1. Agora Presentation Outline

2. Agenda Context of Nicaraguan poverty - ORIANA What issues need to be addressed/how could Nicaraguan poverty best be addressed Why Traditional NGOs won’t work - CORY The Agora Model: organization’s strategy, resources and capabilities (including people), organizational fit, operational efficiency, strategic agility, financing, use of metrics, IT leverage, marketing (e.g., segmentation, branding), communication. Only use what is needed. Recap of what it does better - BILL A success story - ORIANA Issues with other market-based methods to deal with Nicaraguan Poverty – Microfinance (the “Missing Middle”) – Other Social Venture Capital Groups – Checklist of how each of these and Agora solves poverty - MUSTAFA What can Agora improve on, or how can it work with other institutions to address the issues it misses: (metrics/communication  lack of funding  smaller size/scope) Don’t communicate efficiently because they don’t use business language – link back to a case where it was done well - BILL Quote (from professor or elsewhere)

3. The “Missing Middle”: Funding for the majority of businesses is largely absent

4. Animate over annual report page