Czech Republic

June 8, 2009, MINNESOTA, Bulletin Today — The Center for Nonprofit Management in the Opus College of Business welcomes Fulbright Scholar Marek Šedivý to the University of St. Thomas.  A leading nonprofit expert in the Czech Republic, Šedivý received a Fulbright scholarship for a four-month stay at here.

In the last few years, I have conducted sessions on fundraising at about 20 workshops in 14 “developing” countries — in Latin America, Africa and Asia. I’ve met amazing people and come across many examples of successful local-resource mobilization. There’s some very sophisticated fundraising happening in Latin America and Asia. Much of the cutting-edge work is being done by international NGOs like UNICEF and Greenpeace, but there’s also a growing band of indigenous nonprofits that are using professional fundraising techniques.