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How Leaders Use Four Workarounds To Tackle Complex Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Let me illustrate with an example I learned from Zambia: many medicines cannot be found in remote regions of Sub-Saharan Africa because of hard-to-solve bottlenecks in healthcare, such as poor infrastructure and logistics systems. A workaround doesn’t try to tackle these bottlenecks; it circumvents them instead.

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Social Media, Networking, and African Women’s Leadership Training in Rwanda

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. ” I learned later from Cheryl that she has conducted this exercise for many leadership programs throughout Africa and had learned it from her mentor, Birgitt Williams , who is an international expert in holistic leadership and design of participatory programs.

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Racing Through the Sahara for South African NGOs

Tech Soup

Picture the scene…our heroes with pain coursing through their bodies and sweat dripping down their brows as they head toward the finish line. TechSoup's partner in South Africa SANGONeT , that like TechSoup was founded in 1987, organized the No Pain No Gain fundraiser.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

Qgiv

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. They need to see the bigger picture and their place in impacting the people you serve.

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11 Creative Charity Fundraising Event Ideas

CauseVox

Of course you can also host an in-person race with all the bells and whistles too. And one thing’s for sure, many of your largest supporters want nothing more than to spend a morning on the golf course. Innovation: Africa has an entire page set up encouraging supporters to create their own fundraisers on their own schedule.

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Training Nonprofit Staff & Volunteers Effectively in 5 Steps

Get Fully Funded

Yes, their manager likely has the big picture in mind, but who knows better how the changes in the last year transformed their world than the person doing it? Not if you ask the right person—the one who knows their job the best—to start creating their plan for each staff member and volunteer. What problems still vex them?

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Guest Post by Steve Waddell: Social Network Analysis for Non-Profits, Part II

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These are inserted because they have more detailed information with regards to a topic (including, of course, ads), because the host wants to connect people to allies or colleagues, or because they may be foes on an issue. . Of course as with any methodology, this presents a limited picture.