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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

My friends were all doing sexier things like technology, communications, or financial services.” We were by far the first environmental NGO to move. careers CEOs Christoph Lueneburger Mark Tercek sustainability' After a time, he found himself traveling back and forth between Japan and New York in the employ of Goldman Sachs.

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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra

QAspire

Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2 They use technology to cook more food in less time. First, some background information. million children across India on all school days. These meals act as an incentive for these kids to come to the school and study. 600 (or ~$13).

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5 Lessons from an Office on the Edge

Mills Scofield

For the last three years, I have satiated this string of my DNA with an unconventional job – as Executive Director of a small NGO addressing maternal and child survival in slums of Mali, West Africa, where health outcomes are among the lowest in the world. Motivation. A version of this was originally published in Switch and Shift.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. In the U.S.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

Civic Ventures had recently released its first survey of baby boomers and found at least half were interested in “ encore careers ” helping others. In the broader U.S. population, two generations made clear that their interests, too, lay in helping society. Meanwhile, 19,000 high-scoring college graduates across the U.S.

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To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

Harvard Business Review

Dara Dotz is removing obstacles to rapid recovery in humanitarian disasters with her NGO, Field Ready. Rather than relying on slow, expensive supply chains to import disaster relief, Field Ready empowers people in disaster-struck areas with the technology and expertise to make life-saving and life-sustaining supplies onsite.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. She has only been finished her Residency in anesthesia for little over a year and is coordinating international WHO’s and the efforts of the likes of the Clinton Foundation, The UN and othe NGO’s. She’s 37.

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