Media Release - Humanitarian Professional Development Programs Announced

SYDNEY, NSW (February 02, 2018): Professional Humanitarians and Development Practitioners to benefit from innovative professional development initiatives being launched today by Humanitarian Institute.

The objective of Humanitarian Institute’s professional development short courses is to spur innovations and capacity to solve our world’s greatest challenges - inequality, poverty, food security, learning, gender equity, water access, disaster resilience, governance, health, and security  - by using targeted, cutting edge learning topics and methods.

The newly announced professional development courses will be facilitated through 2018. We are inviting leaders and employees of NGOs, corporations, Governments, social enterprises, startups, and others to learn, connect and develop sustainable solutions to humanity’s biggest challenges.

The programs provide the platform, network, structure, and guidance to equip these leaders with the skillset to validate their ideas, extend the knowledge to their teams, and experiment and prototype responses.

Humanitarian Institute CEO, Cory Steinhauer says: “The professional development courses are action-focused and deliver a unique opportunity for change makers to foster ideas that positively impact the lives of people, can scale and have worldwide impact.”

2018 professional development short courses include the following:

• Artificial Intelligence & Inequality - Implications for the social sector

• Exit Strategy - Building strong sustainable results

• Community Engagement - Participation and ownership matter

• Aid Career Masterclass - Unlock your potential

"Humanitarian Institute has many ambitions in this field. Our vision is that all Humanitarian and Development actors have access to advanced, yet cost effective, learning opportunities to grow and nurture talent, ideas, and sustainable results. The world is changing. And the sector needs to stay on top of the advances in order to remain relevant and effective,” said Cory Steinhauer.

About Humanitarian Institute:

Headquartered in Sydney, Humanitarian Institute's mission is to educate, inspire and empower Humanitarian leaders to develop professional careers and apply best practice techniques to address humanity's greatest challenges.

Humanitarian Institute provides educational programs, partnerships and career coaching to foster the growth of the global humanitarian ecosystem. Humanitarian Institute has an engaged alumni network committed to creating sustainable global impact.

Media Contacts:

Cory Steinhauer, CEO, [email protected]

For more information, visit https://www.humanitarianinstitute.com and / or download attachments below.

Humanitarian-Institute-AI-Inequality-Workshop-Brief-2018-v3.0.pdf

Humanitarian-Institute-Exit-Strategy-Workshop-Brief-2018.pdf

Humanitarian-Institute-Community-Engagement-Workshop-Brief-2018.pdf

Humanitarian-Institute-Aid-Career-Masterclass-Brief-2018.pdf