Author Archives: orlaadmin
Feb
New tools and resources available via Framework
To celebrate Framework’s 30th birthday, we have trawled through our filing cabinets and uploaded some of our favourite tools and reports to the the resources page. Come and see us at Stand 12 at the Bond Conference on 29/2-1/3/2016 to discuss them with us (Orla will be there with her Framework hat on on Tuesday)
Feel free to use these resources, including sharing them and modifying for non-commercial purposes. A credit would be appreciated!
Tools for working in organisations which we’ve recently uploaded include:
Capacity building methods overview
Capacity building programme matrix
Monitoring & evaluating capacity building: A practical tool
Impact grid exercises to explore organisational change
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Tagged | capacity building, evaluation, participation
Aug
Review of 2014-2015 in Framework
Bruce Britton, one of my Framework colleagues, put together this delightful animated timeline of our work as a collective covering January 2014-June 2015.
It is best viewed in full screen mode. The music is the 3rd Movement of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint played by Catrin Finch
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Jun
Online training for virtual facilitation: Course starts
- Learn to lead engaging online meetings that elicit innovative thinking and creative problem-solving.
- Develop competency in leading virtual meetings using Adobe Connect and ToP Focused Conversation.
- Build your confidence as a virtual facilitator.
- Learn tools and techniques for eliciting participation, virtual meeting design, and five best practices.
Weekly online interactive session of 1.5 hours, over 8 weeks from 9th July 2015
Further information available here
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Apr
Open University of Catalonia/Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
I’m teaching the M&E module on the Masters in Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution which is offered by the UNESCO-FFCB-UOC Chair at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. I’m really looking forward to meeting my students tomorrow and having a fast and furious romp through the mysteries and delights of monitoring and evaluation over the next five weeks.
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Mar
Barefoot Guide 4: Exploring the real work of social change
Delighted to see that the Barefoot Guide 4 has now been published. It is available to buy in hard copy, and is downloadable free from http://www.barefootguide.org/barefoot-guide-4—english-final.html
Proud to have helped, and looking forward to reading the finished product.
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Apr
New collaboration with Framework
I’m proud to announce that I’ve just been accepted as a full member of the Framework Collective. Framework has been existence for over 20 years, and aims to provide peer support and professional development to the independent consultants who comprise its membership. In addition to collaborating together on projects when wider expertise is required, we focus on improving the quality of our professional practice through peer supervision, development days, an annual retreat, and regular sharing of expertise, advice and resources.
Orla Cronin Research continues to thrive – so much so that I missed the opportunity to celebrate a DECADE since our establishment. Perhaps I shall manage to celebrate the undecennial instead? I look forward to continuing to serve existing and new clients, and to deepening and broadening my practice by learning and collaborating with Bruce Britton, Brenda Lipson, Gopal Rao and Catherine Squire. You’ll continue to encounter me working as Orla Cronin Research; I’ll occasionally be working under the Framework banner, and I will also continue to work with other wonderful collaborators such as Martin Gilbraith, colleagues at ICA:UK, ICA:USA, InFocus, 5Deep, VisualEdge Solutions, and many others.
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Apr
Sakharov Centre for Armenian Human Rights
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