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Research: The ESG Issues That Matter Most to People

Harvard Business

Research conducted by nonprofit organization JUST Capital highlights the importance of public opinion in determining corporate behaviors. JUST Capital’s methodology involves gathering public input through focus groups and surveys to define and assess justness in corporate behavior.

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Introducing Online Training in Grant Proposal Writing

The Nonprofit Consultant

From 2003-2018 I presented the class Basic Grant Proposal Writing Skills for Nonprofits at the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County about three times each year. During that same period, I also did custom versions of the class for several individual organizations and smaller coalitions of nonprofits.

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When is a Donation Not a Donation?

The Nonprofit Consultant

When it's a situation where the supporter believes they've a donation, but the nonprofit does not see it that way. Such as, a small nonprofit puts a link to Amazon on their website, because they get a few pennies back from each book sale as part of the "associates" program. But it was just my feeling that this was happening.

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business

Some trace agile methodologies all the way back to Francis Bacon’s articulation of the scientific method in 1620. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W. Meanwhile, agile methodologies continued to evolve. Ironically, that’s where it began — outside of IT.

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5 Steps to Strategically Positioning Your Consulting

Consulting Matters

I was super excited, and I had this opportunity to be an internal consultant for a nonprofit organization. This is what enabled me when I got the opportunity to leave that nonprofit and grab my dream job at Walt Disney World as an internal consultant, why I was able to get, again, some of the more strategic projects that were available.

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The Consultant's Role: How to Position Yourself for Maximum Influence

Consulting Matters

I was super excited, and I had this opportunity to be an internal consultant for a nonprofit organization. This is what enabled me when I got the opportunity to leave that nonprofit and grab my dream job at Walt Disney World as an internal consultant, why I was able to get, again, some of the more strategic projects that were available.

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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business

In both cases, a large number of shares (and in the case of Compartamos, the majority of shares ) were owned by nonprofit institutions, which presumably plowed this profit back into more development work. How do these challenges apply to impact investment?