Six Tips for Effective Communications
From fundraising to advocacy, communications has the potential to enhance the growth and performance of an organization (this recent article explains how). Yet, communications is a chronically underinvested area within an organization, especially with small to medium sized organizations working in the natural resource sector in Africa. Therefore, it’s not surprising that many of the organizations Maliasili Initiatives’ works with identify communications as one of their weakest areas and one where they see our support as having the potential to lead to significant change for them as an organization.
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The Sustainable Development Goals need Strong Organizations
This is an exciting and daunting week for the world. For three days global leaders, pop stars, development experts, and citizen activists will convene in New York City with the ambitious goal of setting an agenda to end poverty, empower women, feed the hungry, and protect the environment – among others. This short (3 minute) video by IIED provides a clear and succinct overview of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
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Forests need people - and strong organizations
Where MCDI works, the future for people and forests looks brighter. And while MCDI has made considerable progress in scaling it’s efforts, it’s operations cover only a fraction of the country. So, in going back to the Congress’s theme, if you want to invest in a sustainable future for people and forests, strengthening leading organizations like MCDI is a great place to start.
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