Selected Jobs (28 August 2015)

Internship (solar energy, Nepal) Volunteer (Kenya) Communications Advisor (Canada) Country Director (Yemen) Multiple technical posts (Jordan) Project Manager (Tanzania) Technical Writer, Governance (Consultant)

Revisiting Scott’s (1985) Weapons of the Weak

On ‘weapons of the weak’: “Here I have in mind the ordinary weapons of relatively powerless groups: foot dragging, dissimulation, false compliance, pilfering, feigned ignorance, slander, arson, sabotage and so forth. These Brechtian forms of class struggle have certain features in common. They require little or no coordination or planning; they often represent a form […]

Tags: #Capitalism #Creation of Custom #James C. Scott #Marxist Revolution #Weapons of the weak

Selected Jobs (20 Aug 2015)

Tons of consulting contracts and long-term posts (Global) Internships (Canada) Communications Program Manager (USA) Education Advisor (Canada) Gender and Development Specialist (Ethiopia) Education Program Manager (Syria) Research Consultant (Afghanistan) Conflict Analyst (Jordan)

NGO Lessons from Oshinsky’s (2005) Polio: An American Story

NGO lessons from Oshinsky’s (2005) Polio: An American Story. Not a summary or review, but some thought provoking quotes: Strategic planning and framing of the issue: “No disease drew as much attention, or struck the same terror, as polio. And for good reason. Polio hit without warning. There was no way of telling who would […]

Tags: #Innovation #institutional barriers #Leadership #Polio #Strategic Planning

Links I Liked (14 Aug 2015)

Tools / advice for your NGO / NGO work Situation Analysis of Children in Uganda Communicating Complex Ideas

Selected Jobs (12 Aug 2015)

Paid internships (Global) Research Intern, IFPRI (USA) Internships in East Africa Child and Youth Protection and Development Coordinator, IRC (CAR) Program Manager, War Child (Uganda) Structural Engineer (Haiti) Consultant: Developing Beneficiary Feedback and Response Systems (IRC)