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Space for learning?

How do we really make a difference in the world? We act, we reflect, we learn and we change. This is particularly important for donors as they control resources that can enable or disable social change. Too often, however, reflection and learning are
neglected out of organizational complacency, fear of failure, and a paradigm of impact which is over-reliant on what can be counted rather than what counts.

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This article is part of a special feature on donors as learning organizations in the June issue of Alliance magazine. In this article on 'Space for learning', guest editors Jenny Hyatt and Allan Kaplan set out their ideal of a learning organization and suggested that many funders are failing to live up to it. In response, a number of donors looked at their own organizations to see how they measure up.

Alliance magazine, together with Social Edge, is continuing this conversation in a week-long discussion forum. Read contributions and thoughts to date, and join the
discussion NOW at allavida.org