By Sarah Fonticiella | Operations & Training Senior Associate
Feedback Labs' mission and programs to create incentives that encourage good feedback practice, offer tools/training, and foster a community of leaders and organizations committed to listening are rooted in the belief that people are the best experts in their lives, and they should drive the policies and programs that affect them. When done right, listening and responding to feedback can be a strong force for increased equity and getting better results for people.
One of Feedback Labs’ flagship programs includes LabStorms. LabStorms are biweekly collaborative problem-solving sessions designed to help an organization wrestle with a feedback-related challenge. Presenters share their work and questions, and attendees provide creative ideas and share similar experiences. These sessions foster collaboration, reciprocity, and community, and participants leave with fresh insights for tackling their feedback challenges.
Sustainable Seattle is dedicated to supporting environmental justice organizations, addressing inequities within the nonprofit sector. They encourage collective action to combat environmental racism and climate change's impact on marginalized communities. Sustainable Seattle offers resources, fiscal sponsorship, and capacity building, prioritizing community engagement and co-design. They aim to empower constituents within their co-design model, ensuring meaningful engagement without overextension. During a LabStorm session, they discussed strategies to enhance community engagement and co-ownership.
MyVillage Project based in Jacksonville, FL, is a collective of Black grassroots organizations working to create the most autonomous and scalable community education ecosystem for students of color. The MyVillage Project seeks to gain more instant feedback from its partners, community stakeholders, students, and parents. The discussion highlighted the significance of resources, community participation, and creating inclusive approaches to gathering feedback.
Feedback Labs announced our upcoming Summit, Feedback+Denver. In 2024, Feedback Labs will celebrate ten years with the theme “Feedback in Community” and explore what it means to listen and act on feedback in community, with tracks focused on Learning in Community, Geography in Community, and Giving in Community. The Summit will take place May 15-17, 2024, and registration begins in October. We are currently accepting plenary and breakout session proposals for Feedback+Denver.
Feedback Labs also announced the applications for the 2024 Feedback Champions are open until October 31, 2023. The Feedback Champions Fellowship is a one-year commitment in which fellows receive training to better understand the feedback field, support and funding to speak at relevant conferences and write articles, professional coaching to pursue this work, and a community of feedback practitioners to tap into. The Feedback Champions Fellowship aims to identify a diverse set of emerging leaders in the feedback field in the U.S. and provide support as they become feedback champions in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.
Thanks to your support, Feedback Labs was able to power our programs and collectively center community voices in the feedback field. We look forward to continuing to build the feedback field and make feedback the norm in aid, philanthropy, nonprofits, and government.
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