{"id":57143,"date":"2024-03-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=57143"},"modified":"2025-12-10T20:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:12:12","slug":"the-five-stages-of-reading-a-development-sector-report-nonprofit-humour","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/article\/humour\/the-five-stages-of-reading-a-development-sector-report-nonprofit-humour\/","title":{"rendered":"The five stages of reading a social sector report"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading secondlevel\">Stage one: Denial<\/h3><p>&ldquo;This 90-page report will be easier to read than the others that I&rsquo;ve come across.&rdquo;<\/p><div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"15689697\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.34454\" data-width=\"100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/hide-in-the-bushes-homer-simpson-the-simpsons-gif-15689697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hide In The Bushes Homer Simpson GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/hide+in+the+bushes-gifs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hide In The Bushes GIFs<\/a><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><p><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading secondlevel\">Stage two: Anger<\/h3><p>&ldquo;Why do they keep saying &lsquo;systems thinking&rsquo;? They haven&rsquo;t explained what it means once.&rdquo;<\/p><p>&ldquo;The executive summary itself is 25 pages long&mdash;and most of it is spent explaining <em>why<\/em> this report is important instead of showing me <em>how<\/em> the data can create change.&rdquo;<\/p><div class=\"idron-article-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" id=\"idron-1724743899\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/what-is-idr-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png\" alt=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-1024x205.png 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-150x30.png 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-768x154.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"15395078\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.78771\" data-width=\"100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/lisa-simpson-the-simpsons-headbang-mad-gif-15395078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lisa Simpson The Simpsons GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/lisa+simpson-gifs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lisa Simpson GIFs<\/a><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><p><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading secondlevel\">Stage three: Bargaining<\/h3><p>&ldquo;Maybe if I print it out and take notes alongside, it will go faster.&rdquo;<\/p><p>&ldquo;Reading it in its entirety <em>will<\/em> help me learn more about the sector I work in&mdash;there has to be new thinking\/data\/viewpoints in here somewhere. Maybe I can form a study circle in my office and we can do it together.&rdquo;<\/p><div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"22069920\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.42222\" data-width=\"100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/homer-simpson-please-please-i-want-it-i-need-it-gif-22069920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homer Simpson Please Please GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/homer+simpson-gifs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homer Simpson GIFs<\/a><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><p><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading secondlevel\">Stage four: Sadness<\/h3><p>&ldquo;As useful as this report may be, I cannot spend the better part of my week trying to read it. Maybe it wasn&rsquo;t meant to be for me, at this time.&rdquo;<\/p><div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"9004907\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.325\" data-width=\"100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/simpsons-funny-crying-bart-gif-9004907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simpsons Funny GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/simpsons-gifs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simpsons GIFs<\/a><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><p><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading secondlevel\">Stage five: Acceptance<\/h3><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll wait for IDR to publish a 1200-word article on this report&mdash;or better yet, maybe I can just read their Instagram post about that article.&rdquo;<\/p><div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"14019108\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.33333\" data-width=\"100%\"><a 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