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Global Impact Projects

SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR ARGENTINIAN CONSULTANT COMPANY

Create an effective and coherent plan to improve and optimize the performance of all areas of a company by implementing the best systems, technology and platforms to solve the client’s specific challenges.

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FUNDRAISING STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AFRICAN REFUGEE NON-PROFIT

Create an effective and coherent strategy and implementation plan to raise funds to support the host organization in 2021 and beyond.

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PR & COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SPORTS NON PROFIT

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COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR ARGENTINIAN NGO

The Volunteer Recruitment Communication Strategy project aims to create an effective and coherent plan and processes for how to find, engage, and recruit ideal volunteers.

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COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN ECUADOR

Work with the host organization to help address an identified environmentally-based problem/concern/issue within a local community and find solutions to address that problem.

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN ARGENTINA

The pandemic has created an opportunity to adapt the host organization’s existing environmental education program into an online program, allowing students to study virtually.

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Systems Management Strategy For Argentinian Consultant Company

This consulting and training firm based in Buenos Aires, Argentina works with creative and cultural entrepreneurs with a mission to enhance the unique value of their organizations. They create a plan for each individual or organization that focuses first on identity. They offer consulting, coaching, specialized assessments, talks, training, learning experiences, development and acceleration of start-ups.

The Systems Management Strategy global impact project aims to create an effective and coherent plan to improve and optimize the performance of all areas in the company by implementing the best systems, technology and platforms to solve the client’s specific challenges.

The company is currently aiming to improve and optimize the performance of the different areas in the company by using the best tools and platforms for their needs. They currently face the following challenges:

- The assistant is taking too long to schedule meetings with clients, what is the best way to optimize this process?
- Virtual meetings with clients are with a video conference platform that has bad quality images and you can’t share audio. What would be the best way to improve the client experience in presentations?
- When moving forward with a project, milestones are not documented. This means that they end up taking a lot of time gathering information and in team meetings to prepare reports for the client. How can they improve on their effectiveness

The project will involve researching several platforms/apps/technology solutions that might address the clients needs specific to the challenges identified above.

The client would like the team to develop a systems management strategy to optimize current business processes utilizing technology. Teams will:

- Investigate the different areas listed above. Understand how they currently function within the client’s current work environment and how employees (and clients) interact; understand the overall business operations, the company’s history and its current main business goals.
- Analyze the current business processes listed above and current technology used to identify the strengths and weaknesses, most importantly identifying the main pain points.
- Research technology solutions that can improve the efficiency of the business processes listed above, and identify best options to meet the organization’s needs, and make recommendations to the client with rationale for each recommendation.
- Identify the company’s pain points through conversations with one or more employees at the organization.
- Propose the best, most agile technology solutions, providing thorough explanations of performance, pros and cons

Fundraising Strategy For South African Refugee Non-Profit

This Non-Profit Organization based in Bellville Cape Town, South Africa and established in 2019, works to create an empowered and integrated refugee community that participates in and promotes a fair and equitable civil society.

South Africa is famously known for receiving the highest number of individual refugee applications in the world with 221,000 in 2009. Little has been mentioned of the challenges that refugees and asylum seekers face in South Africa, with attention shifting to the Syrian Crisis and the influx of refugees into the European Union.

Students will work with a co-founder of the organization who is originally from Zimbabwe and champions the rights of the refugees in South Africa, giving a voice to the voiceless. He takes on a staggering variety of cases across the legal spectrum. He has tackled civil, criminal, discrimination, employment, liability and procedural cases.

This organization seeks to protect and promote the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Cape Town by promoting their access to the courts and justice systems. They provide free legal assistance in many cases. They also support skills training for refugee women and victims of sexual and gender based violence through a program that teaches women to use sewing as a way to become more self-reliant.

The Fundraising Strategy project aims to create an effective and coherent strategy and implementation plan to raise funds to support 2021 and beyond.

In order to operate and grow, it is imperative that the organization raise funds for 2021 and future years. There is currently a very limited fundraising method has been through grant writing. The client would like the team to take the next steps in developing a fundraising strategy.

Participants will:

- Create a 12-month fundraising strategy that is effective in showing potential funders and partners the importance of the work that the organization does in a manner that is data-driven and effective.
- Identify practices and the current donor environment in order to create and implement a fundraising strategy and roadmap.
- Develop project plans for alternative income streams/strategies
  Research and create a database of potential funders & partners
- Create a support letter/brochure to use when approaching potential funders & partners

PR & Communication Strategy For South African Sports Non Profit

This Not for Profit community intervention organization is aimed at empowering and improving the lives of girls and women through football, with a focus on those who would not normally be able to access a sporting club and community.

Apart from running a social club for adult women, this organization has been able to provide 9 schools with football equipment and run tournaments for their girls so as to inspire a love for the game. They also now have a long term partnership with a low-income school where they have taken over the coaching programs of their girls and are repairing and maintaining their sports grounds.

Their vision is to develop the first inner city, women owned, women run football academy on these grounds where learners from all the surrounding schools and further can benefit from professional coaching, mentorship and soft skill training, with female representation.

Their vision of bringing football to girls and women who would ordinarily not have access to it is founded on four key notions:

1. Team Sports build empathy, grit, resilience and self-confidence.
2. There are just not enough safe spaces for girls and women in South Africa.
3. Social-emotional and soft skill training is very lacking in South Africa’s education system.
4. A sporting club offers a community space that provides a sense of family, love, and leadership development.

The Fundraising Strategy project aims to create an effective and coherent strategy and implementation plan to raise funds to support 2021 and beyond. The teams will also look at innovating and improving their current fundraising strategies.

This is a fairly young organization that needs to increase its public presence and visibility. It has also just gone through a rebranding exercise, launching in the coming weeks. The client would like the team to take the next steps in developing an effective roadmap for building their name locally and internationally, allowing them to grow their reach and to find and build strong partnerships with established organizations, clubs and donors.

Participants will

Develop a 12 month digital marketing and PR strategy to build a strong and engaging online presence in the community and internationally
Make recommendations for a more engaging website as it relates to these efforts
Research and recommend suitable communications platforms
Find ways to tell the organization’s story, utilizing the current focus on women’s football around the world
Identify organizations that may be able to assist in growing their reach

Communication Strategy For Argentinian NGO

This NGO is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their mission is to improve children’s quality of life in marginalized areas by generating opportunities for a better future in Argentina. They host fundraising events to be able to work with the children, providing meals, clothing, crafts, games, and events that bring children and the community together. They are committed to improving the community through painting and other small restoration projects where kids play. They also visit indigenous villages to promote HIV/AIDS awareness.

The Volunteer Recruitment Communication Strategy global impact project aims to create an effective and coherent plan for how to find, engage and recruit ideal volunteers. Students will also look at how to streamline the recruitment process.

The student cohort/team will work independently in formalizing a relevant volunteer recruitment communication strategy based on the client’s resources and identified objectives to attract more volunteers for 2021.

Teams will:

- Research and identify sources and portals where USA and European volunteers look for volunteering opportunities.
- Identify the organization’s value proposition: what distinguishes them from other organizations? Why is it a good cause? What are the positive aspects of joining the organization? What will volunteers find? What will volunteers learn? etc.
- Define a volunteer recruitment process including: ideal volunteer profiles, skill matching, technology solutions, and the selection and follow up process of applicants.
- Design marketing & communication material to send to target organizations with potential volunteers that would be interested in having more information about the organization and for distribution in general (Powerpoint presentations, flyers, videos, brochures, etc).

Community Sustainability In Ecuador

Quito is a city of approximately 3 million people in the mountains of Ecuador. Due to the expansion of urban areas, the landscape of this city has drastically changed, pollution has increased, and the local fauna has been reduced significantly in the city. In addition, due to Covid-19, many families have become increasingly aware of how vulnerable the local population is in terms of food security.

Because of these concerns, one neighborhood in Quito, this organization has decided to take a small portion of a forgotten, dilapidated, and unused public park space in the neighborhood and transform it into a sustainable, organic, community vegetable and fruit garden. Objectives of this initiative include:

- Educating local families about gardening, local fruit and vegetable species, cultivation methods, etc. through community newsletters, social media, and other channels.
- Returning native species of animals and plants, especially pollinators (hummingbirds and bees) and iconic trees such as pumamaquis, to the area.
- Planning and implementing the project from a sustainable and holistic perspective, incorporating appropriate processes and procedures into the project’s master plan.
- Exploring the re-appropriation of dilapidated public spaces and considering the potential legal limitations that may impact the use of such spaces within the city.

The repurposing of this park space will serve as a pilot program. If successful, the intent will be to replicate it in different spaces within the city with the ultimate goal of moving beyond food security to a future focused on food sovereignty.

To support these goals, students will assist with the research and development of the project, including:

- Researching and creating a garden framework: recommending irrigation, fertilization, and pollination methods; identifying local pests that could negatively impact the crops; identifying ideal native crops and combinations of crops for Ecuador’s environment; and providing a detailed analysis of findings and recommendations.
- Creating educational materials that can be used within the community which tells the story of the garden and encourages the engagement of community members. Research the best methods to communicate within the local context and create educational content.
- Researching local policy and regulations that may positively support, or potentially negatively impact, the repurposing of land within the city for such sustainable gardening initiatives.

Environmental Education Product Development In Argentina

The host organization for this global impact project is a non-profit civil association founded in 2007 that works to support the inclusion of individuals with intellectual disabilities in society by providing them with educational training on environmental sustainability issues as well as platforms that allow them to share their knowledge on the environment throughout their communities. In this way, they contribute to their communities while spreading a message of inclusion. Through the host organization’s environmental education program, those with intellectual disabilities live an experience of personal improvement and empowerment, taking part in opportunities and challenges that aim to unfold the potential of each person.

The pandemic has created a new opportunity for their environmental education initiatives. In 2021, they will continue offering the face-to-face training option but are planning to launch a new, online program option that will allow students to study virtually from anywhere in Argentina.

This program is being launched 100% virtual for the first time which brings a new set of challenges and opportunities.

- Working with the host organization, students will assist in the launch of this new virtual training product, moving the product (online instructional program) from concept through development.
- Students will work with the host organization to do a SWOT analysis, and understand the current target market, the product details, and program content. They will, in turn, create an implementation plan for the new product launch which will include identifying a new target market(s), strategies for optimal reach and student engagement, necessary changes in the current product, and effective delivery methods to fit current needs (including technology).
- Students will help the host organization understand how this program may be sustainable in the long term, analyzing profitability and economic sustainability.