Exciting Ideas

We brainstormed about how field recommendations can better inform our work. Here are ideas that excite us!

1. Find ways to reach different levels of staff, and create the space for learning. (In Ethiopia, 2 hours a week are allowed; people don’t use it because they’re engaged in project activities.)


2. Coordinate better with Liaisons (create a group/team to reach more people)


3. Launch a contest, driven by people's needs.


4. Create capacity, offering a chance to win a laptop, support idea of reaching all levels – one of us work with them for a concentrated period of time. Or maybe we fund it.


5. Bring people from the field to HQ (not just from the higher levels), so we can learn how best to reach them.


6. Involve people from the field in the strategy of how they reach us better


7. Create a board of people who are identified as global thinkers, people who believe in staff development at any level


8. Find a way to implement technology, by being more aggressive with IT and COs.


9. Rename CARE Academy


10. Hold a video contest by region. Create a video “day in the life” to capture and share their experiences….we could send guidelines….we could hear directly from people impacted.


11. Hold one-on-one phone calls with Liaisons


12. Make a better connection with emails; how can we connect better with field staff?