TOPS/FSN Network Knowledge Sharing Meeting: Learn, Adapt, Apply
The Knowledge Sharing Meeting brought together over 200 food security practitioners and donors from across the country and around the world to learn about new tools and practices, gain skills for building stronger, more resilient food security programming, and discuss how to incorporate knowledge management into your everyday work.
Materials
Agenda At-A-Glance
Program Booklet
Presentations
Formative Investigation to Design Integrated Agriculture and Nutrition Programming
Presenters: Joy Del Rosso, Senior Advisor Nutrition, Save the Children; Lydia Clemmons, Senior Advisor for SBCC, The Manoff Group; Timothy Sparkman, Chief of Party, Mercy Corps Uganda; Jennifer Burns, Senior Development Nutritionist, International Medical Corps
Burns Presentation
Clemmons Presentation
Evidence Base and Measurement of Resilience
Presenters: Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI; Tiffany Griffin, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, USAID
Griffin Presentation
Headey Presentation
Where’s the Money? Budgeting for Environmental Safeguards in Food Assistance Projects
Presenters: Erika J. Clesceri, Environmental Officer, USAID; Emily Kunen, Post-Crisis Environmental Advisor, USAID
Kunen Clesceri Presentation
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Presenters: Emily Levitt Ruppert, Independent Consultant, Coordinator, Agriculture-Nutrition Community of Practice; Ramona Ridolfi, Gender Manager, Helen Keller International Bangladesh
Ridolfi Presentation
Experiences with Managing Consortia: Aligning Organizations; Improving Impact
Presenters: Karen LeBan, Executive Director, CORE Group; Lynette Friedman, Independent Consultant
LeBan Friedman Presentation
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Saving Lives and Killing Pests: Fumigation and Protection of Warehoused Food Aid Commodities
Presenters: Erika J. Clesceri, Environmental Officer, USAID; Emily Kunen, Post-Crisis Environmental Advisor, USAID
Kunen Clesceri Presentation
Scaling Up and Out: Self-Financing and Self-Transferring Principles
Presenters: Adam Reinhart, Agriculture/Food Security Advisor, USAID; Mike McGahuey, Retired USAID
McGahuey Reinhart Presentation
Early Stimulation Activities that Improve Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices
Presenters: Jennifer Burns, Senior Development Nutritionist, International Medical Corps; Meredith Dyson, Health Program Manager, Catholic Relief Services Sierra Leone
Burns Presentation
Storytelling: Transforming Goals and Objectives Into Lasting Behavior Change
Presenters: Shelia Jackson, Knowledge Management Senior Specialist, The TOPS Program
Jackson Presentation
Presenters: Robert Brydon, Independent Consultant; Tjip Walker, Senior Policy Advisor, USAID
Sparkman Presentation
What Is Knowledge Management and How Can It Improve Your Food Security Program?
Presenters: Lani Marquez, Knowledge Management Director, USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, University Research Co., LLC; Alyssa Lowe, Technical Advisor for Knowledge Management, CARE
Marquez Lowe Presentation
Implementing the USAID Multi-sectoral Nutrition Strategy
Presenters: Melanie Thurber, Nutrition Advisor, USAID; Mellen Duffy Tanamly, Independent Consultant
USAID Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy
Defining the ‘Known Unknowns’: Developing and Working with a Program Learning Agenda
Presenter: Joan Whelan, Organizational Learning Specialist, USAID
Whelan Presentation
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Building Farmer Skills around Climate Change Adaptation: Practical Experiences from the Field
Presenters: Mara Russell, Practice Manager for Gender and Resilience, Land O’Lakes International Development; Thomas Cole, TOPS Consultant; Amidou Kabore, Chief of Party, ACDI/VOCA
Russell Presentation
Cole Presentation
From Gender Analysis to Barrier Analysis and Beyond
Presenters: Kristi Tabaj, Gender Senior Specialist, The TOPS Program; Mary DeCoster, Social and Behavioral Change Program Senior Specialist, The TOPS Program
Tabaj DeCoster Presentation
Theory of Change: What Does It Mean for Implementers and How Does It Apply to Title II Programming?
Presenters: Jeanne Downen, Vice President, TANGO international; Arif Rashid, Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, USAID
Downen Presentation
Rashid Presentation
Mobile Technology: Exploring Applications for Food Security and Nutrition Programming
Presenters: Carlos Cardenas, Guatemala Country Director, Save the Children; Hillary Miller-Wise, CEO, Africa Region, Grameen Foundation; Robert Turner, Senior Director, ACDI/VOCA
Miller-Wise Presentation
Turner Presentation
Cardenas Presentation
Innovations from the Field: Gender Mainstreaming from the Ground Up
Presenter: Alyson Brody, Senior Gender Convenor, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Brody Presentation