Touching Hearts - Engaging the Donor Next Door (African Diaspora)

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Presented on December 7th 2011 by Liz Ngonzi, during the Kenya Association of Fundraising Professionals' 18th Easterna Africa Resource Mobilisation Workshop in Mombasa, Kenya. More information: http://lizngonzi.squarespace.com/

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Touching Hearts: The Donor Next Door

Presented by Liz NgonziAdjunct Instructor, New York University Heyman Center for

Philanthropy & FundraisingFounder / CEO, Amazing Taste, LLC

Wednesday 7/12/201116.00–17.30

Kenya Association of Fundraising Professionals18th Eastern Africa Resource Mobilisation Workshop

Mombasa, Kenya

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What types of donors does your NGO typically target?

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Your NGO’s efforts to engage Africans and the Diaspora

@LizNgonziSource: windconcernsontario.wordpress.com

Celebrity colonizati

on of Africa

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African charity Google image result

@LizNgonziSource: http://www.coloribus.com/adsarchive/prints/childrens-charity-african-3777805/

African Charity Google Image Results

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Source: heartacheinafrica.blogspot.com

Source: politico.ieSource: telegraph.co.uk

Source: justjared.buzznet.com

Source: theatlanticwire.com

Source: http://bestofmichaeljackson.jclondon.com/2010/05/

15/photo-big-hearted-michael-jackson-in-africa/

Paradigm shift

@LizNgonzihttp://youtu.be/3Mm9nBTwgYgAfricans Act 4 Africa

Paradigm shift

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Andrew Adansi-Bonnah, 11 year-old Ghanaian boy raising $13 million for

famine victims.

Source: http://www.ladybrillemag.com/2011/08/ladybrille-

magazines-2011-best-african-inspired-blogs-to-read.html

Paradigm shift case study:

@LizNgonzi“Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”  ~Kenyan Proverb

Enabling factors for engaging donors next door

1. Recognition of the strength and value of the Diaspora

2. Innovations developed on the continent to its people’s benefit

3. Increased connectivity driven by growth of online / mobile channels

4. Rise of African bloggers and story tellers

5. Re-branding of Africa to increase tourism and investments

6. Strengthening relationship between Africa and African-Americans

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Source: Annansi Chronicles

African Diaspora Worldwide

@LizNgonziSource: nationmaster.com

African Diaspora

Worldwide

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Source: nationmaster.com

Your Potential market: 40 million+

@LizNgonziSource: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

30 million emigrants from Africa’s 54 nations send $40 billion / annum to

their families and communities on the continent.

Giving priorities

@LizNgonziSources: http://carnegie.org/publications/carnegie-reporter/single/view/article/item/200/http://www.slideshare.net/GlobalGiving/globalgiving-diaspora-fundraising

Target: African Americans African Immigrants

Geographic Focus:

While many focus on domestic giving, organizations such as Africacare have facilitated their giving to Africa.

Individuals are most interested in giving back to their own country.

Causes Supported:

Humanitarian causes; institutional development (schools and churches); social issues; education; political causes; and arts and cultural enrichment.

First- and second-generation immigrants typically give back via remittances to their families and communities.

Type of Giving: Tend to donate to individuals andorganizations in immediate need rather than making more formal plannedgifts to open-ended funds and charities.

Have limited interest in providing unrestricted funds to cover global efforts or overhead.

Myths about NGOs that you need to overcome

@LizNgonziSource: http://www.webseoanalytics.com/blog/the-top-20-seo-myths-you-should-be-aware-of/

Overcoming the myths

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Where to engage the African Diaspora

@LizNgonziSource: http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/entry/109112/social-media-cause-engagement-linked-for-african-americans-and-hispanics/

Where to engage the African Diaspora

@LizNgonziSource: http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/library/infographics/five-truths-of-the-digital-african-american-consumer/

Bonus: China has a strategy

for Africa… what’s

yours for China?

@LizNgonziSource: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/126/special-report-china-in-africa.html

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Asante Sana!

Liz Ngonzi

En33@NYU.edu / Ngonzi@Amazing-Taste.com @LizNgonzi +1 646.397.7782

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