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The International Social Impact Institute was launched on July 31st, 2020, with the announcement of our first partnership with Hunter College in the City University of New York.  Since then, we have developed many new partnerships with institutions, organizations and companies around the globe, with whom we work to inspire, connect, and activate people who seek to transform the world.

Our accomplishments since August 2020 – as well as our values, our team, and our lineup of partners and offerings – reflect decades of previous work on the part of our founder.  Below you will find an overview of our results thus far, followed by a timeline representing our founder’s earlier professional impact and achievements.  Finally, we present highlights of our programs and engagements to date, for which we are very grateful and upon which we will continue to build in the future.

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our accomplishments SINCE august 2020

16

Custom-developed trainings and courses delivered

161

people coached and trained

42

Webinars delivered

22,000

People reached through our webinars

6

Continents reached through our work

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Our Story — Decades in the Making

1974

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 1974, United Nations School

Our founder – the daughter of Dr. John Ruganda (Uganda’s preeminent dramatist) and Hilda Rwabazaire Paqui (a diplomat who later became a senior communications official with the United Nations Development Programme) – moves from Uganda to New York City.

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1974

1988

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 1988, University lecture

Our founder graduates from the United Nations International School, which she attended for 13 years and at which she developed the foundation of her social awareness and global orientation.

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1988

1992

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 1992, Digital Equipment Corporation
Our founder is recruited into Digital Equipment Corporation’s prestigious Marketing Development Program, after graduating from Syracuse University as part of the second group of students to complete its Information Studies undergraduate degree program.
 
1992

1994

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 1994, Digital Equipment Corporation

Our founder is recognized as the highest grossing first year salesperson in the history of MICROS Systems Inc., where she later becomes a top 10 salesperson on a companywide basis.

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1994

1999

Our founder graduates from Cornell University with a hospitality focused  management master’s degree and joins Arthur Andersen, where she becomes a Business Consulting Manager overseeing merger integration and strategy development projects.

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1999

2001

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 2001

Our founder launches Amazing Taste LLC as a catering and events consulting firm serving corporate and private clients.

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2001

2003

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 2003, Response Flyer

Our founder begins teaching an Event Planning and Meeting Management course at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey.  As course instructor she doubles the course’s enrollment and later develops an emergency preparedness/ disaster management conference with a grant from the Department of Homeland Security.

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2003

2004

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 2004, Save The Date Flyer

Our founder re-positions Amazing Taste LLC as a marketing and fundraising consulting firm focused on the nonprofit sector.  The firm develops its first event website and its first email marketing campaign for a fundraiser, launching two of its core offerings.

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2004

2007

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 2007, screenshot
Amazing Taste LLC repositions the “Pink Tie Ball” fundraising gala hosted by Susan G. Komen’s Northern New Jersey Affiliate as a “Green” gala for 1,100 guests. The event raises $1.1 million to provide underserved women with access to early breast cancer detection and treatment services.
 
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2007

2009

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 2009, NYUSPS Excellence Award Thank You

Our founder begins teaching her online fundraising course at the NYU Heyman Center for Philanthropy & Fundraising (then under the leadership of Executive Director Naomi Levine).  A version of this course is still offered, and in 2021 our founder (i) received an NYU Distinguished Teaching Award for her work on the course, and (ii) developed a professional certificate program in Digital Fundraising that is centered around the course.

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2009

2011

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 2011, Shine With The Brightest

Amazing Taste LLC is selected by the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration as strategic marketing and events consultant for the Cornell Hospitality Icon and Innovator Awards, the School’s premier event at which it recognizes industry leaders while raising funds for scholarships.

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2011

2012

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 2012, SXSW Africa

Our founder co-develops a panel at SXSW titled “Africa, Tech and Women: The New Faces of Development”.  The panel focuses on African women’s application of technology in ways that advance Africa’s development – and it directly confronts persistent negative stereotypes associated with African women and their place in the economy and in society.

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2012

2014

ISII Liz Ngonzi - 2014, giving a lecture

Our founder is selected by Vital Voices Global Partnerships to develop fundraising and marketing training for its African Businesswomen’s Network and 200+ VVGROW fellows from around the world.

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2014

2014

Our founder joins South Africa-based youth development organization Afrika Tikkun as CEO of its North America representative, Afrika Tikkun USA. She begins transforming the US entity into an in-demand nonprofit, developing partnerships with AmerisourceBergen, Delta Airlines, Facebook and McCann Worldgroup, among others.

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2014

2018 -

Our founder goes through a reflection and distillation process that results in the creation of The International Social Impact Institute®️ and Liz Ngonzi Transforms.

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2018 -
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Our Story – HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR FOUNDING IN 2020

Our New Logo

The Institute’s logo represents our work with numerous individuals and organizations we seek to inspire, connect and activate, to enable them to transform their communities, their countries and ultimately, the world.

Our team

We have assembled an outstanding team of experts from the United States, the United Kingdom, the African continent and Asia, who share the Institute’s core values – a belief in interconnectedness / Ubuntu and a commitment to social justice, environmental stewardship, integrity and excellence – committed to inspiring, connecting, and activating people who want to transform the world.

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NY NOW® interview

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

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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.

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Virtual Storytelling and Communication Workshop For Changemakers

Development and delivery of a virtual workshop on storytelling and communication to the 2021 GivingTuesday Starling Collective cohort, to enable them to more effectively inspire, engage and activate their supporters. The cohort is composed of “50 grassroots organizers, activists, artists, and changemakers representing 29 countries and ranging in age from 14 to 57–all creating extraordinary impact.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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"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.”
Professor Sibongile Muthwa
Professor Sibongile MuthwaVice-Chancellor, Nelson Mandela University (South Africa)
“ 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!”
Cedric A. HarmonFounder/Executive Director, Many Voices
“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! :)”
Ruby ChadwickHead of Global Engagement and Events, The Resource Alliance UK
"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!"
Walter J. Dillingham, Jr., CFAManaging Director, Wealth Advisory and Endowments & Foundations, Wilmington Trust, N.A.
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