Taxis and word of mouth
This article about using taxi drivers as brand ambassadors says nothing about taxi drivers disclosing that they are paid to talk about this website. I suspect this will end very badly. Ethical nuances...
View ArticleBehavior Change
A neat little post on behavior change http://www.portigal.com/blog/this-is-what-happens-in-user-research/. It’s my belief that almost all programs are behavior change programs, in the end.
View ArticleCreating community – Kimkins.com
I’ve been keeping tabs on a lot of interesting efforts to create community, both in real life and online. I think that creating community is key to behavior change, and behavior change, as I have said...
View ArticleIs the tipping point dead?
Is the idea of the tipping point dead? In this article, Fast Company explores the research of Duncan Watts. Watts, using social modeling, looked at the tipping point theory, and came to the conclusion...
View ArticleLinks worth looking at
I am traveling, and I’m not sure what kind of internet access I will have to update. I’m offering up a bunch of interesting links to keep everyone busy in my (possible) absence. 1) The Children of War...
View Articleon research and donor funding
This nice summary of BDI logic models does two things. It 1) gives you an overview of a model for behavior change that actually takes into account the complexity of human decision-making and 2) tells...
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Drinking Our Own ORS
(This is a reprint of a post I wrote for my Global Health Basics blog, which it turns out I have neither the time nor the technical prowess to maintain.) In social media, they talk about eating your...
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Training that Sticks
This probably falls into the category of stuff everyone already knows, but it’s so important I wanted to mention it anyway. Training is one of the most common interventions in international aid....
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MRSA, Typhoon, USAID
Typhoon Haiyan from space Books – I have a review copy of Ben Ramalingan’s new book, Aid on the Edge of Chaos. I am very, very excited to read it. Earlier this summer, I read Reinventing Philanthropy:...
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