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How Entrepreneurship Can Increase Inclusivity

The Horizons Tracker

The study draws on data from the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), an Indian NGO dedicated to bridging the digital divide in rural areas. The findings are striking: rural areas with more women than men microentrepreneurs saw a 40.8% increase in consumer acquisition and delivered 64.1% greater value to their communities.

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In 100 Words: Bitter or Better?

QAspire

He runs a successful NGO and speaks across the globe on coping with life’s challenges. After struggling initially as a depressed kid who contemplated suicide, he was transformed when his mother showed him an inspiring article about a man who was also dealing with a severe disability. Which one would you choose? ”. - – - – -.

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065: Influence 3.0: Upgrade from Leadership to Impact

Engaging Leader

In this episode, Jesse traces the development of influence through three stages: Influence 1.0: Management Influence 2.0: Leadership Influence 3.0:

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Entrepreneurship Education Often Falls Flat In Poorer Regions

The Horizons Tracker

The NGO partner on the study, Dveloppement International Desjardins, trained more than 7,000 microentrepreneurs in Sri Lanka using the insights from the experiment and has adapted their training programs in other regions around the world. The research has already been put into practice.

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Expertise Matters!

Nathan Magnuson

One day the president of the other NGO expressed a need for a new accountant and I casually suggested his consider the accountant from the first NGO. I didn’t want to be like the woman in the first NGO: a friendly and enthusiastic person who couldn’t be taken seriously as a professional.

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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

We were by far the first environmental NGO to move. Just months after he joined the Conservancy in 2008, the financial crisis hit. Mark had been through downturns on Wall Street and he applied all that he had learned at TNC. “We We became a highly prioritized, more focused, leaner organization. Then we grew.

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What would Vince Lombardi do?

CO2

When we compare what it takes to lead a military unit, a football team, an NGO, or a business, we sometimes forget that the rules are different. NGO workers know that if they don’t solve an important issue, people will suffer.

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