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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. Learn from Experimentation.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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. but you’ll not find that here. Sounds like a lifetime of accomplishments in leadership? She’s 37.

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Unlocking Corporate Social Responsibility: 10 Impactful Ways to Give Back as a Business Owner

Strategy Driven

Support Local Charities and Nonprofits Charities and nonprofits operate with donations from other companies. Work with the NGO to reform the affected after the disaster has passed. Finalize categories, shortlist the nominees, and create an unbiased jury to judge the entries. Help create awareness in the locals.

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Global NGOs Spend More on Accounting Than Multinationals

Harvard Business Review

But the data, gathered in our new study " Stop Starving Scale " and compared against benchmarks from APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center), hint at a little-known story: most global NGOs today struggle to master the complexities of managing efficient, integrated operations in large part due to restrictions placed on them by funders.

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Change the World Without Losing Yourself

Harvard Business Review

How would the charities trying to change the world operate without the manufacturers that make the equipment for their medical clinics, or without General Electric providing them with light bulbs? Lost in this new era is the notion that one can still make a difference in business, even absent any corporate social responsibility program.

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How to Create an Effective Non-Profit Mission Statement

Harvard Business Review

In the private sector, corporations achieve their goals by carefully designing business operations that are reflected in a budget and then regularly reporting on how actual profits compare to that budget. A well-crafted mission statement allows an NGO to operate with focus and discipline.

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To Profit from Doing Good, Start Small

Harvard Business Review

Bring your team together to identify ways that you can operate with greater sustainability and then set stretch targets. Are you wasting resources such as paper, ink, or other supplies? Are you recycling as much as possible? Can you reduce business and commuter travel, or make it more efficient? Prahalad called the bottom of the pyramid.