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Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-85183876609711776702019-01-17T11:57:00.001-08:002019-01-17T11:57:46.504-08:00What is Good Governance? http://creativelearning.org/blog/2016/11/08/what-is-good-governance/Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-20603077543285960322018-12-25T21:34:00.001-08:002018-12-25T21:34:09.138-08:00Why it is important to define Tax justice as a human rights issue<p dir="ltr">On the 10th December 2018, Uganda celebrated the 70th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights, a commitment that gave birth to the human rights movement. Uganda is a signatory to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights (ICESR), the International Covenant on Political and Civil rights and the International covenant on the Rights of a child, the African charter on human and people’s rights, African Charter on the rights and welfare of the child, among others and has a bill of rights in its constitution to guarantee these rights. Almost all these treaties and constitution impose an obligation on the state to ‘undertake measures’ for the implementation of these rights, Al Since 1948, a lot of progress has been made on many a fronts (like creation of Human Rights Bodies(Human Rights Commission, Equal opportunities Commission, etc), Courts, watch dogs, etc) when it comes to attainment and enjoyment of these human rights. However, a lot still needs to be done if all Ugandans are to enjoy their  inherently guaranteed rights.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Taxation plays a big role in the attainment of cultural, social, and economic rights. This is because these rights require the state to have vast resources if they are to be implemented. Uganda needs enormous resources to invest in key welfare related sectors like education, health, social security, poverty alleviation programs, among others which are all key in achieving the corresponding human rights. If the government of Uganda continues to tolerate resource diversion and loss from Uganda through Illicit financial flows, then it cannot claim insufficient resources as a justification for not implementing economic, social and cultural rights. It is important to note that although in the past, the nexus between tax justice and human rights was made only in reference to economic, social and cultural rights, today it is beyond question that compliance with all human rights, including civil and political rights, requires state resource allocation. Civil and political rights, such as the right to due process, fair and equitable elections and respect for freedom of information, all require adequately funded institutions and therefore too need vast resource investments. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Tax Justice in simple terms is the phenomena where every person (legal persons included) pays their fair share of tax and the resultant revenue used for the benefit of the tax payers. The issue of tax justice is at the core of the realisation of all human rights in Uganda since it guarantees that the state domestically mobilises resources to invest in key sectors. Our tax policies and systems are pivotal in the attainment of our human right, this is because these polices and systems are responsible for generating revenue, redistributing income, repricing of certain goods and services and a basis for representation.  Given that taxation is the most sustainable way of financing Uganda’s development Agenda, this by extension makes taxation one of the most key pillars of attaining an enjoying Human Rights in Uganda given that the attainment and enjoyment of most human right is what is known as development. Tax Justice should eventually lead to reduced economic, social and geographical disparities, provide for wealth redistribution in order to redress systemic discrimination and led towards substantive equality.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Taxation is the foundation of the social contract which is the origin of number of state responsibility towards its citizens including human rights, and therefore the level of the citizen’s engagement in formation and implementation of tax policies will determine the level of enjoyment of these Human Rights in Uganda. The American Revolution was started on a simple idea of no taxation without representation, that being a tax payer is the basis from which a person derives their power to demand for inherently guaranteed rights and benefits from the state. Let us seek, as young people , to have  meaningful participation in the making and implementation of our tax policies and systems so as to contribute to the attainment of human rights in Uganda. <br></p>
Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-56309039305279103052018-12-25T11:57:00.001-08:002018-12-25T11:57:38.258-08:00Is my TAX accounted for...?! <div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">TAX remission is age old, but many of us seldom interact to discuss it. Many more hardly ever interrogate where the TAX that we pay ends up on purchase simplistic items such as a match box, a candle or a bar of soap but on the flip side, Tax Justice is a fairly new concept that is slowly taking root in Africa following cross country calls by citizens, CSOs and development partners for Governments to account for the taxes that are collected and to provide quality services on time. To guarantee ownership, commitment and sustainability, the concept of Tax Justice Campaign front loads the <i>“common citizen”</i> in all its engagements. In-depth understanding by practitioners and successful application by actual tax payers is strongly hinged on the three pillars of Human Rights Based Approach – empowerment, solidarity and campaigns. While there are various ways of collecting taxes, most African states generate most of their local revenue from the realms of the informal rather than the formal sector.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">Various studies have shown that poor governance is one of the key causes of poverty. Global citizens suffer when governments do not provide requisite services for dignified livelihood. Serious problems with governance still exist in much of Africa – but the overall situation is steadily improving. Working with governments to improve the way public resources are used is an important part of any youth focused programming and intervention strategies. While most businesses in Africa are in small units and agriculture is more often than not practiced on substance basis, Local government incentives aimed at increasing the local revenue base to supplement national allocations is the missing component. <i><b>For instance,</b></i> agriculture and enterprising as sectors are barely resourced or effectively planned for. This means that there is no informative basis and conducive environment for the citizenry to effectively engage either practice on broad scales. In effect, poverty at house-hold levels are sustained, services are mediocre and a sense of responsibility and ownership by duty bearers and citizens alike continually get eroded.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">Distinctively, tax issues and related injustices are propagated by unaccounted for local revenue, uninformed and unequal allocation and accountability by the citizenry and the duty bearers at Local Government. Guided by the urgent need to augment mass awareness and participation on <b>Participatory Democracy and Governance</b> to promise and achieve focus on improving governance in social service delivery, promoting civic participation and improving state and non-state accountability. <u>It</u> is key to contextualize local/grass root development agendas and feed them into the National Tax Justice Campaigns and while demand informs supply; on the one part, citizen roles and responsibilities on governance towards improving accountability and effectiveness by duty bearers cannot be gainsaid. On the flip-side, local leadership – politicians and technical teams’ feedback on revenue collection and expenditure is imperative.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">I have learnt that when the citizens are accorded decision making spaces and assigned roles in initiating, harnessing and nurturing their own programs, they more often than not tend to participate adequately and as such develop their leadership skills incrementally. However, it is not enough to avail resources both financial and human, however; it is also prudent to involve the citizens in designing plans as well as implementation of activities. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Over and above else, to realize quality in this pillar, it is prudent for the citizens to be trained on practical citizen skills as debates and public speaking, advocacy, budgeting and Monitoring touching on tax matters. This is because, discussion issues at local or national level are not contextualized enough for the green grocer; charcoal dealer neither is it for the learned teacher and the local business man however much they are heavily and timely taxed!<br>
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Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-81421836962701183842018-12-25T11:54:00.001-08:002018-12-25T11:54:32.764-08:00Get it done, right now! <div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">I should do a disclaimer; if you are a procrastinator this is going to be a very stressful reading.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">You will be amazed at so many people in the world today who think things that they don’t do. Meant to do it, never got it done. It’s hard to bring something from thought life to action. Not just work, not just goals, not just careers…even good things. <br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">You will be surprised the good things that men think about girlfriend but they don’t tell them. The little things that women do that has men saying, “that’s why I love you, right there…that thing right there, that there…that’s why I love you”. But they don’t say a word about it. In an attempt to be present at the moment, I am challenging myself to be more verbal even about compliments. I can’t exactly explain why men don’t’ say anything and sometimes they say it about you but not to you. You can’t spend love that does not reach you. So even though they have it for you if they don’t give it to, you can’t enjoy the benefit from it and you might starve to death for the lack of what i thought but did not say. I would hate to think that I lost her heart over something I had but did not express. So I have been challenging myself to be more verbal. You will be surprised how hard it is for me - someone who talks for a living - to turn around and talk out of your heart about my emotions.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">The older I get, the more I realize I can’t take life nor moments for granted. I’ve been to funerals and the roughest ones where people are screaming and holding on to the caskets are often the people who have deep regret and guilt because of; things you could have, would have, should have said or done but didn’t do. Personally i can deal with death better than I can deal with regret. Whatever I have to say to you, I’d rather say it. Whatever I want to give you, I’d rather give you, whatever I need to express, I want to express it because the next second is not promised. All you have is the fierce urgency of now, right now. You don’t have long to get over what you want to get over, climb over your inhibitions of fear – the clock is ticking while you are thinking about it, you are running out of time. There is a rush to go after your goals, if you don’t hurry up and do it, you will not get it done. The most dangerous people are people who missed their turn – bitter people who missed their turn will try to kill your future. They will become a sore in your life and hate you over something that you did not have anything to do with but over a turn they missed.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">There is nothing as sad as bad as the sad memories of a lost opportunity….it’s a gift from God to have an opportunity. When you woke up this morning, God gave you an opportunity. What could be a better gift than to get an opportunity? And what a tragic waste it is to have an opportunity and not use it, not maximize it, not live it to the fullest, not use it and to assume that you have tomorrow. How arrogant of you to assume that you have tomorrow when in fact all you have for sure is right now. Get it right, right now. Get it said, right now. Get it done, right now. Open your heart, right now. Write the letter, right now. Express the love, right now….. Because if you don’t, I can tell you for sure – coffins can’t hear and regret is poor company seating somewhere saying “I missed my turn”. I can tell you this, age does not give you a do-over – it’s terrible to get old and miss your youth. You don’t get a second chance to do it over again, if you missed it, you missed it.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">You will be surprised at the unwritten books, the businesses that never got built, the songs you did not sing, the poems you did not write, the jobs you never went after, the interviews you did not pursue and you have been saying, “God I need a sign from you, but God needs an action from you”.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">Relationships have died over things that people had and didn’t give to each other, it has to be true. Truly, what can one person, give another person that the other person could not give them? Nothing. But don’t get angry when people do what you won’t. Don’t get angry when they give what you wouldn’t, don’t get bitter because one person ceases an opportunity when another does not…it is not my fault that you thought it and didn’t say it, that you felt it and didn’t express it, that you needed but your pride stopped you from opening up about it.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">I have learnt that the people who talk about people have time to do it. Because the people who are living with gusto and power and facing challenges don’t have time to worry about what anyone else is doing.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">The people that know their God, have a relationship with their God. You will be surprised of the people who go to church every Sunday and are not settled in their relationship with God. They love the idea of God but not necessarily the reality of God; they have unresolved issues with God.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">Many people clap and sing and shout and are not remotely convinced that God even loves them. Many of us have been taught the kind of faith that; you have to earn his love - and at the back of your mind you’re not sure that you have paid the bill to be good enough to have his love and because you are not settled in your relationship with God, you can’t work the promises of God because you really are not sure he is talking to you.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">God does not care for you….if God cared about you, why would you be in the mess you are in? All those voices that say, either you are not good enough for God or God has not been good enough to you for you to be sure that he loves you. Do you know your God or do you just know church? More people know church than they know God.<br>
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<div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">You cannot have the peace of God until you have peace with God. You want to understand the gift but not the giver; why would he give you peace when you and him don’t have peace? Don’t you understand that he did not go to the cross to be cool? He went to the cross to leave an indelible impression of what love looks like.<br>
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<div align="left"><p dir="ltr">We supply the armies, we build the roads, and we employ the nation. Still we remain silent while our coffers are emptied and our freedoms eroded. There will be times where we are powerless to injustice but there must never be a time where we fail to protest. This being, known as individualism is a cancer growing and the only proper thing to do is to cut it out. You all know what I speak of. Each one of you has been the recipient of the evils of this cancer. But my words are not in judgment of my fellow noble men, they are a warning. I urge you to consider what you are doing for we are helping this cancer to forge the very chains that bind us….which brings me to the confession of my true crime so that i may redeem my honor.<br>
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<div align="left"><p dir="ltr">I write this from the congested human settlements across Africa, from the great Universities and flourishing suburbs of this great continent, from its dirt poverty and from conscious stricken wealth. But I write. I write because I have a concern for the moral health of our nations and because we all have to see through the superficial glory and glitter of our society. We need to read the writing on the wall because we have seen nations wade in the balance of history and found to be wanting. I write because I see this as a dark hour in the affairs of men, traditionally the “idealists”.<br>
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<div align="left"><p dir="ltr">What happens to a dream deferred? It leads to bewildering frustrations and corroding bitterness. I came to this realization one day while working in Uganda when I was booed by some young men and women. I went home that evening with an ugly feeling, selfishly I thought of my sufferings and sacrifices over the past years and as to why they would boo one so close to them? But as I lay awake thinking, I finally came to myself and I could not for the life of me have less than patience and understanding for those young men and women. For years, myself and others like me have held out radiant promises of progress. I preached to them about my person experiences and lectured to them about the not too distant day when they will have freedom here and now. That day, their hopes had soared. They were booing because I had urged them to have faith in people who had too often proved to be unfaithful. They were now hostile because they were watching the dream that they had so readily accepted turn into a frightening nightmare.<br>
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<div align="left"><p dir="ltr">The collision cause was set. The most meager of foreign aid for international development is crushed in the surge of reaction. Unemployment rages but the bi-partisan response is rhetoric rather than a serious poverty alleviation program among the majority mass – the youth. On some positions; cowardice as the question is it safe? expediency asks the question is it politics? Vanity asks the question is it popular?<br>
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<div align="left"><p dir="ltr">My crime is that my conscious did not ask the question if it is right and my morals did not question my conscious as to why it did not ask that question!<br>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There is a fundamental
mistake in the understanding of the issues of foreign policy by the government
of Kenya. We can not continue making policies on the basis of support that
Kenya gets from the developed Nations. It is not sustainable, effective and beyond
that, can not work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Our responsibility as a
Nation is to charter a path on how we can develop our Nation. President Thomas
Sankara did it jointly with the people of Bukinabe (now, Bukina Faso). It is a sorry state
to have a Country like Kenya which is an East African power house with a
leading economy having more than half its budget being funded by the
foreign states while what is collected locally is mismanaged, and stolen - shamelessly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By now, Kenya SHOULD be in
a position to finance its basic needs, if its going to be on course
to achieve the 17 SDGs and the Country’s blue print of 2030. If we are going to
look at the next fifty or so years to be a mid or second world economy, we can
not continue on this uninformed trajectory of endless borrowing and offering
the country as collateral to possible default. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is imperative that there
is a drastic cease from the endless narrative that, “young people have ingenuity,
and resilience to take Kenya to the next level”. We need to get away from this
and begin to build systems that they (young people) can believe in, engage in
and take leadership on towards harnessing the seen and unseen opportunities. .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The main responsibility of
leaders is to have functional systems of governance, systems that
allow for accountability, diversity, freedom of expression and contribution to
the national fabric. The Contribution of over 45million of Kenya’s populace is
to see how to get rid of the begging cup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There is a need to be clear
on what we need to do as a nation to take advantage of the young people
population bulge and turn it to a human resource from a potential security risk. We can
do it if we have two things; the political will and the correct mindset.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Capacity
building is perhaps one of the most fashionable, yet least understood term in
the non‐profit sector. There is a lack of shared definition and understanding
around its features and essential elements. Funders tend to talk about capacity
building programs, while capacity builders might refer to capacity building
engagements, yet organizations may refer to it as a set of activities or
processes that accomplish a specific goal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">In
essence, this is the process by which individuals, groups, organizations, and
communities increase their abilities to: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Perform core functions, solve
problems, define and achieve objectives; and </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Understand and deal with their
development needs in a broad context and in a sustainable manner.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Organizational
capacity building seeks to strengthen the ability of an organization or agency
to achieve a desired outcome. Capacity building in this area can be defined as:
“Supporting organizations to build and maintain the skills, infrastructure, and
resources to achieve their mission.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
order to effectively support organizations to achieve the above, understanding
of the features and elements of organizational effectiveness is necessary. Too
often, funders, capacity builders, and organizations are focused on the process
of capacity building as opposed to the outcome of capacity building. Enhanced
understanding of the components of organizational effectiveness can support
capacity building efforts to be effective and targeted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">There
has been a tremendous amount of interest over the past decade in building
capacity for organizational effectiveness among organizations. There have been
many different lenses for understanding the topic, such as: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Components such as aspirations,
strategy, organizational skills, HR, systems and infrastructures,
organizational structure and culture;</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Aspects of organizational life
(e.g., external relations, internal structures, leadership, and management) and </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Pillars of organizational
capacity, such as relevance, responsiveness, effectiveness, and resilience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">On
the other hand, capacity building focused at leadership is the ability of all
organizational leaders to create and sustain the vision, inspire, model,
prioritize, make decisions, provide direction, and innovate, all in an effort
to achieve the organizational mission (York, 2005). This includes areas such
as:</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Governance – The overall
processes and structures used by the board to direct and manage an
organization’s operations and activities; </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Internal Leadership – This
refers to those organizational leaders outside of the board and their ability
to apply a mission‐centered, focused, and inclusive approach to making
decisions and motivating people to act on those decisions and; </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Sustainability – This is the
organization’s ability to cultivate organizational leaders, avoid over‐relying
on one leader, and plan for leadership transition.</span></div>
<br />Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-45385943763739481902018-05-29T12:26:00.004-07:002018-05-29T12:26:41.514-07:00What are Social Movements?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Social
Movements are instrumental to changing the path of a society. When a group of
people come together with a shared idea, they can create lasting effect by encouraging
change in a society or by resisting it; both of which will shape the future of
their society. But a social movement is not just a group of people with an
idea. If that were the case, every little group with a noble idea would be a
social movement. Social movements need organization, leadership and resources
if they ever hope to gain momentum and make an impact. There are different
forms of movements depending on their goal. Activist movements are aimed at
changing various aspects in the society while reactionary movements are actively
trying to resist change. Earlier in the commencement of social movements,
people were skeptical of the motivation of those involved in the social
movements. They were seen as dysfunctional, irrational and dangerous and that people
would only join because the social movements provided community and refuge from
the meaninglessness of life on one’s own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">What
is interesting about Social Movements is that it isn’t always the people who
are worst off that join up. More importantly is how people perceive their
situation; someone just barely making it can be extremely happy while someone
seemingly having it in life can be frustrated because they don’t feel respected
by their company. So, what we have to look at is the feeling of relative deprivation;
the feeling of discrepancy between legitimate expectations and realities of the
present. That’s not enough on its own. People must feel like they deserve
better and they must think that they cannot be helped by conventional means.
Those three things are necessary for a social movement to form; a relative deprivation,
a feeling of deserving better and the belief that conventional methods are
useless to help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">But
there are criticisms to this fact since even people who don’t feel deprived
will join a social movement. They join because they want to address a perceived
injustice that they may not even suffer from themselves. It can be too risky
for the most deprived people to participate in a movement because they may not
have the resource to participate or the opportunity to take time off work to
participate or promote the idea. Sometimes even when all three factors are
present, no social movement is created. Okay, so it has some problems but it’s
a start – at least. Resource mobilization approach focuses on aspects that
hinder or promote a social movement, like access to resources. Even a seemingly
simple act of gathering together a group of people with a shared idea is not
allowed everywhere – It takes more than idea to start a social movement. You
need money, materials, political influence and access to media. More than that,
a social movement needs a strong organizational base to recruit members and
then to unite them on a single idea. A good, charismatic figure is necessary to
lead the group and focus the thoughts of members and the oppressed on the
objective and to convince them to organize.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><b>“Martin Luther King Jnr stood
as beacon to the people who were oppressed; He knew how to speak for the crowd
and unite them around a single idea and how to gain the support he need for the
social movement to succeed”<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Social
movements begin by a few ideas shared by a few. Then, the public begins taking
notice of a situation that they perceive as a problem. At this point, people
begin to coalesce into an organized group and raise up the general stake. A
social movement’s greatest achievement will be to either success to changing
its host society or adapt. What is interesting is that in the end, social
movements become part of the bureaucracy they were trying to change. A
successful movement is eventually absorbed into existing institutions when it
has achieved its desired changes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wonder if social movements of today will become accepted though in the future;
in the end, the social movement eventually declines. If it succeeded, it has
been incorporated into the dominant culture. If it fails, we will still see the
marks left in society by its passing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people have helped drive social movements around the world. From protesting the
established order and furthering new ideas, Young People are often at the front-line of political and social transformations hoping to make the world a
better place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EsNwHW3faWmi9i1sbhWi1qaXliLNYSwcLl9F8mIAfDkK-onY7O8ohdy3pLekW2DtMBzw81WQZwuaHHPQa4n4LzMMz_FteSsRzgVqi-dlb4EA6erq3L2skZRffkC322rJL0SYaTyRFdQ/s1600/DSC_0159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EsNwHW3faWmi9i1sbhWi1qaXliLNYSwcLl9F8mIAfDkK-onY7O8ohdy3pLekW2DtMBzw81WQZwuaHHPQa4n4LzMMz_FteSsRzgVqi-dlb4EA6erq3L2skZRffkC322rJL0SYaTyRFdQ/s200/DSC_0159.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">Reasons
for Young People participation in movements vary. Compared to adults, Young
People often have larger social networks which can serve as conduits for the
transmission of ideas and mobilization. Young People are more inclined to be
innovative in their use of media. They may adapt the latest technologies to
help spread their message and mission. Also, Young People may have more time
and bandwidth than older generations giving them a greater chance to take risk
and fight the status quo. Altogether, reasons such as these make Young People
participation in Social Movements an incredibly powerful element!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is the difference between senior and junior project managers in terms of
decision making. More specifically, while senior managers focus on potential
project difficulties, junior managers are more easily swayed by their project’s
plan and its deficiencies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Spotting problems with your plan and being able to foresee
difficulties are both essential skills for a project manager, but my argument is
that while the first one can be acquired by anyone willing to put in the needed
effort, the second skill is much harder to develop. This is why I believe in
the importance of managing a project in a field you master.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Up to this point, I am
certain not everyone shares this view. Some people indeed hold the opinion that
project management is a “standalone” skill: once you master the mechanics, you
can apply it to any context. In the same vein, it could be argued that
even a project manager with a lot of experience in a given field cannot
possibly hope to master every single aspect of the project he will be working
on. Why bother at all with choosing someone with field experience, then? This
perception of project management does have its appeal, but it forgoes some of
the most compelling advantages offered by choosing a project manager well
versed in a given field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The first one is
obvious: when you know what you’re working with, you also know who to turn to
when in need. Good data/information is essential when the time to take a
decision comes, and that data can only be obtained by asking the right
questions to the right members. Field knowledge is definitely a big plus in
this case.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">There’s also the fact
that without mastering every skill, a project manager with knowledge of a given
field still usually has a good idea of what every member of his team does. This
is invaluable when evaluating the impact of a decision. Unforeseen consequences
can be very damageable to a project’s progress; the more you know about your
field, the more you can plan ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Finally, a lack of
project management skills is simply easier to remedy than a lack of field
knowledge. Between coursework, mentoring and following commonly accepted best
practices, the options are numerous and accessible to anyone willing to learn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Combining field
knowledge with project management skills invariably leads to making better
decisions - Which is ultimately what being a good project manager is all about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">A few weeks ago
I was assisting a project manager with a troubled project. We reviewed
the documentation from the beginning, starting with the usual suspects: project
design, work plans, schedule just to mention a few. They all seemed
fairly straightforward and understandable. Once we got to the status
reporting though, confusion started. This project’s status reports were
spreadsheets about 10 pages long. Every week the team was only able to
discuss only about 3 pages’ worth of information, and they were mostly risks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">“Why is this so long, what’s in it?” I asked him. He answered
that it was his RAID Log, which he used to run Status Meetings. He wanted to be
certain not to miss anything, so he was careful to include every item related
to the project and classify it as R (risk); A (action); I (issue) or D
(dependency) in this giant spreadsheet. As the first section was ‘Risks’ they
were certainly addressed. So, most of the discussion in his weekly status
meeting was about events that had not even happened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">To be sure, used appropriately, a ‘RAID’ log is a great tool to guide
Project Managers keep projects on track. It lists, in one easily accessible
place, almost any present or future turn of events that could impact their
project. A few difficulties can arise though, which diminish the usefulness of
a RAID log.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong style="outline: none;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">What are the frequency intervals?</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">In an average project, risks may not need review each week, but in a high-risk
project the risk log may need to be reviewed more often even than action items.
Each project has a different makeup, which should dictate the frequency with
which each category in a RAID log needs to be considered.</span></div>
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<strong style="outline: none;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The essence of RAID</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Four categories (R,A,I,D) can generate many items. That is why in each category
there should be a way to prioritize which the team, in fact, follows. This
means that high priority issues or actions can be discussed in the status
review meeting, whereas low priority items can be pursued by the project
manager after the meeting, and as time permits.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Management Strategy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Finally, the items in each of these categories require a
different follow-up approach. For example: ‘Issues’ are problems. Small or
large, they are discrepancies or disagreements which have taken place within
the project and must be resolved. They may require conflict handling,
negotiations or management involvement. On the other hand, ‘Risks’ are events
which may or may not occur. Arriving at risk mitigation requires brainstorming
alternative approaches, yes, but may never even have to be deployed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">For these
reasons, think carefully about keeping one RAID log, or keeping separate Risk,
Issue, Action and Dependency logs to be monitored at different times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-79705956199157474522017-01-05T21:53:00.003-08:002017-01-05T21:53:44.319-08:00What is Organization Development Consulting and who needs it?<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span class="yellowfade"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Organizational</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;"> <span style="outline: 0px;">Development </span></span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">consulting ALSO known as OD Consulting</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">is a professional service that assists seasoned or existing organizations
in evaluating and possibly restructuring their current internal layout. An
Organizational Development consultant may also work with<span class="apple-converted-space"> new or upcoming organizations as well as
community groups</span> that wish to design and establish a working structure
that is likely to support certain goals and objectives. The idea behind<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">organizational</span><span style="outline: 0px;"> consulting</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is to make the best use of all
resources available by organizing them in the most logical and advantageous
structural organization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">The process of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">organizational</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">consulting</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>can
address the overall operations of the organization or focus on specific
aspects. For example, an Organizational Development consultant may address the
policies and procedures that govern the external and internal relations and
support functions of the organization. Evaluations of the senior management
team and its effectiveness may take place. The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="outline: 0px;">consultant
may take a close look at the operational process, including how projects are conceptualized,
implemented and evaluated. In all cases, the consultant will attempt to
identify strengths within the system while also uncovering any inherent
weaknesses in the current operation of the<span class="apple-converted-space">
organization.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">In order to enhance the internal operations of the organization,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">organizational</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">consulting</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>often
relies on a number of tools. Executives and managers may be provided with
classes on executive management and team dynamics. Customer or support
personnel may be provided further training related to interaction with
customers, including defusing tense situations, providing solutions to irate
customers, and learning how to manage personal emotions in a professional
manner, even if the client is not behaving professionally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="yellowfade"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Organizational</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="outline: 0px;"><span class="yellowfade"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">consulting</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">may also address issues other than the proficiency and skill sets
of existing employees and other personnel. The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">consulting</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>effort
may include assessing the logistics involved in the creation and delivery of
products of services. For example, the consultant may determine that making a
few minor changes to the design and process of a program will result in saving
time and resources between necessary steps. At other times, making a change in
the processes applied may be recommended as a way of updating the anticipated
outputs and outcomes therein increasing efficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Ultimately,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">organizational</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">consulting</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>comes
up with a plan to improve the function of the organization. Board Members and
management teams can then determine if they wish to implement all or part of
the suggestions made by the consultant, and prioritize those suggestions if
necessary. When a decision is made on what changes will take place, it is not
unusual for the consultant to continue to work with the organization in order
to implement the changes. For this reason, the overall process of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">organizational</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yellowfade"><span style="outline: 0px;">consulting</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>may
last for several months or even for a period of years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-57761699287583180862017-01-05T03:06:00.002-08:002017-01-05T03:06:33.565-08:00A Motivated Team: Are you Maslow or Machiavelli?<div style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Managers and
organizations have diverse philosophies about how to motivate employees and
manage teams. Some seek to create cooperation and loyalty. Others rely more on
the competitive spirit to get things done. And the truth is different
approaches can work, but it’s important to understand what kind of work
environment you’re creating with your approach. So the question is: Are you
more Maslow or Machiavelli.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">These two
paradigms are familiar to many, but they represent extremely different ways of
managing people. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs tells us that people have certain
requirements that have to be met before they can be truly fulfilled. In the
workplace, this theory demands attending to the needs of each employee. Making
enough money to live, job security, belonging to a team, excelling at a job,
and doing meaningful work are all motivating factors. The idea is that if
employees are happy at work, they’ll be more creative and produce more. The
Machiavellian style is very different. It states that it is better to be feared
than loved. Rules are strict and punishments are harsh. Employees are motivated
by fear of losing their jobs, but also by the urge to beat the competition. It
produces a program of survival of the fittest that attracts people who can
think on their feet and get the job done regardless of circumstances. And it’s
an efficient way of shedding dead weight (read; nonperforming staff)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">We all know of instances where both styles are used and have seen
glimpses in development and business worlds where productivity means survival.
You’re either rising or falling and every coworker is vying for the same
promotion you are. These organizations or business entities have impressive
balance sheets of their own and it’s obvious why the best and brightest would
embrace a chance to shoot for the stars. Maslow’s approach is great for
building team unity, loyalty, and stability. But it’s susceptible to employee
complacency and cliché, in-the-box thinking. A Machiavellian regime can be very
effective to push employees to great heights of creativity and production at an
individual level. But know they’re only on board as long as your goals are
aligned with theirs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">So which way is
better? That depends on your goals. Maslow’s approach is much better at
promoting strong teams. This is important if your organization or business
relies on a great deal of cooperation. It also gives you a chance to groom
future leaders who you expect to stick around for the long haul. The
Machiavellian way is effective where individual performance is key. Employees
may not work cooperatively but they can learn by seeing how others succeed … or
fail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-82833954071283703592016-11-18T22:52:00.001-08:002016-11-18T22:52:22.358-08:00Life<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Every
day you should hold your faith<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">The cemetery
is full of despaired souls who could not wait<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Every
day many read the book of Psalms and meditate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">But
they don’t have anything to come off meditation for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Some
aim for the gold, some aim for the penny, some wait upon God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Listen
to your mother, she will tell you as it is – straight, but still offer much
priceless support<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Life
is like concentrated juice, you have to concentrate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Life
is not a movie, but a lions’ gate – you have to think twice about each step<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">And
even when you are feeling down, get off from the ground<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Straighten your back, because when you’re down you can’t stand up at once</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Patience
is not about waiting, but more of how you act while you are waiting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">Always
aim for the top, never look back<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";">This
is life as it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-6558311914576336812016-11-08T21:57:00.002-08:002016-11-08T21:57:45.938-08:00What is a Significant Success Story? <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A success story shows an organization or
individual <b>making a difference </b>in people’s lives. It describes a positive
change and shows how that change benefits the people of a given area of
intervention. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A <b>great </b>success
story applies the use of evidence to show the value of our interventions in
terms measurable changes in knowledge, skills, motivation, behavior, decision
making, practices, policies, social action, social, economic and environmental
conditions that derive from a cause-and-effect relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You can write a success story about an <b>entire
project, program or part of a program </b>(i.e. activity) that is particularly
noteworthy and significant in terms of results and its impacts. It may be about
an innovation, emergency response or outstanding effort. Whatever you choose to
write about, your story should <b>show your intervention making a difference</b> in
targeted areas.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Why is it </span>important<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> for an Organization, Group or Individual to write success stories? </span></span><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• To show accountability for provided funds</span><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To verify that your intervention or activity
is using resources to make a positive difference in people’s lives</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To share successes so individuals in and out of
organization can learn from your results</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To spread the word about your organization as
a valuable resource</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To show that numbers alone don’t tell the
whole story of organization</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To reflect and learn from our work</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To practice good scholarship</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To disseminate information & knowledge</span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">How is success stories used? </span></b><br />
]<span style="background: white;">• To assess team progress in relation to plans
(performance reviews ).</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To share information among partners and
generate interest among potential partners</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To help internal staff and partners better
understand organization’s work and value</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• For reporting purposes</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To post on program-area web sites</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• As a source of news stories for local media</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To document activities and accomplishments of
staff, volunteers and targeted beneficiaries</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• As input for nominating individuals for awards
and presentations</span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">We can also use Success Stories in a variety of
ways, including:</span></b><br />
<span style="background: white;">• As part of your tenure review documentation</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• In organization’s annual reports and monthly
reports to stakeholders</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• In communications with local officials /
partners </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To share the value of organization with
partners and generate interest among potential partners</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To celebrate achievements with colleagues and
stakeholders</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• To keep up with colleagues’ accomplishments
around a wider audiences </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• In internal communications</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A good success story should: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Describes results that are valued by clients <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Contains compelling, significant facts <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Catches your attention <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Tells who benefits <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Answers: “So what?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Spells out your organization’s role in achieving results <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Is easy to read and understand <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Identifies key partners, funders and beneficiaries <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When do you submit success stories? </span></b><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• When you have something significant to report
and evaluation data to back it up</span><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span style="background: white;">• When you are proud of a program or initiative</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">• On an ongoing basis – don’t wait until the end
of the year</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Key Points for writing Success Stories</span></b><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s one thing to have a good story to tell. It’s another to
write it so that people will want to read it. Use the following tips and many
resources on the Internet for help in writing your success stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Situation</span></b><br />
<span style="background: white;">a) Clearly describes an important issue or
concern – “why we should care”?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Shows that issue or need is appropriate for
your organization’s response</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Includes data demonstrating need</span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">Response (inputs and Activities) </span></b><br />
<span style="background: white;">a) Spells out your organization’s
role/contribution </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Identifies participants: numbers and
demographics of individuals, businesses, and/or communities that were reached </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Identifies partnerships, if applicable</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) Identifies funding sources, if applicable</span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">Results (outputs, outcomes-impact)</span></b><br />
<span style="background: white;">a) Tells who benefited and how</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Uses numeric and/or narrative data to
describe important outcomes </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Answers “So what?” Makes value clear to
reader</span><br />
<span style="background: white;"> d) Links story to research, if appropriate</span><br />
<span style="background: white;"> e) States future plans based on results</span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">For
multi-year project/program, a success story seeks to;</span><br />
</b><span style="background: white;">a) Shows important progress for the
reporting period</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Links work across years</span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">Evidence (evaluation) </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>A good story should be evaluated and as such, should;</b>
<span style="background: white;">a) Describes data collection method</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Include sample (number and how selected)</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Provide response rate post intervention/activity</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) Tell when data were collected</span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">Writing Style (Dos and Don'ts)</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>A good writing style determines the interest of the reader and should;</b>
<span style="background: white;">a) Always use <b>Active</b> voice</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Always <b>Read</b> like a story</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Always be <b>Compelling</b> and with significant <b>facts</b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) Have <b>No jargon</b> or <b>abbreviations</b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">e) Be <b>Concise</b>, and use complete sentences <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f) Use <b>real Names/titles,</b> not “this agent”, “this
person”,” this staff”, “those people”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-89781594618035315562016-09-04T21:11:00.001-07:002016-09-04T21:17:28.198-07:00Tips & Tricks: How to write a winning proposal<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<b style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Introduction</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Writing <span style="color: black;">proposals</span> for <span style="color: black;">funding</span> is one of the
most crucial aspects for any NGO. Proposals are important for any organization,
as they decide the success or failure of an organization. No matter how big or
small your organization is you cannot get away from writing a project proposal.
As an NGO staff you might be aware that the primary purpose of a project
proposal is to convince the donor agency to fund your project. It is thus
important for you to write a proposal that is innovative, practical, and
methodological. Your proposal should look at solving an important
socio-developmental issue and at the same time should be appealing to the
donor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">To start with lets
us first understand what is a project proposal? <span style="color: red;"><b>A project proposal is a
document that presents a logical process of solving a problem. It provides a
detailed description of the problem, the intended plan of action(s) towards
tackling the problem and the budgetary requirement for implementing the same.</b></span>
This document is then submitted to the donor in anticipation of funds, so that
you can continue your efforts. A funding proposal forms the basis of your
relationship with the donor and therefore should be developed with utmost care
and diligence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A hastily written
proposal will create an impression that you are not a serious contender and
would reduce the possibility of getting funded. On the other hand if you plan
the entire process of proposal development, not only your chances of getting
the desired resources increase, you will lay down the foundation of a strong
relation with the donor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Proposal Writing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Depending on the
size of your organization you can build a team for developing the proposal. The
team members should possess good writing skills along with sound technical
knowledge of the related subject.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Title Page:</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> The title page typically contains the <b><span style="color: red;">project title, along
with contact details of the organization and the donor.</span></b> Remember that the title
of the project should be catchy and should capture the essence of the project
proposal. The project title should provide a general idea of what the project
is about and at the same time be simple and straightforward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Executive summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> This section is the summary of the project and <b><span style="color: red;">presents a
snap shot of the project to the reader.</span></b> The executive summary not only summarizes
the project proposal but also analyses important points relating to the
problem, the solution, the uniqueness of the proposal and the reason your
organization is suitable to carry out such a project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">To set the right
tone it is important that you are able to address to the <b>Why, How, and
what of the proposal, (Why- </b>why do you want to start a particular
project/why is the particular problem so important, <b>How relates to the
approach you will use to </b>resolve the problem; and <b>What refers
to the</b> goals you want to achieve at the end of the project.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Even though
executive summary is the first section in the proposal document, you can always
draft this section once you have completed drafting the entire proposal. This
way it will be easier for you to take important points from the proposal body
and use it in the summary. Some points that you should keep in mind while
summarizing the proposal are given below:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Why is the project important?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">What is the problem that you are addressing?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">How do you intend to resolve the
problem?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">What is the total </span><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">budget</span><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and duration for the proposed
project?</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri light", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">The ideal length of
the executive summary usually is of around one page long which is approximately
300-500 words.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Project
Rationale/Background: </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This is an important section of the
proposal as it <b><span style="color: red;">presents the argument of why your project needs funding.</span></b> It
describes the issues and problems that a particular community faces and how
your organization would address the given problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Many <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">organizations</span> also
refer to this section as the project background or context, as it provides the
reader with all necessary information about the project area. While writing the
rationale of the proposal it is critical that you quote facts and figures as
evidence to your problem. These facts can be from data that your organization
has collected or can be from research articles etc. Along with stating data to
justify the project, you should also mention about why your organization is
suitable to carry out the project (mention about similar projects that you have
implemented). Some points that should be considered while drafting the project
rationale are:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">What is the problem?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">What are some important facts related
to the problem?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Why is your organization suited to
carry out such a project?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">What are the key actions that you
will carry out as part of the project?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">What are some expected results of the
project?</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There is no
standard rule for writing the project rationale, but most experts consider that
the following four elements should be covered by the rationale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Situation Analysis: this section
should briefly explore the current situation of the area. You can quote facts
about the problem in this particular section.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">2.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Purpose: Here you should talk about
why it is important to solve the particular problem and also what approach can
be used to resolve the issue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">3.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Organization Strength: In this
section focus on your organizations strength and your past experience in
resolving similar issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Project Goal: </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Goal is <b><span style="color: red;">a broad statement that defines what you plan to do in a
project.</span></b> Always remember that a well-written goal statement is a marketing tool
that will help you in getting funded. The goal basically defines the purpose of
the proposal by giving an idea to the reader of what problem your organization
intends to address<b>. </b>As the goal of the proposal shows the reader
your intention towards solving a particular problem it should be linked with
the problem statement. For instance, if the problem that you are addressing is
related to widow rehabilitation and well-being your goal should state that you
seek to empower widows in the area through the proposed project. Y<b><span style="color: red;">ou can use
words like decrease, deliver, develop, establish, improve, increase, produce,
and provide while writing the proposal.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Framing a quality Goal</span></b></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Avoid vagueness: Goal should clearly
indicate the purpose of your proposal and specify certain aspects of the
project.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Link the Goal with the problem
statement: Goal should be linked with the problem statement, so that reader
knows of why you to implement a particular project.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Goal should be consistent with your
organizations mission and vision statement: The project goal should also be
consistent with the organization’s mission and vision. For example if your
organization works for women related projects then make sure that your project
also discusses about your primary stakeholders.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Use simple language to write a goal:
Avoid use of jargons and technical words to write a goal. Use language that is
easy to understand by people, not something for which people have to use a
dictionary.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Keep only one goal for a proposal: It
is a good practice to have a single goal for your project. As the goal is a
broad statement it will surely encompass multiple things which would be
addressed through the various objectives.</span></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Example:</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <i>To empower 100 widows and vulnerable women in Nairobi
County, through Entrepreneurship Development and capacity development.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">From the example
above you will see that the goal statement is broad but at the same time also
provides some specific details about your project and is not vague. The goal
here clearly indicates the following:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">The main purpose of the project is
empowerment of widows and vulnerable women.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Target beneficiary of the project are
100 widows and vulnerable women.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Entrepreneurship Development and
capacity development will be used to empower the women.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">The project will be implemented in Nairobi
County.</span></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Objectives are <b><span style="color: red;">detailed statements describing the ways
through which you intend to achieve the goal.</span></b> Use the S.M.A.R.T. method of
writing your objectives which means writing Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
Realistic, and Time-bound statements. All the objectives should contribute and
supports in achieving the specified goal. While framing the objectives ensure
that they provide answers to the 5Ws:</span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Why: are you proposing a particular
thing?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">What: approach will you adopt to
reach the desired goal?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">When: will you conduct the particular
project?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Where: will you implement the
project?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Who: will be the primary
stakeholders/beneficiaries or who will be doing a particular thing in a
project?</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Your objectives
should always be written using action verbs like create, identify, promote,
enhance, increase, and develop etc. These verbs help in describing the course
of action and give clarity to your object.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Project Strategy: </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Project Strategy refers to the <b><span style="color: red;">methods that will be used in
achieving project goals and objectives.</span></b> These are broad approaches and provide
direction in project implementation. The strategy will align your project
activities with the project goals and objectives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Example:</span></div>
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<ul>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Awareness Generation</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Capacity Building</span></i><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Market Linkages</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Enterprise Development</span></i></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Project Activities: </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">These refer to the <b><span style="color: red;">smallest identifiable and measurable pieces
of work planned for completion throughout a project.</span></b> Defining the activities
help the project staff to understand what actions to do and at what time. Every
activity is associated with a definite interim goal or objective.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Example:</span></div>
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<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Identification of widows in the
village</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Conducting counseling sessions.</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Conducting Motivational sessions</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Meetings with families and guardians</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Awareness session on widow rights</span></i></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Project
Management/Personnel: </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This section talks about <b><span style="color: red;">project
management aspects</span></b>. Here, you mention about the implementation staff, the
implementation schedule and other related stuff. You can describe the people
who will be hired as part of the project along with their respective roles.
Example: The Project team will comprise of the following staff
members:</span></div>
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<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Project Director, who will be
responsible for the overall administration and management of the project.
He/she will develop proposals for future funding and manage the other staff.</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Social worker: responsible for
mobilization and conducting initial level village meetings and orientation
sessions.</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Counselors: Will conduct emotional
and motivational sessions for the women</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Trainers: A total of three trainers
for conducting <span style="color: black;">training</span> on
soft skills, tailoring and jewelry designing.</span></i></li>
</ul>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri light", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Similarly you can also mention about
the implementation schedule of various activities.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Monitoring &
Evaluation: </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This section discusses about the
<b><span style="color: red;">proposed mechanisms and procedures for monitoring the project activities so
that one can ensure that all activities occur as planned.</span></b> You should have a well-defined
plan to monitor your project activities and also to evaluate the success of the
project. Monitoring allows the project team to keep a check on the progress,
while evaluation helps the team to appraise data and improve project
implementation in future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Example:</span></div>
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<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Having a system of monthly, quarterly
and annual progress reports</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Multi-level review systems</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Participatory appraisal methods</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Questionnaire survey</span></i></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Project Results:</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Project proposals should explain <b><span style="color: red;">all the expected results
that will be achieved by the</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: red;">project.</span></b> Project results can be divided into three
types:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Outputs: These are immediate results
obtained after implementing an activity.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Outcomes: Outcomes are the mid-term
results which are not observed immediately but are felt after </span><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">some time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Impact: Impact is usually a long-term
result and is usually not achieved during the life cycle of the </span><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">project.</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This section
generally describes the overall results that the project is expected to
accomplish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Example:</span></div>
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<ul>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Awareness of 200 women on issues of
legal issues, widow rights and mental health issues enhanced.</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">200 women imparted life skill
training for their overall development.</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sustainable enterprise established by
formation of 2 cooperatives will help in easy access to markets and will
considerably enhance the family incomes.</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Increased income and confidence will
have multi – generational impact as it will help in securing a better future
for the entire family of 200 women.</span></i></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Performance
Indicator</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: Performance indicators form an
important part of the proposal as they <b><span style="color: red;">indicate whether the objectives have
achieved meaningful results. </span></b>Performance indicators help the project team in
identifying the quality and level of the result that has been achieved.
Performance indicators have been categorized into qualitative; quantitative,
process and result indicators. Quantitative indicators are numerical in nature
while qualitative indicators require subjective evaluation. Similarly process
indicators are used to define a process or an activity, while results
indicators refer to the indicators that indicate the result achieved from the
implementing the activity. While identifying the performance indicators keep
the following in mind:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Should be realistic</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Should be simple to use</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Have few meaningful indicators that
can be used regularly to assess the project</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Can be used for analysis</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Gives clear indication of the success
of the result.</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Example:</span></div>
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<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Number of women trained in specific
skill</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Number of women entrepreneurs who
started their own enterprise.</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Number of users of various
technologies (communication technology, agricultural technology</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Number of trainings held</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Attendance of women in various
training sessions</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Number of self-help groups Formed</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">House hold income change</span></i></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sustainability:</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> To sustain the impacts of any community based project it
is essential that suitable linkages are developed with the local community,
government department and all relevant stakeholders. You should clearly spell
out the sustainability measures in your project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Example: Some ways through which you
can ensure sustainability.</span></div>
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<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Community Participation: We ensure
that the local people actively participate in the entire project so that they
own the project rather than considering it as some sort of charity.</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Multi- stakeholder
engagement/partnerships: We involve stakeholders which include local CSOs, NGOs
and government line departments and develop synergies with them. This helps in
enhancing the visibility of the project and also reduces duplication of
activities.</span></i></li>
<li><i style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Expanding resource and donor base: We
always engage new donors and stakeholders in our programs and we have multiple
funding sources, which includes membership fees and funding from individuals
and institutional <span style="color: black;">grants</span> from
donors.</span></i></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Review and Editing: </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">R<b><span style="color: red;">ead the proposal again and again so that you can reduce
occurrence of mistakes. </span></b>Be sure that the proposal is clear and easy to
understand. Have your proposal read by two-three to eliminate all sorts of
errors in the text. Many organizations also get their proposals reviewed by a
<b><span style="color: red;">cold reader (a person who was not involved in the project writing). </span></b>This sort
of a review helps you in improving the quality of the proposal. Once all the
necessary changes have been incorporated you can submit the proposal to the identified
donor agency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A strategic plan also known as a Road Map in reality is a </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">living
document which directs the overall functioning of any Organization.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Strategic planning is important, but at the same time can
be a complex issue especially for new and small organizations. Looking at the
NGO sector, one may find that many NGOs do not have well drafted strategic plans
and the few NGOs that have the plans are written in a very complex way – not </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">comprehensible</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> by the communities they serve. These are either too lengthy or too
complicated to implement and are therefore not put into use.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What better way to describe the
importance of planning in our day to day lives. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Successful
people or entities plan their actions and work tirelessly & endlessly to
stick to their plan; while the not so successful people or entities, plan a lot
but hardly ever implement the plan to the letter.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The key to success is therefore not
just having a plan but also executing it to achieve your goals and objectives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Strategic Plan: What is this document?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Strategic planning is an
organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy
and resources, strengthen operations, ensure that employees and other
stakeholders are working toward common goals, establish agreement around
intended outcomes/results, and assess and adjust the organization’s direction
in response to a changing environment. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">It
focuses on the future and suggests measures that an organization must take to
achieve its goals. It also helps to establish concurrence around the
desired results of the destined objectives by guiding an organization towards
its goals as well as review and adjust the overall direction in response to
changing circumstances. Lastly, it filters the problems that prevent
organizational growth and progress and suggests suitable measures and steps in
correcting these issues.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">What
is the significance of a Strategic Plan to an Organization?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A strategic plan is pivotal for the purpose of promoting the
Organization as is important for the following reasons:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides the main initiative by
clearly stating the mission and vision of the organization;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides and informs Organizational
journey for its members through the vision;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides an Organization to understanding
and relate to its strengths and capacities, weaknesses and problems as well as
resources enabling it to analyze their strengths and build upon opportunity;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides an Organization to know
what it needs to do in order to accomplish its set targets;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides efficient management of
time, financial & resources and human resource becomes;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides an Organization to manage
their investment and resources, define a budget for a specific time period and
proficiently utilize its funds;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides Organization members to be
accountable for specific work;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides an Organization to have
both short-term and long-term objectives and can conveniently work towards
achieving them;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides planning to address changes
within the working environment enabling members to become more disciplined;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides innovative solutions and
better thought-process while working on any initiative; and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt", sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It guides competitive advantage by
following their strategies.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Principles of
Strategic Planning<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is really important for one to understand the basic
principles of strategic planning before setting out to initiate the process. To
avoid your hard-work and time going futile, it is important to integrate the
following principles in the planning process.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lead from the front:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Strategic planning is central to an Organization and as such, it
is prudent for management and secretariat team to be fully participatory and
accountable in the process. </span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ownership:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The strategic plan will be successful lonely when it is adopted
by the staff, therefore keep the staff involved in the process.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Participatory Analysis:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It is key to understand what stakeholders expect from your
Organization, and therefore one should engage them in the process. </span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simplicity and focus:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> The planning process should be kept simple and should not
unnecessarily be complicated by use of technical tools, jargons etc. The
purpose of the plan is to guide and therefore, focus should be on formulating a
simple yet practical plan that guides the Organization in reaching the desired
objectives.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stages in Strategic
Planning<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">Ideally, strategic
planning is done for a three to five year timeline; however it is also done for
a shorter period, when the organization or its environment is dynamic.
Typically, there are five stages in strategic planning as cited below;</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Situational Analysis:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The very first step is to determine the current state of
business by having a complete understanding of the internal and external audits
and internal and external environment of an organization. In short, this stage
guides a SWOT analysis process to examine all the factors affecting the
organization.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projecting the state of an organization:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Post analyzing the overall image and standing of organization,
strategic planners then move to defining the probable achievements or future
state of their organization. They develop a vision (future concepts) and
mission statement (which can be about its products, customers, markets, etc.)
by focusing on the main priorities of the organization.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting goals and objectives of an organization:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Next is to identify common goals and objectives of their
business, which are determined from the mission and vision statement.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enforcement:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">This stage involves execution of the overall planning and
determining accountability, that is, shouldering responsibility to the right
person for specific processes.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Impact Assessment & Shared Learning:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">At this stage, reviews are carried out on the performance of the
plan and ensure that it is fetching desirable results. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif;">Understanding the skills or
competencies potential employers are seeking is not only key but the first step
in laying out you application / cover letter when it comes to making successful
applications and performing well at interviews. During the interview, it is
prudent that you not only cite the competencies that you possess, but go a step
further and cite examples of how you have applied those competencies and how
they have transitioned to success or improved programming for an organization
or business venture. This approach is more likely than not to show that you
have the skills that the interviewers require as you are more likely to
convince them of your strategic merit and ability to do the job.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif;">Relating your skills to the post<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Upon having
studied the post that you are applying for, you will have a clear picture of
what the organization you are applying to wants in the person who is to be the position holder. For further
clarity, you can go a step further to study what the organization does - this
can be through its website, social media platform or newsletters where applicable. </span></span><br />
<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;">For instance,
you may be responding to an advert by “Organization A” that is looking for a
Program Officer .....The advertisement can read as; <i>“We’re looking for a
hard-working, proactive and creative person to take up the position of a Program Officer to join our busy team”.</i>
Here ‘hard working’ indicates they want someone who is committed and
determined, and ‘busy team’ infers that the candidate will certainly need to need to be a good
team player. ‘Proactive’ projects that they are looking for someone who is
self-driven while ‘creative’ means they want someone who easily comes up with
concepts that can be applied or deliberated on</span></b>. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="A2"><b><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">Identifying your inherent or
practiced skills<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s important
to think about your skills before you start job hunting. For instance, looking at a job
description and seeing the word “leadership skills required” can be mind
boggling. However, you don’t have to be an elected or any other kind of leader in any context.
Think through your experiences carefully when you look at skills required in a
role such as this and relate them. In response to such an advert, consider what you have
done in the past - professionally or otherwise. </span></span><br />
<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b><span style="color: red;">For instance, if you helped a
group reach a decision or complete a task, or have taken the initiative to
mobilize resources for an project this would require skills for leadership,
such as; careful communication, listening, focus and patience.</span></b> </span></span><br />
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<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Provided you
have some volunteering, work experience and extra-curricular activities, you
are very likely to be able to answer the question above with a confident. If
you don’t have work experience on your CV, make an appointment with a career
consultant or mentor. It’s never too late! </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="A2"><b><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">Showing that you possess the
skills<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">First it is
important to understand what is meant by each of the skills the recruiter is
looking for. Then think of ways to provide them with specific evidence to show
that you have these skills. The table below gives two examples of
how you could do this. It explains the general meaning behind particular skills
and shows ways of providing evidence of this skill in your application. </span></span><br />
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<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b><span style="color: red;">Note: </span></b>These are not to be tabulated as such in your application note, rather write them in narrative or as a story as this is just a guide.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Skill<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">What does this mean<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Example of Evidence<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Leading and motivating youth groups to lead social
accountability efforts in their community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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flexibly <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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members to achieve goals <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Encouraging members to take on a individual roles on a project
to finish on a project in time and qualitatively <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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job role requires a different set of technical and/or transferable skills. When
you are choosing which job you would like to do, it is helpful to identify both
your interests and your skills and see whether they fit well with those the job
role typically requires. </span></span><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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if you enjoy team work you probably want to avoid a job where you will do the
majority of work on your own. If you tend to need time to think and process
information, a job where you have to respond quickly to situations could be
very daunting. </span></span><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="A2"><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">If
you can identify what skills you are particularly good at then, as you explore
different types of job, you can see which roles maximize using your skills,
that will suit you and you will enjoy.</span></span><span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-80485364903859820752016-07-15T04:46:00.002-07:002016-07-15T04:46:28.551-07:00Tips & Tricks - Making Your Organization Accountable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif;">Accountability is a very large and academic term that encompasses
several issues for an individual, household, group, society, organization or
Government; some of these may include organizational management structure,
financial procedures, and human resource policies. Organizations and governments
with high accountability and credibility are often preferred by donors and are
more likely to get funded.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">World over, NGOs chiefly work to compliment government efforts
and bridge gaps on various societal matters and on instances; act as a social
monitor to ensure that government accounts. In Africa for instance, NGOs have
worked very effectively in areas where both government and private players have
failed miserably, this ability of NGOs to work in the most fragile and backward
places has been recognized and applauded by both national and international
entities regionally and internationally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With the rising influence of NGOs in the development sector,
there also has been an increase in questions regarding the accountability and
legitimacy of these same NGOs as it is deemed that they respond differently to
the issues related to accountability and transparency when it comes to them.
Having worked with various Organizations, I share with you some of the tips to
ensure that your Organizations is accountable on a broad scale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Accountability basically refers to an organization being
answerable to a third party. It refers to the obligation of an individual or
organization to account for its activities, accept responsibility for them, and
to disclose the results in a transparent manner. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif;">As an NGO you are accountable to donors, project partners, and
local communities and considering these, I propose four aspects of
accountability for an NGO but there may be more based as applicable globally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vertical Accountability</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s applied externally and refers to the responsibility of an Organization
to funders, donors and government institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Horizontal Accountability</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refers to being responsible with project partners, peers and
related organizations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Downward Accountability</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This entails an Organization being accountable to its
beneficiaries and the target audience. You have received funding from a
donor for the uplifting and improvement of lives of these beneficiaries and
therefore you are answerable to them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Internal Accountability</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the basis of all four levels of accountability and one
of the most important. This is to be answerable to your own employees and your
organizations mission. It means that you have ethical standards and governance
structures and justify your organizations core value.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You might be wondering that your organization has been doing
exemplary social work for years and for these years you never worried about
being accountable, so why the need for accountability as an ongoing practice in
an Organization as opposed to a subjective practice? The following points will
help you understand the importance of accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Accountability creates a platform for
improved relations with donors and funders: Most donor agencies prefer
organizations that have well-built accounting mechanisms and follow through
reports – narrative and financial<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With efficient accounting and audit
you are can ensure that all your transactions are secure and you are able to
keep a check on money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Local communities tend to get
involved with NGOs that have shown accountability in the past. Communities will
support will participate in project implementation if there is a semblance of
proper accountability<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in developing partnerships with other organizations and agencies, communities
and networks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Organization staff will continue to
work as they would feel secure to work for an organization that is credible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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check on activities thereby improving performance. </span><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite the fact that International NGOs and few regional and
local NGOs have been using various methods to enhance accountability for quite
some time now; it is only recently that accountability questions are being
raised for small entities as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I hope that you can adopt few tips from this to make your
organization more accountable and credible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-84196108866854009792016-07-15T03:19:00.000-07:002016-07-15T03:19:01.184-07:00Tips & Tricks - Writing A Powerful Concept Note<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In recent times, many donor agencies prefer their grant-seeking
applicants to submit a comprehensive concept note about their proposed project
before submitting a full project proposal. In my 7 year career in development
work, i have also observed this trend in many of the major aid organization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In some cases, these concept notes can be highly structured
requesting in-depth information about the project and in some other cases, it
can just be an overview of the project idea. Nevertheless, the concept note is
your initial step to tap the donor agency for funding. If the idea is interesting,
you may be requested to submit a full proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many a times as a training and capacity building programmer in
development work, I have been asked on numerous occasions these questions: </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What exactly is a concept note?</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b>How
much time does it take in preparing it? What should go into it?</b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A concept note is a brief outline of the project you have in
your mind. A simple version of it will include </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">an introduction, a
background, proposed objectives and results and a budget overview</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Ideally, it should not be more than
</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6 pages</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">unless the donor agency has specific requirements that may go as
far as sharing with you a template or sharing the same on their website. If you
wish to supply extra information, you can always annex documents such as your
Organization Profile, Annual Reports or Audit Reports -but do not make them
part of the body of the concept.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A concept note can be produced in a matter of hours. In some
other cases, it can also take a few days. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But research</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">is quite critical in both the cases and experienced planners
develop extensive notes by; </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">organizing meetings with project
stakeholders</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(mainly the beneficiaries of the project) before starting to
write a concept note.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The concept note is not only an important document for making
your first contact with the donor; it is also the basic layout to your project
plan. The layout will form the foundation to develop a full proposal document
soon after you hear a positive feedback from your potential donor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-40820021230599940432016-07-15T02:56:00.002-07:002016-07-15T02:56:55.422-07:00Tips & Tricks - Telling Stories Through Short Videos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10 years ago, who would tell that social media or the www
platform would be the source of most of what we know and the platform to
communicate most of what we do – professionally and socially? Very few of us,
if any. With the various social media platforms and the surge of people having
mobile phones – more so in Africa – communication has become instant and fairly
affordable for everyone. Clicking pictures and recording videos on the internet
is so easy these days and as proximal as on your mobile phone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While working in Eastern Uganda, I was part of the Sponsorship
team that piloted a project that was aimed at making a shift from narrative and
still picture to motion picture story-telling. Visual storytelling is a way to
tell your story through videos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many NGOs are steadily making a shift from narrative story
telling in the form of MSCs to visual storytelling. They are now focusing on </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ethical photography and videography</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in their fundraising campaigns also. It should be ethical
because it should have at its core, the needs of the persons in question to
ensure that the confidentiality of beneficiary information and consent are of
paramount importance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For NGOs, storytelling can and is a route towards achieving a
host of things, like communicating your story to the world, appealing the
donors to donate, telling the impact of your work, and asking people to connect
and volunteer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here are a few tips for making a short video to tell a story and
achieve all of the above: <i> Remember, there is no right or wrong here,
all that matters is getting the message across in its true spirit.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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intent or objective and or achievement. Consider conducting an in-depth
interview to understand the most significant change in the life of the person
who is a beneficiary. Ensure that the </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">key element</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in the video is an emotional touch to it (via a story), plus a
‘call-to-action’. The video must start at a question or an eye-catching figure basically
something that intrigues the person watching the video and makes him/her watch
further and think about the issue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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positive tone and outlook. Keep the people at the centre. Let the people speak
for themselves, about how program has made a change to their lives, the “befores”-
and- “afters”-, smiles, positive changes, their dreams and aspirations, what
they think about their future now. Include lot of quotes while recording the
video. Capture the little moments of emotional expressions of the person being
interviewed. These will make the story and the video richer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Optionally</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, the video may also feature the NGO
staff or field workers bonding with the beneficiaries, the field workers
speaking about the program, how they feel, their day-to-day activities. In the
end, it may show the overall ‘impact’ of the NGO, the big picture, in terms of
numbers, total beneficiaries, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like how the donor may support, what the person watching the video can do to
make a contribution. Please give the contact details like website, social media
page links, address, contact number in the last second of the video. Once the
video is ready, you would want to make it reach the desired audience, and
expanding its audience also. Share the video(s) on your websites and social
media accounts. Make sure you also inter-link the social media platform
content.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Conveying a powerful story through the medium of videos can be
very effective and appealing to the donors also. Remember that the essence of
the video is in the story captured, and </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NOT SO MUCH</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in the tools and techniques of videography. A 7-minute video
recorded on a simple mobile phone camera can go viral; can get you visibility
and even new donors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , sans-serif;">Fundraising forms the most important activity
of any Organization to sustain and continue their efforts towards development.
Practitioners consider fundraising or resource mobilization as the driving
force of an organization as its decline spells doom and its increase guarantees
longevity of the organization and the development agenda at large.
However, this is much easier said in theory and a daunting task in
practice, but with some mentoring, coaching and sustained practice one can
boost up your fundraising efforts leading to securing actual resources to
implement projects and programs.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">While there are no blue print applicable
approaches as a result of the dynamics of the development sector, this write up
sees to offer some strategic tips and guidance on what has worked and what can
potentially work for organizations depending on application and
practice. The following are some of the to-dos that have worked for me while
working with International Organizations, National Organizations and Community
Based Organizations in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Having an effective strategy in place:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Strategic planning is the key
and that’s why do not wait till your project comes to an end. Start planning at
least a year in advance, so that you have enough time to submit application to
various donors. As different donors have a funding cycle, you will not want to
miss any opportunity and therefore keep enough time. You can engage team
members in the fundraising exercise and allocate responsibilities for taking up
different roles for example; someone can conduct donor research and mapping,
while the other can develop proposals and concepts. This approach almost
guarantees that you don’t miss any deadline and all correspondence with the
donor is done on a timely and proficient manner allowing for build-up
engagement for improvement or focus shift.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mapping out and approaching a host of
donors: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is a term that was coined and has taken root within the
development spheres and it’s called “donor fatigue”. Most organizations and
their fundraising staff are stuck with the traditional donors leading to this
term – donor fatigue. It is a high times that Organizations became innovative
in their programs and approaches to avert the consequences of this term. There
are several new donor mechanisms in place such as virtual funding platforms,
crowd funding, corporate social responsibility, individuals etc. Keep an eye on
such funding windows as there is a huge potential to get funds from them. This
will surely help in engaging with multiple donors thereby enhancing your
chances of securing funding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Documentation – blogs and MSC stories: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Donors like to know how you have
utilized their money, and not only that, they love it when the people whose
lives have been changed are in a position to narrate the stories and proactively
predict the possible future based on their new statues as opposed to the ancient
100 page reports that no one really wants to read from the onset. Sharing
information through stories and pictures entices donors to not only continue
funding your program but also consider visiting the program areas often – such
visits also allow you as an organization to identify other dynamic areas of
funding to better impact the lives of the people. Through rights based or
result focused documentation, you can let the donors know that their money is
being used to improve lives and with their continued support can bring about a
positive change in the society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Developing</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b>focused proposals based on a firm
argument (s): </b>The donor does not
know of your intended project beforehand unless there have been prior visits
but even through, your proposal needs to be able to be picture perfect for the
donor so that they can relate to it despite not being at the project site.<b> </b>Proposal
formulation<b> </b>is one of the most important steps towards ensuring
donor engagement and subsequently receiving resources from donors. Your proposal
should provide information on what you intend to do, what are the objectives,
key activities, how will it help the cause, how much money you need etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You should be considerate to the fact that yours is not the only
organization soliciting for funds and by virtue of not being physically present
to argue out your case as cited on the proposal; your proposal has to be overly
focused and convincing to warrant a call from the donor. This is because, at
any given time there are several organizations applying for funding, you need
to develop a strong case to avail the fund. Writing a proposal forms the most
important part of the fundraising plan, as it is the proposal that will decide
if you will get funded or not. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In my earlier days in development work, I made a host of
mistakes which may have caused the fundraising efforts I engaged in to fail to
get recognized or even funded. As such, here are some points to be kept in mind
while drafting your proposal to be increasing your chances of being funded;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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explain your proposal. Avoid using jargons and don’t be too wordy;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mistakes, so share the proposal with your colleagues and get it checked
thoroughly before submitting;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 10.0pt;">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No one wants a research or thesis
paper as a proposal. As such, do not make the proposal too academic by using
too much facts and figures. Use facts at only relevant places e.g. describing
the issue/problem and how you intend to solve it;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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proposal, which simply means the proposal should show that your care about the
issue NOT the money. However do not make it overly emotional.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Proposals, follow the guidelines, format and instructions properly as provided
by the donor;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 10.0pt;">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Clearly mention about the
sustainability aspect of the project and your exit strategy from the project site.
No donor wants to fund your Organization for years on end – this is partly what
leads to “donor fatigue”; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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budget reflecting how you will be utilizing the funds. On the second level of
engagement, consider having a detailed budget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Last but not least, always recognized your donors in your
various engagement platforms – be it community meetings, networks, reports,
newsletters and social media platforms. This aspect motivates them to continue
their support. These tips will surely boost up your performance and will help
you engage with many donors consistently. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-7008605659949533822016-07-11T04:16:00.000-07:002016-07-11T04:16:02.285-07:00This life....<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";">If I cry two
tears for her that will be the most that I would give her. She left me stranded
in my nightmares taking pictures of my memories while she right there. Twisting
the blade in my heart deep, always in my mind so I can’t sleep. She used to
tell me she was all mine now the only way I see her is online.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";">I’m doing
drugs just trying to feel you; I’m killing me trying to reach you. I built my
life around you; I thought I found it all when I found her. How’ you really
feel I may never know. As I walk around with my hands on my waist and my eyes
fixed to oblivion I realize some things never change; once in love and its gone
you don’t look at it the same. To hell with love cause she doesn’t live here. I
am soaked in blood but am still here. Heart breaks, straight faced, stressed
out now feeling like I up and left you. I will be the first to say she ain’t
the one you want to play with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";">I said I wanted
love and now am a slave to my grave, I won’t get out and I can’t quit. She menstruates
weekly, her vibes covers kept me warm. The source of her heart is love and she
used to be the object of my affections, God’s essence, God bless her. She made
me some friends, many more resented me for writing about my life, that I should
have stayed quiet. She took me to places I would have never seen without her. I
doubt I’ll ever be the same, hallowed be thy name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Biesshop Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722340771458927862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111189526354586623.post-47935357193399717132016-06-28T01:49:00.001-07:002016-06-28T01:49:32.126-07:00Global poverty has powerful levers. It’s a problem unlike any other. <div class="talk-transcriptpara" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: background1; text-align: justify;">
<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I was born in
Kenya. I have been privileged to work in rural and urban Kenya; lived and
worked in rural and urban Uganda and exchanged cultural practices with the
people of Zimbabwe while working with the marginalized communities in the urban
and peri-urban settings of Harare. All this while, I worked with women and
youth predominantly and I must say, they are the drivers of development and in
that case, eradication of poverty that does not apportion a bigger chunk of the
resources – human and resource capital to these two categories are fallacies.
Hunger, extreme poverty and lack of alternatives are man-made problems and
addressing and reversing their impact is equally the task of the same man.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">According to you, what<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"> is
poverty?</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> extreme poverty? </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">While working with ActionAid International Uganda
in the Eastern side – Namutumba District,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">I once
stayed overnight with a family. They were wonderful people.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">They
invited me into their home. We sang songs together</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">and
ate a simple dinner.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">They gave me a blanket to sleep on the floor.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">In
the morning, however, there was nothing to eat. And then at lunchtime, I
watched with an increasingly compassionate feeling</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">as
the mother of the family cooked porridge as a substitute for lunch.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">For
that meal, every child drank one cup to survive.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">And
I cannot tell you how ashamed I felt</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">when they handed one of those cups to me,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">and
I knew I had to accept their hospitality.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Children need
food not only to survive but also to grow physically and mentally.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Every day they
fail to eat, they lose a little bit of their future.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Amongst the
extreme poor, one in three children</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">are
permanently stunted from a lifetime of not eating enough.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">When that's
combined with poor access to health care, hunger and extreme poverty curb human
potential in every possible way.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We see
ourselves as a thinking, feeling and moral human race,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">but until we
solve these problems,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">we fail that
standard,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">because every
person on this matters.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">This child
matters.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">These children
matter.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">This girl
matters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">You know, we see the
impact of poverty and how it ravages our society thread,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">and we're upset by
them,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">but it seems like such a
big problem and so, we leave it not knowing that “one man’s meat is another man’s
poison”.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> We don’t know how to
take effective and sustained action.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I live and
work in the field of awareness & empowerment, capacity building, and as a
practitioner in development work,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I believe that
poverty is on a large scale, a solvable problem.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Let's engage
our brains.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Let's engage
our collective passion for problem-solving</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">and figure out
what those levers are.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Most of the
world's poor are farmers.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Think about
how extraordinary this is.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If this
picture represents the world's poor,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">then more than
half engage in farming as a major source of income. This gets me really
excited.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">All of these
people, one profession.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Think how
powerful this is.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">When farmers
become more productive, then more than half the world's poor</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> can </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">earn more
money and climb out of poverty.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">And it gets
better.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The product of
farming is, of course, food.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">So when
farmers become more productive, they earn more food,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">and they don't
just help themselves,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">but they help
to feed healthy communities and thriving economies.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">And when
farmers become more productive, they reduce environmental pressure.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We only have
two ways we can feed the world:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">we can either
make our existing farmland a lot more productive,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">or we can
clear cut forest and savannah to make more farmland,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">which would be
environmentally disastrous.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Farmers are
basically a really important leverage point.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">When farmers
become more productive,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">they earn more
income, they climb out of poverty,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">they feed
their communities and they reduce environmental land pressure.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Farmers stand
at the center of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Most of the farmers
I know are actually women - whether commercial or subsistence, they are farmers.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Look at the strength
and the will radiating from women.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">They are physically
strong, mentally tough,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">and will do whatever
it takes to earn a better life for their families.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">If we're going to
put the future of humanity in one person's hands,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">then I'm really glad
it's the woman.</span></i></span><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">There's just
one problem:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">many smallholder
farmers lack access to basic tools and knowledge.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Currently,
they take a little bit of saved food grain from the prior year,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">they plant it
in the ground and they till it with a manual hand hoe and it's why many farmers
are still very poor.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span class="talk-transcriptfragment">But good news,
again.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"> According to me, humanity actually solved the
problem of agricultural poverty years ago.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">Let
me walk you through the three most basic factors in farming.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">First,
hybrid seed is created when you cross two seeds together.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">If
you naturally pollinate a high-yielding variety</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">together
with a drought-resistant variety,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">you get a hybrid that inherits positive traits
from both of its parents.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">Next, conventional fertilizer, if used responsibly,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">is
environmentally sustainable. These are known as farm inputs - farm inputs that
need to be combined with good practice.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">When
seeds are spaced and planted with massive amounts of compost,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">a
farmer can multiply his or her harvests.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">These
proven tools and practices can triple</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">agricultural productivity in Africa,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment">moving
mass numbers of people out of poverty.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">If we are willing,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">every one of us has a role to
play.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">We first need more people to
pursue careers in human development,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">especially in Africa as a developing.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">We need more front line health
workers, teachers, farmer trainers,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">sales agents for life-improving
goods.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">These are the delivery people
that dedicate their careers</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">to improving the lives of
others.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;">This may surprise you, but no
matter what your technical specialty,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;">there is a role for you in this
fight.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"> On the other hand, private
businesses often struggle to profitably serve the extreme poor,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;">so philanthropy still has a
major role to play.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;">Anybody can give, but we need
more leadership.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;">We need more visionary
philanthropists</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;">and global leaders who will
take problems in human development</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;">and lead humanity to wipe them
off the face of the planet.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We need more
leaders.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Humanity has
put people on the moon.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We've invented
supercomputers that fit into our pockets</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">and connect us
with anybody on the planet.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We've run
marathons at a five-minute mile pace.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="background: rgb(250, 250, 233); font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We are an exceptional people.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">But we've left
more than one billion of our members behind.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">We just need
to deliver proven goods and services</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">to everybody.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If we have the
will, every one of us has a role to play.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Let's deploy
our time, our careers,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">our collective
wealth.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Let us deliver
an end to extreme poverty</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="talk-transcriptfragment"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">in this
lifetime.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">I
love my Lord savior Jesus Christ with all of my heart. His light shines bright
when it seems like life is all in the dark. He makes me feel like it’s alright
when my life is falling apart and he is always there to hear me when I call him
to talk. He can turn your guilt into gracious, sinning to salvation so be
patient when you are going through trials and tribulations. He is the creator
of all creations, the ruler of all nations who was crucified to save us from satan
and damnation. Temptation is hard to resist when hypocrites try to mislead you,
but I believe in God and that he provides for his people, he is with you when
you are lonely and when you hungry he is going to feed you. It’s the truth that
money is the root of all of these evil, that’s why it’s hard for the rich to
get into heaven because the wealth with tarnish your soul remember knowledge
and understanding is better than silver and gold. Your lust for money can make
you burn like you are cooking over the stove, but faith can make you twice as rich
- I read this in the book of Joe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">Now,
the bible may seem hard to understand because they wrote it back in the day,
but if you pray you will be amazed how you comprehend every page. Easter,
Christmas and all the Christian holidays are celebrated to make money not give
the maker his praise. In this world we live in is filled with hatred and war,
we are supposed to love each other but not many spirits are pure, soon Jesus
will be back as said in Mathew 24 to destroy the world with fire – he did it
with water before. So get on your knees repent to God and sing the gospel, if
you believe then the blessing you will receive will probably shock you and if
you righteous and follow his commandments you will sit by his side because the
devil will try to knock you but God will take care of you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">From
Genesis to revelation the Bible is education am dedicating my life to Christ
instead of satan, but instead of waiting till your spirit is levitating awaken
out of that spell because hell is devastating. You ain’t in it alone, he is
here to protect you and he will never neglect you and when you are wrong he
corrects you and shows you the right path to live like the righteous as long as
you’re lifeless. You should love God more than you like cash because living
your fast life will bring an end to your life fast. Worship the Lord he created
the earth and heaven and please read John chapter 1 verse 7 and try to walk in
the life because no one is perfect but I believe the words of proverbs chapter
11. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "gill sans mt" , "sans-serif";">Am
not trying to short change any one’s religion, I just opened my eye and made a
wise decision. You see, satan divides and conquers and to conquer he needs
division but there is only one God so you should only have one vision. When you
walk with God no strength is lost so keep walking, when you talk with God no
breathe is lost so keep talking, when you wait on God no time is lost so keep
waiting. Some people hate but no love is lost, keep hating, the evil won’t
survive when my God defeats satan. The waters are going to roar and the
mountains will start shaking. Therefore, to praise God is what we here for, the
devil is going to try and stop you but God has got you covered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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