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How Global Talent Enriches a Global Health Organization

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Yet to address these problems, we need to zoom in, convening experts, civil society and affected communities to explore sustainable solutions that work in the local context. Some challenges may be less tangible, such as cultural differences and values. The telephoto perspective allows us to identify problems.

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in Brazil 

Candid

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s. billion by the summer of 2020. .

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Municipal ID programs like Chicago’s CityKey learned from early failures of a similar effort in New York City that ran the danger of handing the Federal Government a list of undocumented immigrants, in part thanks to NYC’s active communication of “lessons learned.” Create synapses for within-city learning.

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

And although we belong to different generations, we share a culture and experiences as Mexican women. This challenge has different nuances in each continent, country, and community. Purple Glasses to Innovate All Women Coo aims to transform these cultural dynamics and remove common barriers to gender equity.

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Better Climate Funding Means Centering Local and Indigenous Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For example, another recent study on African conservation funding practices finds that 92 percent of African civil society organizations struggle to access sufficient core funding, 71 percent of them identified short-term project structures as a key barrier, and 52 percent find existing proposal and reporting requirements to be a barrier.

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Impact Without Imposition: What Role for Northern Academics in the Global South?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A study on the working conditions in Kenya’s gig economy , for example, was written by two African researchers, who not only surveyed hundreds of gig workers but also involved civil society and policy makers during a multi-stakeholder dialogue and a panel discussion in Nairobi. A first challenge is to find suitable collaborators.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Marketing & Communications. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations. Marketing & Communications.