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Post by Olivia Harris on Feb 2, 2017 18:25:21 GMT
February 8-15, 2017Programs are often driven by the desire to make a positive difference in human health, environment, or climate. The individual motivations of different people involved a development project can align for success or contradict one another and lead to decreased effectiveness or total failure. For example: People who use the offered interventions may value convenience and low cost; implementers may prize community acceptance and harmony; and program officers may seek professional advancement or institutional rewards. How can these motivations work together rather than in opposition to create effective programs?
Jump into the conversation in one or more of the following ways:
- Share a failure story: Have you ever been part of or witnessed a projects or situation where project players' motivations or values didn’t line up? How did the project outcome change as a result? What things might you have done differently in that situation to avoid conflicting motivations and the problems caused?
- Share a success story: Have you ever been part of or witnessed a project where project players' motivations were aligned from the start? How did you know motivations were aligned? What steps were taken to build the team? What was the outcome of the project? Did team unity influence that outcome?
- Offer advice: Have you (or someone you know) had success combating this mismatch? Please, please (oh please) tell us how you did it!
- Share a general frustration: What about this subject just bugs you?
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