Author: Ben Stevens

At the end of July and beginning of August, the Lessons Learned team (alongside Route 726 collaborator Carolyn Aubry) had the wonderful privilege to play test Daybreak, an upcoming board game about the climate crisis designed by Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace. This cooperative game will place players into the roles of world leaders, with each person guiding one of […]

The Lessons Learned team is excited to try out Make A Move (or Toma el Paso) a board game designed by Lien Tran of Amiguía Americana to help unaccompanied immigrant minors (UIMs) learn about the process for release from detention in the United States. We are always eager to see how other organizations are using games and games-based learning to […]

Lessons Learned is now partway through our very first “Testing Week” for our project Promoting Localised, Gender-Aware Development for Humanitarian Training. After completing the weeks-long lecture portion of these workshops, participants have since been working with a team of mentors to being the construction of their own simulation designs. This week (and next), theory meets practice, as participants are being […]

Over the past year and a half, LLST has had to adapt our in-person methodology, expanding more-and-more into the realm of digital simulations, trainings, and learning games. Throughout this process, we have enjoyed exploring the incredible variety of digital learning games that are already on offer from other organizations. We recently tried out In 90 Days, a humanitarian learning game […]

LLST Director Matthew Stevens recently had the opportunity to attend and present at the ALNAP Urban Learning Exchange — Systems Thinking in Humanitarian Response. ALNAP (Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance) is a global network of NGOs, UN agencies, members of the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, donors, academics, networks, and consultants dedicated to learning how to improve response to humanitarian […]