Beyond Downloads, Views, and ‘Likes,’ How Do You Know Your Research Is Having an Impact?
This blog explores the ‘influence challenge’ many of us wrestle with through the lens of what we found trying to trace uptake by stakeholders of findings from a series of research initiatives conducted last year on the impact of COVID-19 on inclusion in the international development workforce.
Canopy’s Lab Notes: Entry #3 on Keeping It Simple
In this third entry for Lab Notes, Senior Consultant Laura Kim chronicles how she learned how to keep things smart and simple, when it came to showcasing pre-COVID and post-COVID changes in international development practitioners’ desired levels of travel.
Canopy’s Lab Notes: Entry #2 on Timelines
What can a timeline tell you? Senior Consultant Laura Kim makes the case for their versatility in the second entry of Lab Notes.
Canopy’s Lab Notes: Entry #1 on Divergent Stacked Bar Charts
In this first Lab Notes entry, Senior Consultant Laura Kim shares her journey in trying to tell a better story – through data visualization – on the impact of COVID-19 on global development professionals.
Shaping Our New Normal: An Unprecedented Opportunity to Reimagine a More Inclusive International Development Workplace
This research — which includes input from 950 development professionals across humanitarian, WASH, agriculture, and economic growth fields, representing all career levels, 23% minority voices, and 92 nationalities—explores professionals’ shifting perspectives on their careers in light of the seismic changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women’s Entrepreneurship Awards in Africa: Impact and Lessons Learned
This study, in partnership with Partnering for Innovation (P4I), explores the impact of business development services (BDS) support to award-winning women entrepreneurs in emerging markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.