People are criticizing this leather-jacketed, American Dream poster-boy for all the wrong reasons. His failure to remain faithful to his wife is not nearly as immoral as his massive exploitation of Nvidia workers, nor his lack of concern for AI’s downsides.
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Alex has been working with NGOs in the Philippines and other areas in the Asia Pacific for 32 years, and knows most things about nonprofits like the back of his hand. He considers himself a program person first and a fundraiser second, and would love to share his knowledge and skills with anyone interested about NGOs.
Fundraising
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The Perils of Overloaded JDs and Fundraisers
Nonprofits that persist in multitasking and overloading their JDs will end up punishing not only their staff but their organizations as well. Listing KPIs for new hires is an exercise in balancing between priority tasks and human capacity, and is not the same as generating a wish-list of what the CEO wants in an ideal world.
Development Issues
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Racism in Hong Kong is More Than Casual
Racism in Hong Kong is more than skin deep; it is systemic and needs the sustained policy intervention of the government. A humanistic reorientation of the educational system is needed to strike at the roots of this social malady.
Fundraising
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Donor Research is Key to Fundraising
Donor research is a core function of the fundraiser, and should be part of his/her daily or weekly work routine. It aspires for a well-rounded information collection similar to intelligence gathering, only without employing devious, unethical methods.
Programs
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NGO Boards Must Be Composed with Care
A proper balance in Board selection should place more weight on program development. For all its practical importance in NGO survivability, fundraising will always remain an enabling component for program delivery, which is key to achieving a nonprofit’s core mission.
AI
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Towards A Principled NGO Stand on AI
Nonprofits should not remain nonchalant about AI’s potential and actual harm to the social sectors they have committed to serve. They can take baby-steps towards making a principled stand and lend their collective voice to making AI serve social justice rather than its opposite.
Fundraising
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Concept Notes vs. Full Proposals
A proper proposal will include a more detailed presentation of everything a concept note contains, plus a budget breakdown and other relevant sections. Unless a potential donor is also a grant reviewer, he/she will have a hard time devoting that much time reading your longish document.
Fundraising
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Quantity vs. Quality in Grant Submissions
Focusing on quantity involves creating templates for generic submissions, which are often concept notes/LOIs that contain a barebones introduction of your nonprofit, impact and project or program that you want funded.
Development Issues
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The Futility of Fighting for Migrant Living Wage
What is more relevant is to question the very essence of labor migration and point to sending-governments’ culpability for their lack of political will in comprehensively developing their economies and creating viable jobs at home.
Operations
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Mission Drift Is Leadership Failure
Nonprofit leaders are chosen not just for charm or smarts, but even more so, for upholding the organization’s Vision, Mission, Goals and Strategies (VMGS) and core values. To drag the organization outside of these guiding parameters can be one of the worst transgressions a CEO/Executive Director can commit.