Our Story

The International Social Impact Institute was founded on August 10, 2020 to provide institutions and individuals with the necessary resources, knowledge, and networks to clarify and share their stories, and connect with like-minded stakeholders and collaborators. We believe that by joining forces, we can amplify our impact and create a better world.

Our accomplishments since August 2020, as well as our values, team, partners, and offerings, are a testament to the decades of work put in by our founder, Elizabeth Ngonzi. In the following sections, we will provide an overview of our accomplishments to date, followed by a timeline highlighting our founder’s previous professional impact and achievements. We are grateful for our programs and engagements thus far and will continue to build upon them in the future.

our accomplishments SINCE august 2020

26

Custom-developed trainings and courses delivered

608

people coached and trained

113

WEBINARS, SEMINARS AND EVENTS PRODUCED

31,316

PEOPLE REACHED THROUGH OUR WEBINARS AND SEMINARS

4,000

PEOPLE REACHED THROUGH OUR CONFERENCES / EVENTS

395

YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS INTEGRATED INTO OUR GLOBAL NETWORK

112

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS FACILITATED

6

CONTINENTS REACHED THROUGH OUR WORK

Our Story — Decades in the Making

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Our Story –
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR FOUNDING IN 2020

Our New Logo

The Institute’s new logo embodies our mission to inspire, connect, and activate individuals and organizations towards making the world more sustainable and equitable. The three spirals, each containing dots with spirals representing individuals, symbolize our belief in the ripple effect of individual impact that can lead to transformation in institutions and society at large.

Our team

The Institute is backed by a dedicated core team and partner consultants who share the organization’s core values and bring together diverse backgrounds and experiences to advise and train clients from various public and social sector areas, including arts and culture, associations, government, public health, education, human rights, impact and traditional investing, philanthropy, social justice, and youth development.

Youth Giving

The global ecosystem powered by The International Social Impact Institute® – Empowering youth to create global impact.

NY NOW® interview

With our founder / CEO, Liz Ngonzi, about the origins and purpose of The International Social Impact Institute®.

Virtual Personal Brand Story Development Workshop for Nonprofit Fundraisers

Development and Delivery of a virtual workshop for members of the National Capital Gift Planning Council (NCGPC) and the Washington DC Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP-DC) on how develop a compelling personal brand story to increase supporter engagement and fundraising support.

Sustainable Leadership, Fundraising and Digital Engagement Coaching and Training Program

Development and Delivery of the Sustainable Leadership, Financial Management/Funding and Digital Engagement Coaching, Peer-to-peer Learning, and Training Program for the 2021-2022 cohort of the CIVICUS Global Alliance Youth Action Lab.

eCornell Keynotes Personal Branding Webinar and Workshop

Development, marketing and delivery of the eCornell Keynote webinar and workshop – Telling Your Story: How to Align Your Purpose with Your Paycheck – for 2,000+ purpose-driven leaders and professionals.

Fundraising Webinar Series for African Nonprofit Organizations

Development, Marketing and Delivery of the African Resource Mobilisation Webinar Series in close collaboration with King Baudouin Foundation US (and other valued partners) for 2,000 nonprofit leaders and professionals in Africa and across the globe.

Virtual Executive Education Program for Nelson Mandela University

Development and Delivery of the Nelson Mandela University “Global Resource Mobilisation and Branding Executive Education Programme” for the university’s senior leadership in South Africa.

"The capacitation programme with The International Social Impact Institute is important to us to help position our university…The best contribution we can make as Mandela University is to marshal ourselves to be the scholarly articulation of his social and political contribution to the improvement of humanity; to put together institutional arrangements to expand our national, continental and global footprint of scholarly outputs promoting social justice and equality.”

“ Liz Ngonzi gave me a powerful coaching experience. She brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise, skill and an open heart to her interactions with clients. Liz shares insights to fuel the clients’ creativity and imagination in crafting their own story. Also, the tools you gain from Liz are applicable and practical. She is a cutting-edge coach and educator for cutting edge times!”

“We partnered with The International Social Impact Institute to deliver a fascinating interview with Tom Higley, who talked about solving the world's biggest problems through entrepreneurial methods. Liz was instrumental in securing Tom as a speaker and did such a brilliant and engaging job of moderating the conversation with him. The whole event really helped to expand Resource Alliance's offerings and audiences, at a time when the sector needs to think about new ways of solving the world's biggest challenges. It was fascinating, timely and vitally important to learn how social entrepreneurship and other new revenue models can help with this. We can't thank Liz enough! :)”

"We were very happy to have Liz present at our Wilmington Trust Philanthropic Speaker Series Virtual Coffee Chat (session #84) on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Her topic, “Digital Strategies for Funders" was very helpful to Wilmington Trust’s endowment, foundation and nonprofit clients and their trustees. She did an excellent job describing the Digital Storytelling Ecosystem. This is very important to all nonprofits as they pivot back to the new world. She also provided key insights on how to maximize LinkedIn to tell your story. She is a top notch teacher and coach and we were very lucky to have her at our session!"

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