The International Sustainable Environment, Bioethics, Teleology & Techne’ Institute For Development of Africa. ™®
“I hereby found and initiate the International Bioethics, Teleology and Techne Institute of Africa. The purpose of which, this Institute, is to develop Africa in a way that enables it to be a whole hearted member of the International Community and to do so in a manner that the People of the World and Nations of Africa and the World Economic Milieu will forever be enabled to exist in circumstance of right mindedness towards objectives and applications of practical methodologies to Human Dignity, Peace and Economic Prosperity, Mutual Economic Benefit, Justice and Reconciliation, on this day of December 2007.Hhereafter known when in the acronym form as ISEBTTIDA”
Clarification of terminology:
Sustainable Environment: (combined sustainability and environment) is a property of any activity ,practise ,process or institution that has the capacity to b continued in more or less the same manner indefinitely particularly pertaining to the environment.
Bioethics: Usually applicable to medical ethics in its broadest sense it is study of moral , social & political problems risen out of biology & life sciences, generally & involves ,either directly or indirectly human well being.
As part of applied ethics, bioethics is exposed to the difficulty that 1) we do not agree in the moral convictions & principles about many of the case studies that feature bioethics, 2) we do not agree in the moral theories in which our moral principles find their home & by which we try to justify them & 3) we do not agree in the tests(s) of adequacy by which we solve the disagreements at a level of moral theory. We thus seem left with no way to decide between contending principles & theories.
Example of related terminology would be: Cloning or Technology & Ethics
Teleology: is the study of purposes, goals ends and functions.
Techne’: (plural “technai”) Ancient Greek term for an art, or craft examples are and include carpentry, sculpting and medicine.
Ethics: systems of value & custom initiated in the lives of particular groups of human beings as described by ethics of these groups , additionally ,ethics refers to one in particular of these systems’ “moralty” ,which involves notion of rightness and wrongness ,guilt and shame, additionally ,ethics can within this system of morality refer t actual moral principles, finally: ethics can refer to “moral issue“ studied in its other senses .e.g., many ethical questions exist in the realms of questions & answers in the metaphysical and other areas of human thought.
Environmental Ethics : generally termed to discuss and cause debate about “how we ought to live?”
Green Political Philosophy: No ( at preset ) definitive Green political philosophy ,as such exist ,however party do exist. Green political philosophy has a foundation and will grow it the future; as result and since a veritable explosion of:
1. Human population
2. Pollution of air and water
3. Over fishing of oceans
4. Destruction of habitats ,including tropical and temperate forests
5. Extinction of entire species
6. Depletion of ozone
7. Build up of greenhouse gases
8. Global warming & desertification
9. Erosion of precious top soils, humus, loss of valuable arable farm land and agrarian capacity and wilderness ...
...., and, together with interrelated phenomena provide a backdrop , breakdown &
NOTES: sources are “The Oxford Companion to Philosophy” by Ted Honderich and “The Shorter Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosoph” by Edward Craig
Institutional Purposes & objectives:
Advancement of Africa as a member of the World Economy by means of utilization of the Indigenous Knowledge of the African People intrinsic to their prior survival on the continent and ongoing future survival as an entity full integrated into World Economy and interdependent member of World yet self sustaining & self reliant.
Vision and Mission
Vision is to: To enable a highly evolved and developed society which is at harmony with the Environment and which mitigates all environmental degradation by means of concerted sensible efforts to conserve biodiversity an ongoing endurance of the habitat we all share.
Mission is: To develop sustainable livelihoods in Africa in a rapid but useful and no destructive manner.
Subscribers Guidelines in regards to the Establishment Constitutions and particulars of associations:
| Free Management Library's Much of this program is based on materials adapted from the |
This complete, free, nonprofit organization development program can be implemented:
- By service organizations to promptly provide a nonprofit and management development program in their locale -- this program can be adopted "as is" or modified (guidelines are included herein for carrying out the program in a very low-cost, straightforward fashion)
- As a free, self-paced program for nonprofit entrepreneurs, leaders and managers
- As a free, self-paced program for consultants and volunteers to increase their understanding of nonprofit organizations and activities
Note that this program is non-degree-granting. However, service organizations that adopt this program to provide it in their locale may choose to include evaluation and certification for learners and, if so, guidelines for these activities are included herein, as well.
IF YOU ARE FOCUSING ON A FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: This program is focused mostly on nonprofit business organizations. If you prefer to learn about and/or start a for-profit organization, see the Free For-Profit Micro-eMBA (SM).
TO DEEPEN AND ENRICH LEARNING IN THIS PROGRAM: Adults learn best when they actually a) apply new information and materials, and b) exchange ongoing feedback with others about their experiences. You can substantially deepen and enrich your learning from this program by forming your own local learning community! Members of the community support each other to apply new learning, exchange ongoing feedback and share results from their experiences. Form peer learning circles for about $20 a person. Go to Peer Learning Guidebooks and see the Program Planning Kit to design your complete peer learning program -- then call us at 1-800-971-2250.!
MUCH OF THE CONTENT OF THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM WAS ADAPTED FROM OUR GUIDEBOOKS.
The guidebooks include:
1. Field Guide to Develop and Operate Your Nonprofit Board of Directors
2. Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff
3. Field Guide to Nonprofit Program Design, Marketing and Evaluation
Table of Contents
Who Can Benefit from Program
Results for Learners and Their Organizations
Nature of Learners Who Will -- And Won't -- Thrive in this Program
Program Design and Format of Learning Modules
Cost of Program and Time to Complete It
Please Tell Others About This Program!
Providing Program Requires Little in Resources and Expertise -- Here's How!
Program Not to Be Used to Generate Profits
About Program Developer
How Do I Get Started?
Catalog of Learning Modules
Links to Each Learning Module
- Highly motivated learners who:
- Have limited time and money
- Prefer to schedule and locate their own learning experiences
- Prefer highly practical results from programs - Nonprofit executives and board members seeking guidance to start a nonprofit or to firm up the foundation of an already established nonprofit
- Nonprofit service providers who wish to offer highly accessible and practical nonprofit organization development programs in their areas
- Nonprofit middle managers or entry-level personnel who desire highly accessible and adaptable means to professional development for advancement in their careers
- Consultants and volunteers who desire understanding of nonprofit organizations, their systems and practices, in order to provide more effective community service
Results for Learners and Their Organizations
Personal and Organizational Outcomes (knowledge, skills and abilities)
- Complete and careful deliberation about whether to start a nonprofit organization
- Guidance to register new nonprofit organization for incorporation, tax-exemption, etc.
- Broad understanding of their nonprofit, including structures, systems, culture and life cycle
- Basic understanding of the role of chief executive officer
- Basic skills needed to recruit the first board members and work with the new board
- Basic skills in management and leadership in order to plan, organize, lead and coordinate activities in their nonprofit
- Basic oversight and governance provided by resourced and trained board of directors
- Basic and integrated planning processes for strategic direction, program development and marketing and evaluation, financial management, fundraising, and staffing and supervision of employees and volunteers
- Substantial cost savings from continued access to free, complete, on-line materials for personal, professional and organizational development
Program Outputs (tangible results)
Learners in the program produce the following results:
- Job description of chief executive officer
- Management and leadership training plans
- Complete resources to equip board members
- Training plan and materials to train the board
- Strategic plan
- Operating and program budgets
- Program design plan
- Program marketing analysis (for each service)
- Public and media relations plan
- Sales plan
- Advertising and promotions plan
- Customer service plan
- Financial report and analysis
- Fundraising plan
- Policies for staffing and supervising employees and volunteers
- Volunteer management plan
- Program evaluation plans, including outcomes-based evaluations
- Assessments of practices in areas of legal, fundraising, financial management, staff and volunteer management, board practices, organizational planning, program planning and program evaluation
Note that the recurring processes that produce the above items are at least as important -- if not more important -- than the items themselves. This program carefully guides the learner through those processes.
Nature of Learners Who Will -- and Won't -- Thrive in this Program
Who Will Thrive
This highly accessible and practical program is particularly useful for highly motivated learners who:
1. Trust their own ability to manage and carry out their own learning
2. Understand that in learning, you don't always get what you pay for -- but you get out what you put in
3. Prefer practical results (along with powerful outcomes) from a program, e.g., results such as plans, policies and procedures, job descriptions, financial statements, etc.
4. Who cannot afford to pay the rapidly increasing costs of tuition and materials
5. Who are geographically remote from educational facilities
6. Prefer to schedule and locate their own learning experiences
7. Can see the value of self-directed, “homeschooled” learning with the support of peers in an atmosphere of trust and confidentiality
8. Prefer to share ongoing ideas, materials and support among peers
9. Lastly, learners will thrive in this state-of-the-art program if they have a sense of adventure about new experiences and the patience for learning new ways of doing things
Who Will Not Thrive
Perhaps the best way to convey the nature of people who won't thrive in this program is to point out certain myths that many of us have come to believe over the years. This program will not be appealing to people who tend to believe (consciously or unconsciously) that:
1. The prettier the content and materials, the more valid the content and materials
2. The more expensive the program, the more learning that will be accomplished (the fallacy of "executive-level pricing")
3. The more books and binders in the program, the more learning in the program
4. Program certification and diplomas represent guaranteed learning that was accomplished by participants in the program
5. Learning occurs primarily in a classroom
6. Educators can always manage learners' learning better than the learners themselves
Program Design and Format of Learning Modules
Arrangement of Modules -- From Building Basics to Complete Nonprofit Fitness Test
The program includes 12, on-line learning modules. Modules are "courses" through which learners progress in the program. Materials and activities for learning are tightly integrated with each other across various modules in the program. A listing of the learning modules is included in the section Catalog of Learning Modules provided near the end of this program description. The section Links to Learning Modules directs learners through the learning modules in the order depicted in the catalog. Note that learners can choose to complete modules according to their own needs, as well.
Learners Can Start Anywhere in the Program
The program can be highly useful to learners regardless of the order in which they go through the modules in the program. Learning modules are arranged generally in the order needed to develop an organization from the ground up. Learners who are going through the program primarily as a form of training and development can proceed in a sequential fashion through the Links to Learning Modules, and address the a) topics for discussion and reflection and the b) activities to build systems and practices both of which are posed in each learning module.
Note that the activities required to build and manage a healthy nonprofit organization are usually very cyclical in nature -- for example, program planning often produces learning that, in turn, polishes previous strategic planning activities. Therefore, learners are guided to revisit certain portions of various learning modules at various points in the program.
Format of Each Learning Module
Learning modules (other than the first and last) have the following format:
- Introduction -- explains how the module fits into the program and the overall process of nonprofit organization development
- Specific Materials for Review -- references specific and free materials needed to respond to all suggested topics for discussion and reflection and to the learning activities to build basic systems and practices
- Specific Topics and Questions for Reflection and Discussion -- highlights key concepts to understand about the overall topic of the learning module
- Specific Activities to Build Systems and Practices -- guides the learner to develop the basic systems and practices to successfully build and manage the nonprofit
- Assessments -- helps the learner measure and / or evaluate extent of application of that topic to the learner's nonprofit
- Tracking Open Action Items -- guides the learner throughout the program to consistently record and track any incomplete action items remaining from the current and previous learning modules
- Reminders to Learners -- poses miscellaneous reminders for learners to ensure they're using information and skills from previous learning modules
Cost of Program and Time to Complete It
Program Costs
The cost of the program depends very much on how the learner chooses to go through the program. If the learner chooses to go through the program on their own (rather than, for example, as part of a group of learners sponsored by a local service provider), the program is entirely free. Otherwise, program costs are determined by the local service provider who sponsors the program.
Time to Complete Program
Learners can go through all of the modules in the program or they can choose their own set of modules and how those modules will be completed. Consequently, the amount of time to complete the program depends very much on how the learner chooses to go through the program. The more time and energy that learners invest in in the program, the more they will learn and accomplish for their organizations and careers.
Many of the learning activities in this program are activities that organizational leaders and managers should do in the workplace anyway to develop a healthy organization. Consequently, time in the program to conduct these learning activities should not be viewed only as "time in the program"; rather, this program helps learners turn their organizations and careers into "learning labs" where they get things done -- and learn at the same time.
As a very rough estimate, learners can spend anywhere from 10-40 hours in each module -- again this amount of time depends very much on how thorough learners are in reviewing learning materials and conducting activities to deepen and enrich that learning.
Certain modules include more learning activities than others. Therefore, the program sponsor and learners may choose to dedicate more than one meeting for these modules. For more information, Suggested Number of Meetings Per Learning Module in Here's How to Provide the Program.
Please Tell Others About This Program!
- The vast majority of nonprofit organizations have very limited time and money -- yet the majority of these nonprofits still do not tap the vast reserve of free resources available on the Internet and Web! Please help spread the word!
- Please print out this program flier and place copies appropriately around your nonprofit community.
- If you know of service providers who will see value in providing this nature of program, please tell them. You might suggest they read the program description at http://www.managementhelp.org/np_progs/org_dev.htm
- If you're a service provider to nonprofits, please consider offering this program as a service in your area.
Thank you!!!
Providing the Program Requires Little in Resources and Expertise!
Providing the program in your area requires little in resources and expertise. See Here's How to Provide the Program.
Within certain limits, I can also work with you to customize the program to suit your needs, if needed. For example, you may want to modify certain topics.
Please contact me if you plan to offer the program so that I can notify you of program updates, provide tips, etc. I also would very much appreciate hearing your feedback to improve the program. To contact me about your considerations, please see contact information.
Program Not to Be Used Primarily to Generate Profits
This program was developed on a pro bono basis as a service to the nonprofit community. The study materials for the program are contained in the Free Management Library, also developed as a pro bono service. Because of the pro bono nature of the program and its resources, the program should not be used primarily to generate profits. Specifically, any fees to learners to participate in this program should be no more than the very low costs incurred to provide and operate the program. If you would like to offer the program in your community and have any questions, please see contact information.
About Program Developer
Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, is a Twin Cities-based consultant and co-founder of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also founder of the Free Management Library, one of the world's largest collections of free, on-line materials for the nonprofit and for-profit management community. The Library and this free nonprofit development program are graciously hosted by MAP.
Carter has 20 years of increasing leadership and management experience in a variety of organizations including startup, large for-profit corporation, public-private, nonprofit and large university. His background includes internal and external consulting in various areas of management and organization development.
He received the University of St. Thomas 1996 Community Service Award for volunteering over 200 hours a year over four years to area nonprofits. He holds a B.A. in Social and Behavioral Science, a B. S. in Computer Science, an MBA and a PhD in Human and Organization Development. The focus of his PhD studies was on organization and management development, including self-directed and peer-based forms of collaboration and learning.
- Begin proceeding through the modules by referencing the Links to Learning Modules included later on below.
| Module 1: Program Orientation -- Getting Most from This Program Module 2: Understanding Your Nonprofit (including Starting Your Nonprofit) (Understanding Your Nonprofit) Module 3: Understanding Role of Chief Executive Module 4: Developing Your Basic Management & Leadership Skills Module 5: Building and Training Your Board of Directors Module 6: Developing Your Strategic Plan Module 7: Developing and Marketing Your Programs | Module 8: Managing Your Nonprofit's Finances and Taxes (Managing Taxes) Module 9: Developing Your Fundraising Plan Module 10: Supervising Your Employees and Volunteers (Supervising Volunteers) Module 11: Designing Your Program Evaluation Plans (Outcomes-Based Evaluations) Module 12: Conducting Final Fitness Test of Your Nonprofit Optional: Module 13: Practical Guide to Managing Ethics in the Workplace |
Links to Learning Modules
Each of the following modules suggests specific materials for review, specific topics for discussion and reflection, and specific activities to develop basic systems and practices. Various modules also include assessments and guidelines to record and monitor action items from current and previous learning modules.
Module 1: Program Orientation -- Getting the Most from This Program
Module 2: Starting and Understanding Your Nonprofit
Module 3: Role of Chief Executive Officer (Executive Director)
Module 4: Developing Basic Skills in Management and Leadership
Module 5: Building and Maintaining Your Board of Directors
Module 6: Developing Your Strategic Plan
Module 7: Designing and Marketing Your Programs
Module 8: Managing Finances and Taxes in Your Nonprofit
Module 9: Developing Your Fundraising Plan
Module 10: Staffing and Supervising Your Employees and Volunteers
Module 11: Designing Your Program Evaluation Plans (including outcomes-based evaluations)
Module 12: Complete Fitness Test of Your Nonprofit
OPTIONAL: Module 13: Managing Ethics in the Workplace: Practical Guide for Managers
Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Copyright 1999, Authenticity Consulting, LLC
Library and its contents are not to be used to generate profits
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For more information in regards the South African Chapters, please contact below:
Chairman of ISEBTTIDA
C/O John M Riggs
P.O. Box 958,
Greenpoint,
8051, South Africa
Telephone Number: +27 (0)21 434 4209 or +27 (0)73 407 554 56
Fax: 086 654 7818 or +27 (0)21 434 4209
Related links: http://saifasp.blogspot.com & http://ireiandldufa.blogspot.com
© November 2007 Copyright asserted to be property of John M Riggs t/a Green Resources Africa & Doctor Green ©™®.
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