Appreciate Social Insights: 3 Professional Resources to Help Your Non-profit

Robert Hester
Appreciate
Published in
4 min readFeb 27, 2018

Day-to-day your non-profit will face challenges and opportunities the same as FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 businesses. From understanding technology innovations, to marketing and sales techniques which can help boost your effectiveness as a leading non-profit who helps tens, hundreds or thousands of people every year!

McKinsey, Bain and the Harvard Business Review are 3 well known businesses resources, but their strategy & insights can definitely be realigned for your non-profits goals!

McKinsey Insights

McKinsey & Company is the trusted advisor and counselor to many of the world’s most influential businesses and institutions. They are a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public and social sector institutions. They help clients make significant and lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals.

You can “get McKinsey’s latest thinking on the biggest issues facing senior executives, everything from leadership and corporate strategy to globalization and technology’s impact on business and society. Explore new insights on digitization, marketing, and analytics, across industries such as energy, health care, and financial services.”

You can download the McKinsey Insights app here !

Bain Insights

Bain & Company is one of the world’s top business consulting firms. They help global leaders with their organization’s most critical issues and opportunities. From Customer Strategy & Marketing, to Digital, Strategy, Bain provide an insight into their expertise, alongside specific industry related insights, from the world of Technology, to the Social & Public Sector.

“The Bain Insights app provides instant access to Bain & Company’s most recent publications, videos and infographics.”

You can download the Bain Insights app here !

Harvard Business Review (HBR)

The HBR’s mission is to improve the practice of management in a changing world.

Their insights are split into three main groups; Higher Education, Corporate Learning, and the HBR Group. They can all be a valuable resource for your non-profit

“Higher Education Business educators worldwide use course materials from the Higher Education group to add dynamic, real-life perspectives to undergraduate, MBA, and executive education programs. We also offer resources and seminars that support participant-centered learning, the cornerstone of a teaching practice that stimulates students’ thinking and prepares them for future managerial decision-making. The Higher Education web site expedites course planning and direct delivery of materials to students — including cases, articles, online simulations and courses.

Corporate Learning Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning partners with clients to create world-class leadership development solutions for managers at all levels in global organizations and governments. We leverage the management insight, thought leadership, and expertise of Harvard Business School faculty and Harvard Business Review authors to provide solutions that are relevant to today’s most pressing business challenges. For more than 20 years, we have developed and delivered innovative, technology-enabled solutions that drive meaningful business results.

Harvard Business Review Group Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.”

“Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world’s best business and management experts.”

You can download the HBR app here !

We hope these resources become a useful addition to the way you may think about your day-to-day strategy at your non-profit!

Thank you!

Team Appreciate.

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Robert Hester
Appreciate

FMCG Professional, Tech Founder at Appreciate | www.justappreciate.com | Social Entrepreneur | Co-Chair at the Global Governance Partnership