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NGO organizational assessment diagnosis
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APRIL 5, 2017
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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra
QAspire
AUGUST 22, 2010
Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2
065: Influence 3.0: Upgrade from Leadership to Impact
Engaging Leader
NOVEMBER 28, 2013
In the early 90s, the Iron Curtain fell. More people started using the Internet, and then the Web. The world was becoming smaller, more diverse, and more connected. Market conditions changed more quickly, and became more complex and harder to predict.
Leading For Good
Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 26, 2014
We were by far the first environmental NGO to move. Guest post from Christoph Lueneburger: Every leader who has ever wondered what kind of difference they could truly make in the world should hear the story of Mark Tercek, a hotshot Goldman Sachs banker who decided to become “a force for good.”
Expertise Matters!
Nathan Magnuson
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
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. Years ago I served as a consultant to two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that worked closely together.
Fleeting Fame
Execupundit
JUNE 13, 2013
Washington Wallace Beery Amelia Earhart Willie Sutton Ronald Colman Betty Boop Ngo Dinh Diem Jack Anderson Eric Hoffer Lenny Bruce Dean Acheson Dorothy Parker Mention those famous names in front of an audience nowadays and you''ll have a sizable portion of people who won''t recognize many of them.
Be Zen for Focus
CEO Blog
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
An outstanding book about a marine who started an NGO in one of the worst slums in Africa. Often I find my mind racing. My new See Do Time Management System where I just do something when I see it works well on tidying and cleaning but is actually less efficient in many cases. EG - If I see that the dashboard needs dusting so whip inside to grab a damp rag and wipe it. This is less efficient that getting a bucket and detergent and doing the whole inside.
Change Your Social Context, Change Your Life
CO2
OCTOBER 24, 2013
We received a lot of press, and I was frequently asked to join bank, for profit, and NGO boards. by Gary Cohen “A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.” – Gandhi. Social context affects the way you behave, think, and interpret the world.
How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 4, 2016
feridun akgüngör. You probably know the feeling all too well: You arrive at the office with a clear plan for the day and then, in what feels like just a moment, you find yourself on your way back home.
Lessons from Amazonian Culture and Ecology for Talent Management
Mills Scofield
APRIL 15, 2013
In Ecuador, we’ve developed very strict rules and very high standards for our team and our suppliers, working against the tendency of people to see us as just another NGO that is “here to help” (aka doesn’t take our work seriously).
What would Vince Lombardi do?
CO2
JUNE 7, 2011
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. I recently met this amazingly engaging executive from Life Touch who had the privilege of spending seven years with Vince Lombardi. What great stories he had to share, as we circled a mile above San Francisco.
Global NGOs Spend More on Accounting Than Multinationals
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 23, 2013
NGO board members, especially those with corporate backgrounds who understand the importance of investment, must change the mindset that equates success with revenues and views low overhead as a proxy for organizational effectiveness. billion NGO with operations in 97 countries.
Fighting Diabetes in the 21st Century
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 29, 2015
This NGO has promoted health-related peer support across six continents and has run a number of initiatives that have significantly lowered people’s blood glucose levels, a strong indicator of diabetes risk in developing countries.
How Exactly Will We Move Away from Fossil Fuels?
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
As a recent report on the subject from the NGO Ceres said, “According to the IEA, more than two-thirds of the world’s proven reserves of fossil fuels will be unusable prior to 2050 if necessary carbon regulations are enacted [emphasis added].”. The growing divestment movement, led by the NGO 350.org , is an attempt to make investing in fossil fuel companies morally equivalent to investing in South Africa during the anti-apartheid movement.
What the Nonprofit Sector Needs to Reach Its Full Potential
Harvard Business Review
MAY 13, 2016
It has InsideNGO, which works to improve the operational and management capacity of organizations in the global NGO community. The nonprofit sector has limbs.
Why So Many of Us Experience a Midlife Crisis
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 20, 2015
If the burned out Wall Street lawyer and the dissatisfied NGO activist were to change seats, perhaps neither would end up more content. A mid-career crisis can happen to anyone. It can hit even those who objectively have the most fulfilling jobs.
Bringing an Entrepreneurial Mindset to the World’s Failing Systems
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Supporting activists to develop new campaign strategies that can build the capacity of NGO’s, as Campaign Lab does in the U.K. A white-haired clergyman leans forward in deep, intent conversation with a lady with a shaved head.
How Target Is Taking Sustainable Products Mainstream
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 4, 2015
The collaboration, which the NGO Forum for the Future is managing, has high aspirations. For years, the answer to the question “Do people really want to buy more sustainable products?” ” was a profound “sort of.”
Can Walmart Get Us to Buy Sustainable Products?
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
TSC has evolved into a collaboration of more than 100 of the world’s largest retailers, consumer product companies, and NGO and academic partners. We all want to buy the best products we can find and afford. But what does “best” actually mean?
An Approach to Ending Poverty That Works
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 22, 2015
He is authoring an as yet unpublished study comparing these programs to 50 other government and NGO livelihood and cash transfer programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Ending extreme poverty by 2030 is the BHAG – the big, hairy audacious goal – of our generation.
Should Your Business Be Nonprofit or For-Profit?
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
While our primary focus is in India, Embrace is doing pilot projects with NGO partners in 10 countries, and we hope to further scale this year.
The Era of Corporate Silence on Climate Policy Is Ending
Harvard Business Review
JULY 17, 2013
The Climate Declaration, created by the NGO Ceres as part of its BICEP advocacy group , makes a simple case for action: Taking on climate change will save money, improve efficiency, and drive innovation, all of which will keep America competitive internationally.
Meet the Tech Companies Creating Opportunity in Africa
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 12, 2016
FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR. For our family, it’s the homecoming routine. I pull up to the house and my son flies out of the car to inspect the box or two on our front stairs. Santa only delivers once a year, but Amazon leaves something on our door about every other day.
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact
Harvard Business Review
MAY 2, 2014
Or consider Kwabena Darko of Ghana, who helped found that country’s microfinance sector by forging a collaboration between global NGO Opportunity International , his national startup Sinapi Aba , and a myriad of village- and town-based trust groups. Social enterprise in the U.S. is a fast-growing, but fragmented, movement.
Even Life-Saving Innovations Don’t Sell Themselves
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
Only when BRAC, a Bangladesh NGO, recruited and deployed thousands of paid workers to teach villagers how to make it out of ingredients in even the humblest of homes did adoption take off, in the early 1980s. Most businesses wouldn’t survive without driving demand for their products or services, either through marketing and advertising or through involving users so deeply in the design of the product that word of mouth spurs adoption. The same is true for social innovators.
“Office Housework” Gets in Women’s Way
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 16, 2015
When Patria, a program leader in an NGO, was asked by her director to help a colleague whose team was having trouble managing its workload, she agreed.
The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 11, 2016
However, social impact and pay-for-success securities could unlock substantial foundation, philanthropic, and NGO assets to buffer the risk for return-seeking capital. Today’s mega-cities have a footprint problem.
How to Bounce Back After Getting Laid Off
Harvard Business Review
JULY 31, 2015
” During one of these meetings, Paul was introduced to the director of an NGO. Losing your job is hard. It dents your self-esteem; it’s tough on your bank account; and if you’re not smart about your next steps, it can derail your career.
Entrepreneurship Needs to Be a Bigger Part of U.S. Foreign Aid
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2016
Further, how can we engender the rock star aura of American entrepreneurship in places where NGO and government jobs are safer career bets for would-be, could-be, should-be startup founders? Here are two surprising facts. First, the average American estimates that over 25% of the U.S.
Jet Lag Doesn’t Have to Ruin Your Business Trip
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR. When business is conducted globally, we often have to travel long distances to launch projects, meet with partners, negotiate deals, address crises, manage customer relations, and engage in a variety of other activities on the behalf of our organizations.
The Buzz on Green Business in China
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
Andrew Winston Blogs Andrew Winston On: Green business , Strategy , Cutting costs The Buzz on Green Business in China 3:30 PM Monday November 22, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print I visited Beijing last week, speaking to a group of corporate executives assembled by a major NGO to work on climate change issues. However, the company execs and NGO leaders in Beijing tell me that sustainability is still a new pursuit for Chinese companies.
It's Not All About Growth for Social Enterprises
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 21, 2013
To address this, Cape Town-based NGO mothers2mothers employs and trains HIV-positive mothers as "Mentor Mothers" who work alongside nurses and doctors in clinics, providing psychosocial support to pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV.
The Largest Risk (and Opportunity) Investors Are Ignoring
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 24, 2014
The day before the stark story in the Times appeared, I attended a related conference, the Investor Summit on Climate Risk, held at the UN and run by the NGO Ceres. Tackling climate change — and thus keeping the world inhabitable — is an achievable goal, but it will become prohibitively expensive if we wait to act. This is the key message from a leaked United Nations study that The New York Times reported on last week.
If You're Out to Change the World, How Do You Know When to Move On?
Harvard Business Review
JULY 2, 2013
Every international NGO (INGO) and aid agency involved in water supply has a mission statement along the lines of "we envision a world where no one dies of a water-related disease."
Is VW’s Fraud the End of Large-Scale Corporate Deception?
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
An eco-NGO, the International Council on Clean Transportation — not formal regulatory review — effectively uncovered the con. Volkswagen’s brazen and bizarre “ Diesel-gate ” deception beggars belief.
The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 19, 2014
The NGO Ceres has gotten an impressive array of companies to sign onto the Climate Declaration , which states that climate change is both a threat and a major economic opportunity. It’s been an amazing 12 months in the world of sustainable business. From climate change to inequality, the scope of humanity’s biggest environmental and social challenges came into much sharper focus this year — as did the scale and range of opportunities to do something about them.
What’s Europe’s Long-Term Plan for Integrating Refugees?
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
This is not to say that civil servants and NGO volunteers are not well meaning. Suppose you are a Syrian doctor who has entered Belgium with your family after a perilous and long journey, having left everything behind.
The Social Franchise Model Works in Times of Uncertainty
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 28, 2013
government withdrew funding from all American NGO's, Yemen-EFE was granted an exemption because it is an entirely local entity. One hundred million. That's the number of young people across the Middle East and North Africa who will need employment opportunities in the coming decades.
Meet Your New R&D Team: Social Entrepreneurs
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2013
As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. The smartest minds in social innovation are increasingly committed to engaging with the private sector to make significant changes in areas like health, education, and poverty.
The Big Trends Changing Community Development
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2013
It’s a valid question, but disappointingly, almost no NGO can point to evidence of impact. Big trends in business and society tend to march along at a measured pace. When change happens fast in some area, it’s usually because multiple trends are converging to accelerate the process. This is what is going on now in community development. Three lines of progress are crossing, and rapidly reshaping how businesses and nonprofits together strengthen the locales in which they operate.
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