[Gnso-newgtld-dg] Thomas Lowenhaupt: An Introduction

[Sam Lanfranco]

Colleagues,

Following Tom Lowenhaupt’s idea of introductions I will introduce myself 
beyond what is in my ICANN SOI: 
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Sam+Lanfranco+SOI

I am a development economist with a third of a century of experience in 
ICT4D and, as an educator, a particular interest in capturing lessons 
learned, especially in light of the persistent failure to learn as 
exhibited by economic development initiatives around the world, and the 
shortcomings of monitoring and evaluation for many undertakings.

Each of us probably has specific aspects of the recent new gTLD round 
where we see lessons to be learned. Beyond that my focus will be on two 
parts. The first, drawing on work I did with the UN Development 
Programme’s effort to capture lessons learned, is to (in my head at 
least) organize lessons learned into a simple 2x2 matrix consisting of 
the degree of generalization of lessons (general, specific) and their 
context applicability (general, specific). That is useful when turning 
to the use of lessons learned in practice.

The second focus is to guard against looking for specific lessons 
learned as a "Poster Child" for the great successes or failures of the 
first new gTLD effort. It is more productive to consider this as 
learning lessons for future use, and not, in the first instance, as an 
overall assessment of the first gTLD round. While the two activities are 
related, they are distinct with respect to intent.

Sam Lanfranco


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Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar)
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