Call for Application: Echoing Green Fellowship 2020 for High-impact Leaders and Entrepreneurs


Through its two-year, full-time Fellowship, Echoing Green finds innovators, mobilizers, community organizers, and social justice leaders working on a plan to make the world better in a big way. Then they help them become impactful leaders by connecting them with the tools, resources, and communities they need to bring their ideas to life.

Benefits:
Leadership Development Personalized Framework: A comprehensive, self-paced program to work towards building leadership skills and developing the structures and strategies needed for ideas to thrive.
Wellbeing Support: Ongoing secular support from three Echoing Green Chaplains, focusing on mental and emotional wellbeing, as well as self-care workshops designed specifically for the struggles of entrepreneurship.

Seed Resources:
Dedicated Portfolio Manager: An expert advisor and thought partner who guides leadership growth, helps build ideas and organizations for success, and connects Fellows to additional resources and funding opportunities.
Seed Funding: A stipend paid in four equal installments over two years ($80,000 for individuals; $90,000 for partnerships), in addition to a flexible benefit stipend. Funding offered to for-profit organizations is in the form of recoverable grants

Lifelong Support:
Retreats and Networking Events: International gatherings to connect Fellows across classes and cohorts, as well as with experienced business leaders, institutions, and investors committed to solving global issues
Expert Advisory Groups: Comprehensive pro bono legal and investment advice and a suite of support from leading professionals to help navigate the social entrepreneurship and impact investments fields.

Eligibility:

Individuals

- You must be over 18 years old, fluent in English, and able to commit a full 40- hour work week to your organization. The organization must be the original idea of the applicant(s), in its start-up phase (usually within the first two years of operation), and independent and autonomous.
- If you are currently a full-time student or employee, you must agree to make your organization your full-time engagement if awarded a Fellowship.
- You do not need to be based in the US or be an American citizen. The only limitation on work location is that if your project is based in the United States, then you must have American work authorization (i.e., citizenship, permanent residence status, or a work visa). Echoing Green does not sponsor American work permits for any foreign nationals.
- You are welcome to reapply each year.

Organizations

- An organization can be structured as a non-profit, for-profit, or hybrid.
- An organization does not only have to be run by one individual. Partners can apply for a Fellowship.
- Organizations still in the idea phase are eligible. You do not need to establish 501(c)(3) status or register your organization before you apply.
- The program must be independent and autonomous. It cannot be under the management of another organization. If you have a fiscal sponsor that provides support but does not control organization decisions, you are eligible.
- Tuition or scholarship funding, or research projects; lobbying or faith-based organizations; and existing organizations which have grown past their start-up phase are not eligible to apply.
- You are welcome to reapply each year.

Partners

- An organization does not only have to be run by one individual. Partners can apply for a Fellowship. You will be asked additional questions in your application about your partnership
- Each individual within the partnership must meet all Applicant Eligibility requirements.
- Only two founders may apply per organization. However, you do not need to change your leadership structure to suit Echoing Green. Even if only two founders can be Echoing Green Fellows, you can have as many people leading your organization as you see necessary.
- They do not allow applicants to change their application type from individual to partnership during the application process. Nor can you swap out one partner for another during the application process or during the Fellowship period.
- Partnerships must submit a joint application for their project. Applicants who choose to apply as part of a partnership must complete one application together. Partners who submit separate applications for the same project will be automatically disqualified from consideration.

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IS YOUR BUSINESS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY?

“Television won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night”, said Darryl Zanuck from 20th Century Fox in 1946.

(I guess the world never got tired of the plywood box).

Some of us still remember the era of the VCRs and VHS tapes; and the entire value chain built around it.

Back then in Lagos, Nigeria, the video clubs were cool; and the number of rentals you made were something of a bragging right - we had more VHS tapes in our school bags than books.

Now in 2019, ask around, and you would be surprised at the number of people in your work space who simply don't know what you talking about. (The discussion might even be as contentious as the actual existence of dinosaurs).

Apparently, companies like Sanyo, Toshiba, Best Value and the others fell on the wrong side of history for not embracing emerging technologies when it came to how we store and share media files. (We have since seen several evolutions; and rental services like Video Marts have been replaced by Netflix, Iroko etc).
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ANDELA LAYS OFF 400 DEVELOPERS ACROSS NIGERIA, KENYA AND UGANDA.

According to the Jeremy Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder of Andela, they are laying off 400 junior developers across Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda as the company shifts its approach to more senior developers to meet the need of the market.
He said “we started Andela five years ago to solve a simple but pervasive global challenge: Brilliance is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. While our mission will never change, our strategy to achieve it has evolved as we’ve grown and learned more about both our market as well as the structural challenges that prevent brilliance and opportunity from connecting…..read more: https://www./KolanutAfrica/permalink/1192640907589310/

GROW WITH US FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2020 FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL WOMEN & ENBIES IN AFRICA:

" Grow with us" is a yearly fellowship which focuses on equipping and mentoring young African women & enbies entrepreneurs thriving on the African continent. We identify the most rising, problem solving, community driven and social leaders who are passionate with accessing economic power to do right by their communities. The fellowship happens remotely throughout the year with different mentors from different sectors. At the end of the fellowship, a bootcamp where the fellows and mentees wrap up for a 3 day long session before they go back to focus on their endeavors.
This is our second Fellowship Program that will run from Jan 2020 to October 2020.

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WHY YOU DONT ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS:

The beginning of every year is often marked by the setting of goals and objectives; from personal to corporate goals; it's a ritual that dates back to..*.I guess the very age we discovered the concept of the calendar.*

Given the above, no surprises the beginning of the year is also often marked by countless trainings and workshops to help people effectively set "smart" goals. (Demand and supply you would say).

But what is often surprising, given the level of preparation, is how people abandone their goals few months, sometimes days, into the new year.

This really raises several questions;

*Were those goals really SMART? And if "yes" what went wrong?*

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HOW TO PRINT YOUR OWN MONEY:

I guess the first thing that came to your mind was is "Printing Your Own Money Legal?"

The answer is "Yes."

And what makes it better is you don't need a minting machine nor worry about the cops bursting you.

This is entirely legit and simply a guide to helping you turn an opportunity to "Bank Alerts."

So follow me:

1. OPPORTUNITY: Every problem around you is an opportunity to create value; and people pay for value. We all need cement to build our houses but guess what, cements dont grow on trees. Meaning the availability of building material is a problem and an opportunity for someone (a Dangote).

2. Solution: We all don't have to first make our cements before building our houses so Dangote creates value by putting together limestone, chalk, clay and other raw materials to make cements. And for that we give Dangote our money for some of his cements. So, for those problems you have identified, what solutions do you have?

3. Product: It's not alone to have a solution, you need to package it into a product that solves your customers particular needs. Dangote after producing his cements put them in bags for sale to the market.

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So guys let's deal with this, which would you go for?

- $1,000,000
OR
- 2Yrs Mentorship by Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote.

...And tell us why.��

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SCHLUMBERGER FOUNDATION FACULTY FOR THE FUTURE: FACULTY FOR THE FUTURE FELLOWSHIPS (2020–2021)

The Schlumberger Foundation is accepting new applications for the 2020–2021 Faculty for the Future Fellowships from September 5th to November 7th, 2019.

Background:
The Faculty for the Future program, launched in 2004, awards fellowships to women from developing and emerging economies to pursue PhD or Post-doctoral research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at leading universities worldwide.

The program’s long-term goal is to generate conditions that result in more women pursuing scientific careers by lowering the barriers women face when entering STEM disciplines, thus reducing the gender gap.

Faculty for the Future Fellows are expected to return to their home countries after completion of their studies to contribute to economic, social and technological advancement by strengthening the STEM teaching and research faculties of their home institutions. They can also make contributions in the public sector where their newly acquired technical and scientific skills can help provide evidence-based support
for STEM policy making. In so doing, they become powerful role models and help to inspire other girls and women to pursue scientific careers.

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AFRICAN YOUTH AMBASSADORS FOR PEACE (AYAP) 2019

Here is an opportunity to be an African Youth Ambassador for Peace;
The Commission of the African Union, through its Youth for Peace (Y4P) Africa Program of the Peace and Security Department will appoint African Youth Ambassadors for Peace (AYAP), one from each of the five (5) regions of Africa.
This is in line with the decision of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) via the communiqué of its 807th meeting held on 8th November 2018 on Youth, Peace and Security.
The Council requested the AU Commission to appoint the AYAP to work with the AU Youth Envoy in championing the promotion of peace and security across the continent. It is within this context, that the PSD is launching the call for application to eligible African youth.

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When was the last time you sat for a Job test, or an interview, And what did you think your chances were
You probably had over 500 people hustling for that same position, why would they pick you??

These are few, amongst many, questions that sweats the minds of many job seekers; and how well, and confidently, can "thyself" provide answers.

If you were the HRM would you hire you for that position

Lets agree you graduated from school with a good grade(experiences has shown grades only hold prior to the first invitation), and you speak good english(so many others do), the question is: Who r u, what are your competencies, and what are the value additions you are promising

Your first answers to the HRM are in your CVs, cover letters and other application docs; after which he decides whether to give you an invite for that Job or not.

How appropriate are your docs for this particular job, or you just forwarded an earlier sent item

Is this job in line with your career path/goal(note: your career path must not necessary be a derivative of your first degree), or is it simply for self-preservation

Agreed, you need a job, but what are your justification for employment


Job Opportunities are few these days, but how sad it is when you find one and meet it with unpreparedness.

What i recommend: Prepare and Pray!!!

PS: i also recommend new job seekers should watch "The Apprentice,", it is quite educating!!!