Giving Back

Donors and volunteers are key to training employees of nongovernmental organizations.

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) may be unique in being named for something they are not. Estimates place the number of these cause-oriented international entities at about 40,000, most of which face these two daunting challenges: lack of funding specifically for employee development, and staff dispersed around the globe in hard-to-reach places.

For retired software and training company executive Eric Berg