🎉 Happy Birthday to our visionary Founder and CEO, Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi! 🎉
On this special day, we celebrate your remarkable leadership and the immense impact you've made at The International Social Impact Institute® and beyond. May the year ahead bring you continued success, happiness, and exciting new opportunities!
🥳 Here's to you, Liz – an inspiring leader whose brilliance shines in the world of AI-powered social impact! May your birthday be as exceptional as you are!
We’re honored to be part of your extraordinary journey.
With heartfelt wishes,
The ISII Team
Join us for a game-changing webinar on African CSO fundraising! Moderated by Liz Ngonzi, CEO of The ISII.
We're excited to partner with EPIC-Africa for this special "Ask Me Anything" webinar, where we'll explore how data and AI can transform donor relationships and empower African CSOs to thrive.
Join us on September 9th as we delve into how data and AI can transform donor relationships and empower African CSOs to thrive. Liz will lead a discussion with leading experts on:
• Increasing visibility and credibility
• Securing sustainable funding
• Improving impact measurement and reporting
• Connecting with a vibrant community of peers
Register now! https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9lGsEBy1TbSYvy9wK5aHgw#/registration
#CSO #Fundraising #DataDriven #AIforImpact #Africa #Philanthropy #EPICAfrica #AfricanCSOPlatform
🎉 Celebrating a Visionary Leader: Happy Birthday, Stuart Cane! 🎂
Today, we're honoring our exceptional Executive Advisor, Stuart Cane. Your strategic insights, unwavering support, and invaluable guidance have been instrumental in shaping our success.
Stuart, your ability to navigate complex challenges and inspire our team is truly remarkable. Your wisdom has been a beacon, illuminating our path forward and empowering us to reach new heights.
Thank you for your dedication, mentorship, and the positive impact you continue to make on the Institute. Your contributions extend far beyond the boardroom, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
Wishing you a day as extraordinary as you are! May this year bring you continued success, joy, and exciting new opportunities.
#LeadershipExcellence #BirthdayCelebration #GratitudePost
Season's Greetings from Us to You!
Happy holidays to you and your loved ones!
Youth Giving Summit Part 3 - Activation
Part 3 of the inaugural Youth Giving Summit – Activation – is inspired by Nelson Mandela’s quote: "Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time, and vision with action can change the world." The featured speakers for this closing virtual session have built ecosystems that foster the efforts of change makers of all ages, and they are serving as catalysts for others who seek to build similar ecosystems.
Our first speaker, Chinedu Echeruo, is a serial entrepreneur who has dared to invent the future. In 2005 he founded HopStop.com, the pioneering travel app that helped millions of users navigate public transportation in major metropolitan areas around the world. (HopStop was later acquired by Apple.) He recently co-founded the Love & Magic Company, a tech-forward, inclusive-innovation consultancy focused on transforming startups and established corporations alike into what Chinedu and his colleagues call “Beloved” organizations.
Our second speaker, Kathleen Murphy Toms, is the director of digital strategy for GivingTuesday - the biggest philanthropic movement in history. Kathleen studies the use of digital tools within social movements, particularly their use in shifting power, creating mass mobilization, instilling behavior change, and achieving global equity. Kathleen has coached thousands of social impact leaders and grassroots organizers from nearly every continent not only on generating funds for their causes but also on how to inspire and mobilize movements that seek to create systemic change.
In this highly interactive virtual session hosted by Cesar Del Valle (Director of Global Partnerships at Candid) and moderated by Elizabeth Ngonzi (Youth Giving Summit Curator / Founder and CEO, The International Social Impact Institute), you will learn about:
1. How to move from inspiration to action;
2. The importance of centering generosity and love at the core of what you do;
3. The ecosystems that our speakers have buil
Part 3 (Activation🔥) of the Youth Giving Summit launches tomorrow and our second brilliant speaker, Chinedu Echeruo, gifts us wisdom upon which to reflect.
💡Chinedu is a serial entrepreneur who has dared to invent the future. Chinedu believes that individuals, empowered by imagination and information, can solve virtually any problem.
In 2005, he founded HopStop.com, the pioneering travel app that helped millions of users navigate public transportation in major metropolitan areas around the world. (#HopStop was later acquired by Apple.) He recently co-founded the Love & Magic Company, a tech-forward, inclusive-innovation consultancy focused on transforming startups and established corporations alike into what Chinedu and his colleagues call “Beloved” organizations.
In this video, Chinedu advances us to re-evaluate our perspective on wealth and poverty. He explains that “wealth doesn't come from Moon or Mars. Wealth creation comes from the crystallization of human imagination.”
Learn more about Chinedu including his commitment to building wealth-creating ecosystems in distressed communities tomorrow (August 26th, 10 AM EDT) in the final session of the Youth Giving Summit; watch live or on demand on our page, or use this link (https://linktr.ee/youthgiving) to watch on YouTube or LinkedIn!
Chinedu has been featured by Bloomberg, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNBC and others. Chinedu holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Finance and Accounting (Honors) from Syracuse University.
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Transformation Talks: Youth Giving Summit Ambassasor Spotlight (Dr. Bernard Kivuma)
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As the final part of the inaugural Youth Giving Summit (YGS) approaches, we are spotlighting our sixth YGS Ambassador, Dr. Bernard Kivuma. He is a physician, and GivingTuesday Starling Collective 2021 alumnus working in sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV/AIDS care and mental health and management of health-programs and development projects in #Tanzania. His areas of interest are clinical practice, community-based research, project management, program development, and advising and serving underprivileged populations in low-income settings.
You can learn more about Dr. Kivuma’s powerful work in Tanzania through:
1. The Imarisha Foundation: an organization led by and empowering gender-diverse youths living with HIV (https://disabilityreprolight.org/team/); and
2. Disability Repro-Light: working to end reproductive health and educational bias, gender inequality and sexual violence experienced by adolescents, youths, and women with disabilities (https://twitter.com/ImarishaFDN).
We hope you have enjoyed this #TranformationTalk series! Let us know what you learned from this live in the comments below! 👇🏾
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#disabilityinclusion
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Happy #WisdomWednesday! Today’s source of wisdom is our distinguished speaker, Kathleen Murphy Toms.
Kathleen (Kat) is the director of digital strategy for @GivingTuesday – the biggest philanthropic movement in history! #GivingTuesday leverages social media and a broad network of nonprofits, community activists, schools, brands, small businesses, and individuals to ignite a movement and global call to action to give. Kat has coached thousands of social impact leaders and grassroots organizers from nearly every continent not only on generating funds for their causes but also on how to inspire and mobilize movements that seek to create systemic change.
Although #GivingTuesday is November 29th, in this clip, Kat shares 3 ways you can use #GivingEveryTuesday to rally support for your initiative or get involved NOW:
1. Identify a need;
2. Source your team; and
3. Get out there and do it!
Learn more about Kat and how to build social impact-led ecosystems when you register for Part 3 (🔥 Activation) of the Youth Giving Summit on YouTube, LinkedIn, and/or Facebook launching in 2 DAYS (Friday, August 26th)!
Use our Linktree link ( link.tree/youthgiving) to learn more!
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#YGS
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#youthvoices
#socialimpact
#Ubuntu
#changemakers
#worldhumanitarianday
#startupecosystem
#philanthropicecosystem
#ecosystembuilder
Transformation Talks: Youth Giving Summit Ambassador Spotlight
This week on the #TransformationTalks series, we feature our Youth Giving Summit Ambassador, Abigail Osei, who shares her story about writing the transformative book, "Let’s Learn Twi". Abigail, a global philanthropic leader and author, is a Ghanaian living in New York City.
With over a decade of experience and expertise in private philanthropy and grants management, she is the Assistant Vice President of The Starr Foundation, providing operational leadership in grants management technology, reporting, and external communications. Abigail also holds a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Lehman College and a Bachelor’s degree in International Politics & Economics from Middlebury College.
Even when she leaves her busy day job, she continues to make an impact by supporting families in their journey of embracing their heritage— specifically their Ghanaian one. After unsuccessfully attempting to find Twi-speaking toddlers playmates for her two-year-old niece, she decided in 2021, to embark on a mission to bring Twi to children in the African diaspora. Abigail‘s love of Twi and Ghanaian culture were looking for an outlet, and Let’s Learn Twi was the perfect start.
Watch to learn more about how Abigail aims to equip families in persevering their heritage in this feature!
Connect with Abail:
tinyurl.com/abigailoseistore
tinyurl.com/abigailoseitwi
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Join us on Friday, August 26th at 10AM EDT / 15:00 BST for Part 3 (Activation🔥)of the inaugural Youth Giving Summit, inspired by Nelson Mandela’s quote:
"Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time, and vision with action can change the world."
The featured speakers for this closing virtual session are:
1. Chinedu Echeruo— a serial entrepreneur inventing the future, founding HopStop.com in 2005 and recently co-founding the Love & Magic Company, an award-winning “solution studio."
2. Kathleen Murphy Toms— the director of digital strategy for GivingTuesday, the biggest philanthropic movement in history!
In this highly interactive virtual session hosted by Cesar Del Valle and moderated by our founder / CEO, Elizabeth Natasha Ngonzi, you will learn about:
💡 Moving from inspiration to action🔥;
💡 centering generosity and love at the core of what you do;
💡ecosystems that our speakers have built / are supporting to activate change-makers; and
💡 Such other matters as you introduce in your questions.
Register now to watch on Facebook by clicking on the video in our feed or by using this link🔗 linktr.ee/youthgiving to do so on YouTube or LinkedIn.
The Youth Giving Summit is organized by Candid and The International Social Impact Institute®, in partnership with 3Zero Club, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, GivingTuesday, Nelson Mandela University, Philanthropy Circuit, and YY Ventures.
#YouthGivingSummit
#YGS
#internationalyouthday2022
#youthvoices
#socialimpact
#Ubuntu
#changemakers
#worldhumanitarianday
#nelsonmandeladay
#startupecosystem
#philanthropicecosystem
#ecosystembuilder
Youth Giving Summit Part 2 (Connection) Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who took the time out of their busy day to join us for Part 2 (🧩Connection) of our inaugural Youth Giving Summit.
We are especially grateful for the feedback from our viewers (some of which you can see in the images for this post), who were clearly moved by our inspiring youth speakers - Benjamin Wong and Khloe Kares - who use the power of connection and community to change the world.
Missed the livestream? Access the recordings of Parts 1 (❤️Inspiration) and 2 on-demand on the #YouthGiving page, on our website: https://internationalsocialimpactinstitute.com/youth-giving/
🗓You can also use the same link to register / watch Part 3 (💡Activation) live on YouTube, on August 26th at 10AM EDT / 15:00 GMT. Or use the pinned link on our page to watch here.
YGS is organized by Candid and The International Social Impact Institute®, in partnership with 3ZERO Club, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, GivingTuesday Nelson Mandela University Philanthropy Circuit and YY Ventures.
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#Philanthropy
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Youth Giving Summit Part 2 - Connection
Nelson Mandela once stated that “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” Today's youth are strongly committed to making a profound difference.
Two young people who have demonstrated such commitment are Khloe Thompson, Founder of GivingTuesday Spark / Khloe Kares and Benjamin Wong, Founder of Kid CEO Media. We are extremely honored to present them to you on Friday, August 19th – World Humanitarian Day – as the featured speakers for Part 2 (“Connection”) of our inaugural Youth Giving Summit. This conversation will be hosted by Arif Ekram, Manager of Global Partnerships at Candid / Youth Giving Program Lead, and moderated by Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi, CFRE, Youth Giving Summit Curator and Founder/CEO of The International Social Impact Institute®.
Our aim for the virtual YGS is to catalyze further efforts on the part of young people by inspiring, connecting, and activating them to create transformation in their respective communities and worldwide.
Our growing global audience includes young adults, teenagers and their parents, and people of all ages who are working on youth-oriented initiatives – all of whom will be energized by our speakers’ words and examples and will benefit from discovering a variety of platforms through which they can create their impact.
The Youth Giving Summit is organized by Candid and The International Social Impact Institute, in partnership with 3ZERO Club, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, GivingTuesday, Nelson Mandela University, Philanthropy Circuit, and YY Ventures.
