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While the work of NGOs is often ongoing, there are many cases in which a special project, of limited scope and duration, is undertaken.  Such projects can be anything from a fundraising drive to a peacekeeping operation to the installation of a major software upgrade.  This section provides a range of methodologies that can help to ensure that such projects achieve their intended goals and have a positive impact on the NGOs that undertake them and on the constituencies those NGOs serve.
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While the work of NGOs is often ongoing, there are many cases in which a special project, of limited scope and duration, is undertaken.  Such projects can be anything from a fundraising drive to a peacekeeping operation to the installation of a major software upgrade.  This section provides a range of methodologies that can help to ensure that such projects achieve their intended goals and have a positive impact on the NGOs that undertake them and on the constituencies those NGOs serve. <membersonly>
  
 
==Set goals==
 
==Set goals==

Latest revision as of 07:26, 17 July 2008

This article originated as an article of the same name prepared by Jennifer Tavis for the NGO Handbook.


While the work of NGOs is often ongoing, there are many cases in which a special project, of limited scope and duration, is undertaken. Such projects can be anything from a fundraising drive to a peacekeeping operation to the installation of a major software upgrade. This section provides a range of methodologies that can help to ensure that such projects achieve their intended goals and have a positive impact on the NGOs that undertake them and on the constituencies those NGOs serve.


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