!
- ?How-To Guide: Submitting Learning Lab Content. This guide will walk you through the steps on creating an account on Learning Lab and submitting an original resource, blog, or draft to the site for review and publication! Read More.
- USAID- and Community-contributed Blogs. Keep up-to-date on new perspectives! Visit our blog archive, with contributions from both USAID and the Learning Lab community, for new and exciting perspectives about CLA, monitoring, and evaluation. Read More.
- Community Updates and Theme Months. Visit the Community Landing page to see updates from the community. Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom to check on themes for upcoming months to help inspire your contributions to Learning Lab! Read More.
Starting in 2025, we’ll launch another year of themed months to help guide your Learning Lab contributions. Find upcoming themes on LinkedIn, the Learning Matters Newsletter, and on the home and community pages of Learning Lab! ?
- January: Building Blocks of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL). Start off the year by sharing your own toolkits, resources, or lessons learned for building MEL capacity.?
- February: Program Implementation Lessons Learned.?Share your insights and takeaways for successful program implementation! Tell us how you work with USAID; collaborate for good development, or what’s working in bringing results to scale.Send us your thoughts by tagging us on LinkedIn or submit a blog, resource, or event to Learning Lab!
- Read this blog by Aniefiok Dominic Effiong, Nsikan Affiah, and Blessing Ugwunne on 10 lessons they’ve learned as CLA Practitioners working in development.
- Explore the 2024 Agency Learning and Evidence Month page, now updated with a wrap-up report including key themes, resources and results from over a dozen dynamic learning sessions.
- Access a myriad of Agency resources related to overcoming shocks in the Lessons Learned from COVID19: Shock Agnostic Readiness and Response?page.
- Check out this blog, by Devan Deignan, Nnenna Ezeokafor, and Reshma Naik with USAID MOMENTUM, on 7 Tips for Building a Learning Platform.
- Discover these studies, from Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity and MarketShare Associates, evaluating the sustainability and scalability of Market Systems Development Programs.
- Read this blog from Aniefiok Dominic Effiong on learning agendas and how to ask the right learning questions.?
- Read this blog, from Vidhya Sriram and Jenny Conrad with CARE, on four things they learned about effective collaborations working with Tanzania's tea sector.?
- Discover this study from CARE on the partnering approaches and collaboration used to achieve Saving Group-supportive government regulations.
- Read this resource, by Reena Borwankar, Joan Whelan, Karine Garnier from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, Office of Technical and Program Quality, on how to amplify local voices through community engagement and visioning.
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Associate Vice President, Thought Leadership and Design
3 个月Vidhya Sriram, Jenny Conrad, Reshma Naik, DrPH, MPH--great to see your content here!
Collaborating Learning and Adapting (CLA)/Knowledge Management Practitioner
3 个月I'm honored to see my blogs featured in the December 2024 Newsletter. I. Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Practitioners' Perspective: 10 Lessons from Working in the Development Field. II. Learning Agenda: Are We Asking the Right Learning Questions? It's truly fulfilling to contribute to the growth of CLA practices and share ideas that can shape the future of development. Here's to more contributing to advancing CLA practices in the development community in 2025!! Thank you, USAID Learning Lab, for the wonderful collaboration!! ??
Expert and researcher in governance and institutional reforms, public finance, and economic policy with strong accounting and project management skills. Deep knowledge of ESG for sustainability and accountability.
3 个月Very informative