NGO Leadership update for LinkedIn

We rise by lifting others

Organizational Leadership in NGOs

“When you live in a poor neighborhood, you are living in an area where you have poor schools. When you have poor schools, you have poor teachers. When you have poor teachers, you get a poor education. When you get a poor education, you can only work in a poor-paying job. And that poor-paying job enables you to live again in a poor neighborhood. So, it's a very vicious cycle.”

Malcolm X.

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CHALLENGESNGO’sFACE

Funding People Scaling up Accountability

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The Project (program) Cycle

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A Good Cycle A Vicious Cycle

• Know your mission and purpose, and make other believe in it• Invest in Self & Others• Think Strategically - cross program synergy• Inspire others (be dependable)• Share Leadership (delegate)• Community Relationship• Effective results (fund raising, measures, effective communication)

7 COMPETENCIES OF NGO LEADERS

INTRAC - International NGO Training and Research Centre

“solid mission—they are not just jumping after this grant and that grant”“they have organization thinking”

“have very good connections on the ground”“They are effective because they have very skilled, smart staff”

Source: Research of 150+ NGOs globally by Collin Powell School for Global Leadership

Attributes of an Effective NGO

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Donor behavior we should know

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• Speak in the company’s interest - Spend time to tell them how your NGO can help them achieve their objective

• Be creative - Give your donors something back, example organize networking events for the funders to interact

• Build networks within the company - People may leave, change positions, make sure you know a few key people

• Keep trying: So if you do not succeed the first time round, stay in touch and ask again later.

Corporate Fund Raising

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References

Case study of Africahttp://www.ukessays.com/essays/business/the-most-important-management-challenges-facing-ngos-business-essay.php

Challenges of NGO’shttp://www.sjm06.com/SJM%20ISSN1452-4864/6_1_2011_May_1-121/6_1_109-121.pdf

Effective vs Non effective NGO’shttp://www.bloch.umkc.edu/mwcnl/resources/edward-smith-program/documents/nonprofit-org-effectiveness-contrasts-between-organizations.pdf

https://vimeo.com/51829838

I See Indiahttp://iseeindia.com/2014/05/28/5-surprising-donor-behavior-statistics-every-ngo-know/#prettyPhoto