How it works

(www.GlobalGiving.org/stories)

What we can learn

from it

last week…

Story methodstart

end

2,000

12,000

15 of 470

36 people

30,000+ stories in 2011

Feedback meetings• Group NGOs: 15 communities

• Regular feedback sessions: present, analyze, & discuss stories

•Identify difference makers (Positive Deviance Model)

• Identify biggest unmet needs, and seek local leader to intervene

•Leaders report back to peers next time (Clinton Global Initiative Model)

Feedback online1. Project leader dashboard to

display stories• that mention their organization

• near where they work

• related to the problems they address

2. Donors: project pages display related stories on map and wall

3. Stories searchable / analyzable

Feedback loops• Scribes get messages on how they are doing by SMS

• Storytellers can be contacted and polled

• Storytellers could request information

Search for relevant stories by sms

Link to other aid

info

Ask storyteller a question from web

Get SMS about local events

Tools

Community of 400 NGOs in 3 clusters

FGM

SenseMaker®

Gephi network mapping

Mapbox

On-platform tool kit

SenseMaker ® big picture

SenseMaker ® big picture

SenseMaker ® drill down

Mathare slum (951 stories)

Who / What are they talking about?

International NGOS

Local NGOS

Individuals

Two words to describe yourself:

http://chewychunks.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/1-percent-who-stand-with-the-99-percent-more-meta-analysis/

29 of 97 stories identify root causes of the

problem

Story analysis without structure

Inspiration?

This interactive tool makes over 10,000 journal articles on health easy to digest for general public:

Everywhere Mombasa

http://globalgivingcommunity.com/who-where.php

(>25 uses)

(>150 uses)

(>100 uses)

Maps

HIV in Africa(USA TodayInfographic)

2007 paper

2003 data

135 known ART Sites in 2003

Stories mentioning HIV(positive to negative tone)

2003 DHS survey clusterdata of HIV prevalence

https://tiles.mapbox.com/stories/map/map-yjb5jlwq

Ira Glass on Storytelling

Epilogue: All maps are distortions.

But these distortions should make it easier to understand the world and help us make smarter decisions.