Comparing different BT organizations
How you can help with the discussion list?
1. Identify and share the 10 most relevant features, why do you think they are most relevant?
2. Identify and share 2 least most irrelevant features and why?
3. Input the data and provide sources of data/info in the shared spreadsheet(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WSqKg7U_JAfOMEXCdTbQf5FeyHM_Kf47/view?usp=sharing)
4. What features and NGOs do you want to add?
I start with the following 30+:
founding year
core value
core value change/profile in the history
mission
vision
key strategy in 2021-2025
mission change/profile in the history
founders
key figures/persons
countries from
countries serve
engagement strategy
client persona
organizational structure
milestones events
translation methodology
publishing
Scriptural Engagement
Missiology
Human Resources
constitutional distinctive
Translation product achievement
Translation services provide
financial situation and strategy
diversities
other BT NGO affiliation? How?
Best three impressions of members
Reflection, if three things that you need to change your organization? What are they? How would you communicate with your colleagues/leadership?
Language(s) of operation
What's the best value of the NGO
Innovation index
Cost-effectiveness
Sharing/Collaboration
Impact index
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Dear Jeremiah - this seems quite ambitious, but very interesting. It might be helpful to know what you are really trying to compare between the groups and start with a smaller number of traits. it might also be good to allow for the inclusion of other BT orgs. Another issue is that it might be good to compare comparable organizations. UBS is a Bible Society which is somewhat different from a translation organization. I see possible categories as BS designed to distribute, Funding organizations, Sending BT organizations. Just a thought. You can contact me offline if you'd like to discuss further.
Dear Willits,
Thank you for your reply.
I would appreciate if you can elaborate here about the rationales of those categories. Your point is very interesting to have categories of BT, which actually do not do translate themselves, but to facilitate the Bible Translation movement.
Actually I have a more specific research question about comparing the methodology or approach of Bible translation between Bible Society and Wycliffe/SIL. However, I fear that I may focus on the twigs and miss the forest. Thus, I start with a generic questions and asking opinion from the community to ensure the matching the relevance to practice and maximize the impact of the research. I would like to include more organizations and to show my respect and concern for those minority organization who may not have the heritance from either SIL/Wycliffe or Bible Society? I think they can help me to see from perspectives that I am not familiar with. I prepare to aggregate the discussion here, as I found it is more difficult to keep check of discussion and thread in email. If you prefer certain topic for personal discussion. Please send me an email. Thanks.