Comments - Creating an effective Self Assessment Framework while applying CLCP to other life issues - Community life competence2024-03-29T06:36:03Zhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2028109%3ABlogPost%3A68840&xn_auth=noHi Boris
The main aim of the…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-08-18:2028109:Comment:703712011-08-18T12:02:20.026ZGeoff Parcellhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/GeoffParcell
<p>Hi Boris</p>
<p>The main aim of the self-assessment framework is to provide <strong>a prompt for a conversation</strong> that will get a community or organisation to recognise their strengths and identify practices to improve so they own an action plan. It is therefore helpful to think of the elements of the framework as practices to build competence in. It provides a common language and the breadth of practices for people to share experiences about. I have produced a number of…</p>
<p>Hi Boris</p>
<p>The main aim of the self-assessment framework is to provide <strong>a prompt for a conversation</strong> that will get a community or organisation to recognise their strengths and identify practices to improve so they own an action plan. It is therefore helpful to think of the elements of the framework as practices to build competence in. It provides a common language and the breadth of practices for people to share experiences about. I have produced a number of self-assessment frameworks on a variety of topics. There are no right frameworks only agreed frameworks. </p>
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<p><strong>Ownership of the resulting action plan</strong> is key and this may or may not require creating the framework for themselves. Certainly the activity of creating the framework creates a useful discussion which leads to learning and improvement in response immediately. Allowing to dream what their community could be like and then relating this to the practices of an existing framework is a powerful way for people to understand where the practices of the framework came from and hence encourage ownership.</p>
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<p>Step 1 in the process is for a community to learn from the experience of others in the same community. At this stage a local framework can be used. Step 2 is to learn from the experience of other communities at which stage a shared framework is required. If the community is to benefit from global experiences then <strong>a common framework</strong> works well. I never cease to be amazed by the different conversations that can be generated from the same framework. They are relevant to the experiences and context of the group discussing it. The self-assessment for HIV/ AIDS has been used around the world, by rural villages, cities, companies, and UN agencies to assess themselves. The lessons learned have been adapted to local context.</p>
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<p>The first HIV/ AIDS self-assessment framework took about 3 months to settle into something stable. One was created and then modified. It was used on a different continent and amended some more. People contributed to it via the web until the practices and the words settled into something that was acceptable. For those that wanted to adapt it to their own context we encouraged them to use the ten common practices and add others once they had discussed these 10. Most people found there was scope to discuss the topics for their own context within the ten practices.</p>
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<p>I have written a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0470746033?ie=UTF8&tag=knowlltd-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0470746033">book</a> about the whole process with step by step guidance. If you go to <a target="_blank" href="http://nomoreconsultants.ning.com/page/resources-1">No More Consultants</a> then you'll find example self-assessment frameworks for Effective Meetings, for Knowledge Management, and for Human flu pandemics. They may give you some inspiration. We all go to meetings and wish they were better. Try out the self-assessment with your team and see whether you can use it as is or if they need to create their own to gain ownership. As I said before I believe it is important to own the action plan to improve more than owning the framework.</p>
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<p>Hope this helps</p>
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<p>Geoff </p>
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<p> </p> I really enjoyed reading this…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-08-18:2028109:Comment:706302011-08-18T05:43:46.950ZGastonhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Gaston
I really enjoyed reading this posting that shows the learning process towards making a really good framework. We just had a session in Chiang Mai about this 'step in the process' of developing a self-assessment framework. This is extremely valuable information, which will be fed into the new version of Blended Learning. Thank you Boris.
I really enjoyed reading this posting that shows the learning process towards making a really good framework. We just had a session in Chiang Mai about this 'step in the process' of developing a self-assessment framework. This is extremely valuable information, which will be fed into the new version of Blended Learning. Thank you Boris. Hey Boris,
I am currently r…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-08-15:2028109:Comment:692042011-08-15T18:13:47.763ZRituu B. Nandahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/RituuBNanda94
<p>Hey Boris,</p>
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<p>I am currently reading a book and wanted to cite a quote by Norman Uphoff- "<em>If the process of self-evaluation is carried out regularly and openly, with all group members, participating, the answers they arrive at are in themselves not so important as what is learned from the discussion and from the process of reaching the consensus...</em>" Just wanted to share to re-inforce what we discussed today.</p>
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<p>Will come back later to this…</p>
<p>Hey Boris,</p>
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<p>I am currently reading a book and wanted to cite a quote by Norman Uphoff- "<em>If the process of self-evaluation is carried out regularly and openly, with all group members, participating, the answers they arrive at are in themselves not so important as what is learned from the discussion and from the process of reaching the consensus...</em>" Just wanted to share to re-inforce what we discussed today.</p>
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<p>Will come back later to this blog:-)</p>
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<p>Rituu</p>