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How Leaders Use Four Workarounds To Tackle Complex Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Paulo Savaget Today, the author shares these additional insights with us: Question: What is a workaround? 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.

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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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How to Tell Your Donors Where Their Money Is Going

NonProfit Hub

For example, if you say you’re trying to raise $100,000 to build schools in Africa, also mention that it will cost each student $100 per year to attend. If you do choose to take on this level of transparency with your donors, be prepared to receive some questions about your overhead costs. (For Explain the benefits of overhead.

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Research Friday: The gift

ASU Lodestar Center

Note: This article will focus on international development from my perspective working in an African country, although the questions raised are pertinent to any “developed” country or continent’s relationship to a “developing” region. I tried to picture a bench like this in a “Western” classroom. As part of a. I couldn’t do it.

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Elements of A Successful Fund-A-Need Appeal

Greater Giving

If you’re trying to get people excited about helping kids in Africa go to school, show photos of smiling kids! Visuals can also be used to illustrate the impact that donations can have—show people what’s being built, who will benefit from their contributions (have pictures or video!), Finally, use music!

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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? Your training plan needs to have three basic elements, as described in the following questions: What is the problem or issue that’s currently facing your team?

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

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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.