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Five Tips for Entering the Best Photos

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Thank you to all who have submitted photos for IREX’s first-ever “Make a Better World Photo Contest!” With over 1,300 photo entries and still two weeks to go until the deadline on May 15, 2012, I’d like to offer some insights on what type of photos I think the judges and IREX’s president will favor.

Thank you to all who have submitted photos for IREX’s first-ever “Make a Better World Photo Contest!” With over 1,300 photo entries and still two weeks to go until the deadline on May 15, 2012, I’d like to offer some insights on what type of photos I think the judges and IREX’s president will favor.

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Photo Courtesy of We Love Tripoli

Making a Difference: Letting Youth Tell the Story

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Capturing the real impact of youth development projects that aim to change attitudes and behaviors is a challenge—it’s not found in numbers of people trained or workshops held. At a recent panel called Beyond the Numbers: Storytelling as a Youth Development Evaluation Tool, hosted by the Society for International Development – Washington’s Youth in Development Workgroup at IREX’s headquarters, I learned about two creative, quantifiable M&E techniques that can strengthen a mixed-method evaluation plan.

Capturing the real impact of youth development projects that aim to change attitudes and behaviors is a challenge—it’s not found in numbers of people trained or workshops held. Traditional monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools have their limitations; for example, young people often want to give the “right” answers on surveys or in focus groups– a bias that can be even stronger in cultures that prioritize respect for elders.

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