Has COVID-19 surfaced opportunities for the development sector to embrace a localisation approach?

How can we best understand what the realities of COVID-19 are for constituents (those we work with and for), in order to better support them through this time? We must ask them directly. For an organisation to sustain trusting relationships with its partners, having further insight into the localised impact of COVID-19 and understanding how[…]

A Conversation with Keystone Accountability and SOI

Neil Gaught (NG) is the conceiver of Single Organizing Idea (SOI®) and author of  two books – the award winning CORE: How a Single Organizing Idea Can Change Business for Good and his latest publication the CORE Playbook. Keystone co-founder David Bonbright (DB) is the co-creator of the widely adopted Constituent Voice™ Learning Loops method and[…]

“Is Social Impact Measurement a Contact Sport?”: Webinar Recording

On 2nd September 2020, our Chief Executive, David Bonbright, introduced and explained the underlying theory and design principles for Constituent Voice: Ecosystem, Simplicity, Inclusivity, and Momentum. Hosted by SoPact, this webinar made a solid case for listening to stakeholders as a powerful tool to bring the impact ecosystem together for improving impact measurement practices.  Also[…]

Combatting the passivity of the ‘new normal’ – Keystone’s COVID-19 Survey

Source: Wired.com (2020) The COVID-19 pandemic has developed a culture of language and habits of its own that the whole world has come to know. In five months, we now find ourselves checking our country R rates, grabbing wallet, keys, phone, mask, and rather passively resigning to levels of lockdown or threat of resurgence as[…]