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The arrest of the Head of Amnesty International Turkey, is a severe act and with a strong symbolic weight: it shouts that no one is safe anymore from the Turkish political system. However, de facto, it increases the reputation of the NGOs committed in the defence of human rights and needs. Apparently less severe, but […]
Arrest of the Head of Amnesty International Turkey – a commentary by M. Crescenzi Read More »
Humanitarian Emergencies: the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, has intervened with great clarity in his recent appeal on the potential (even more) catastrophic consequences of the uncontrolled migration flows if we do not work on the “de-risk” of the weakest countries. “We must work on de-risking countries like Libya or Nigeria, to attract money
On the 30th of April 2017, forty-one social change agents got their International Masters‘ Degree from Social Change School and are now ready to get out there in the field in the name of the common good. Despite the recent and extremely serious attacks to NGOs – attacks that were later proved to be false –
Work in the NGOs vs. work in Amazon in the last article by Marco Crescenzi on the Blog de Il Fatto Quotidiano: “Amazon, Delrio and work seen by the Non Profit”: “The first news is that in 2017, Amazon will employ 1200 warehouse operators (humans) with a permanent contract, in the province of Rome. The second news is that
The first memory of Titti Andriani, is at the Potential Evaluation Interview in 2008. Already with a solid ‘for profit’ career, but at the same time a committed volunteer, she felt the strong need to put her competences and determination at the service of those who needed it more. Going back to that day, her
Introduction In 1998 the ‘Nonprofit Manager’ was the first book in Europe focused on the professional profile, tools and mindset of this strange-‘social race’ of emerging manager. Peter Druker had already published many articles and books in the US, more focused on culture and strategy. Therefore, I felt the need to be very practical on
A while ago, I attended a funny wedding (mine) that made me read the ‘Interview on Identity’ again with pleasure, written by Z. Bauman. The newlyweds (civil marriage), were from different nationalities, both ‘in transit’ between different countries and European cities, each of them with children born from their previous marriages. Amongst the friends, despite the
After what happened in Aleppo, I think that we are all ashamed, especially towards European and international institutions. This shame was expressed with maximum drama, from the field by Lucy Aarish, an Israelite-Arabian-Muslim in a video of great impact, that deserves to be seen, and afterwards in the articles by Bernard Harry Levy. We –
EDITORIAL. While the West is ashamed, we are working Read More »
Marco Crescenzi, on Il Fatto Quotidiano Blog: “The fundraising professions are the most sort for in the non profit sector today. A coherent solution for those who come from the “for profit” sector. The main problem is that for the sector, there is more demand than supply(offer): practically, we do not have enough professionals – we try as
Considering just the CV and the previous experience, or investing on the potential of a person? Considering more the Hard Skills or the Soft Skills, the Competences or the Motivation? How will the technological innovation, the big data and the algorithms change (a lot) the work of the HRMs? Are we considering enough the ‘Organisational
EDITORIAL. NGOs- I had a dream: Happy professionals in efficient organisations Read More »
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