Fall 2010 NGOs & Development Study Group

The NGOs & Development Study Group meets biweekly to discuss and debate issues related to emerging paradigms in development, evolving roles of NGOs, and specific management, leadership and governance challenges in the NGO world.  The study group brings interested students from across Harvard together with practitioners dealing with these questions in real time or with academics investigating similar questions.  This is a space for open discussion and lively exchange, where all participants come with a commitment to share, listen and reflect.  It is a place for building relationships, exchanging ideas and connecting scholarship with practice.

Each session is led by a guest who will launch the discussion on the topics listed below and serve as a resource person. This study group is convened by the Humanitarian & Development NGOs domain of practice at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.

This study group meets every other Tuesday from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in Weil Town Hall (Belfer L-1 at the Harvard Kennedy School).

Tuesday, September 14
Fundraising for Global Issues: Challenges and New Frontiers
Jeremy Barnicle
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Mercy Corps

Tuesday, September 28
Scenarios for the Future: Implications for NGOs
Claudia Juech
Managing Director, Research
Rockefeller Foundation

Tuesday, October 12
Bottom-Up Development in Practice
John Coonrod
Executive Vice President
The Hunger Project

Tuesday, October 26
Challenges of Internationalizing International NGOs
Ramesh Singh
Former CEO
ActionAid International

Tuesday, November 9
The United Nations and NGOs: Dynamics of a Complex Relationship
Nora McKeon
Author, The United Nations and Civil Society

Tuesday, November 23
How Effective is the Aid System? Listening to Community Voices
Dayna Brown and Isabella Jean
The Listening Project
CDA Collaborative Learning Projects