by Murat Knecht | Jan 27, 2023 | Humanitarian Agencies, Social Impact, Technology
6 Examples How Humanitarian AI Increases Impact Around the World As the ChatGPT news makes the round, articles pop up discussing what role similar AI tools can play in the humanitarian sector. However, while ChatGPT might be the new shiny tool that made the news,...
by Murat Knecht | Nov 27, 2022 | Humanitarian Agencies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact
How do you make sure that your intervention actually benefits the constituents you’re trying to serve? How do you make sure that it has maximum impact? These and related questions usually have one answer: M&E—Monitoring and evaluation. Recently, USAID—that...
by Erika Hernandez | Aug 12, 2022 | Humanitarian Agencies, Social Impact, Technology
Social change is a significant shift in cultural beliefs and standards through time and behavior patterns. Sociologists define “major” change as a shift with considerable social repercussions. Slavery’s abolishment, the industrial revolution, and the...
by Grace Kabaghe | Jul 27, 2022 | Humanitarian Agencies, Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation are methods and strategies that assist a project in identifying when plans are failing and when the environment has changed. They provide the management with the data it requires to decide on the project and the adjustments that must be made...
by Erika Hernandez | Jun 28, 2022 | Humanitarian Agencies, Social Impact, Technology
Technology is becoming essential since it permeates all aspects of life. Consider your daily routine and tally all of the tech gadgets you use in a single day. In reality, the amount of time individuals spend using tech grows daily, whether through communication,...
by Murat Knecht | Sep 3, 2020 | Humanitarian Agencies, IVR (interactive Voice Response), Social Impact, Surveys
Text can’t replace the human voice. Not really. That’s one of the lessons a lot of people have had to learn the past six months while working from home. This is true for office work—but it’s also true for NGO surveys and any kind of social intervention. Two ways to...