ICON aims to provide graduate students and professionals with high-impact, structured consulting opportunities with global NGOs. By channeling the business knowledge and experience of our volunteers, we hope to deliver best practice operating procedures to NGOs in need around the world. ICON Goals: -Maximize volunteer impact through careful planning of consulting trips -Provide unique hands-on experience to volunteers -Create authentic international experience by working and living alongside local people -Build permanent connections between U.S. universities, student organizations and foreign NGOs -Heighten awareness of global issues -Use business as a force of good All consulting services are provided free-of-charge to NGO partners. To allow our partners to focus on their own missions, ICON handles all volunteer logistics and operations. Only a fraction of the total cost to the volunteer goes towards supporting ICON Leader’s invaluable logistical work in the US and Panama. This cost, in the form of a registration fee, allows us to provide volunteers with unique programming, inspiring NGO clients, memorable experience and year round support to our NGO clients.