Debate training for young people, ages 18-25, started in 2011, and in 2014 the British Council and other donors such as the Anna Lindh Foundation instigated a strategic review of the program outcomes. As part of this review effort, Info Steward, as the Lead Researcher, and colleagues engaged stakeholders in a field visit to Tunisia, interviews, and surveys in order to provide an evaluation and recommendation for the steering committee. The review work lasted from March - July 2014. The Young Arab Voices program develops skills and opportunities for youth-led debate across the Arab region and provides opportunities, tools, and capacity building for the involvement of youth in the running and managing of effective debates for the purpose of enriching the pluralistic democratic dialog in the Arab world.

The knowledge of the elders is sometimes written.

Your organization may need an Information Steward team.

A reflection on the meanings and nuances of "knowledge management."

When two lead together, we, as a team, achieve a multiplier effect.

As a librarian and knowledge manager, the "Information Steward" moniker grew out of information organization practices in academic libraries and international development nonprofit work. Examining who I am, what I believe, and my habits in vocational environments, I now recognize a broader scope of my work.

Hearing stories of local NGO staff's passions helps build trust, rapport, and a connection to matters that matter to them. In a culturally-sensitive way, intentionally crafting listening spaces with partners deepens understanding.

In 2010, I, as part of Innovations for Scaling Impact, worked with the Packard Foundation on a social network analysis of grantee connections using web crawl techniques. The maps, showing linkages, were then used by Foundation staff in their review of their portfolios.

I, as part of Innovations for Scaling Impact in 2011, assisted the MasterCard Foundation in gaining a better understanding of the ecosystem of actors engaged in two of the Foundation's focus areas. I used a network analysis approach, web crawls in particular, to produce a network map of organizations and accompanying description for Foundation staff to then interrogate and feed into strategy decisions.

Stewarding information across work departments and teams necessitates links, relationships, visibility, and lines of communication at the highest level of the organization. Consequently, Information Steward co-leads will report directly to the organization's leader (CEO, President, Executive Director).