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Small Nonprofits Changing the World

Small Nonprofits Changing the World. Alison Hayward, MD. My nonprofit and who I am. Emergency medicine physician Disaster medicine fellow Co-founder and director, Uganda Village Project. Learning Objectives. Why are small nonprofits important?

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Small Nonprofits Changing the World

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  1. Small Nonprofits Changing the World Alison Hayward, MD

  2. My nonprofit and who I am • Emergency medicine physician • Disaster medicine fellow • Co-founder and director, Uganda Village Project

  3. Learning Objectives • Why are small nonprofits important? • When should you start your own small nonprofit? What do you need? • Challenges

  4. Stats on small nonprofits 714,000

  5. When should you start your own?

  6. Starting a nonprofit

  7. Starting a nonprofit

  8. Starting a nonprofit IT’S BORING

  9. This man swindled hundreds of dollars from us and used us as pawns in a power struggle in which he became mayor of his home village. The trip ended with accusations that we were aligned with Satan and a fistfight with our founder. We fell in love with the place and decided to settle in for the long haul!

  10. What does it take to start one?

  11. What does it take to start one?

  12. Things you need to get started • Other people who share your passion • Constitution and Bylaws • Legal help • Possibly, insurance

  13. Things you need to get started • Willingness to ask people for money • Willingness to ask people to work for free • Know how to motivate people to work without getting paid • Know how to use the “cloud” and the global network to your benefit

  14. What don’t you need?

  15. Beware • Founder’s syndrome

  16. What you can achieve

  17. What you can achieve

  18. What you can achieve

  19. Questions? You can reach me anytime day or night! director@ugandavillageproject.org

  20. This lecture is dedicated to Sujal Parikh, who was far too smart to start his own nonprofit.

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