There has been a lot going on in the UK in the field of collaboration and the Voluntary Sector while I have been hibernating.
Noticeably for Mentoring Worldwide a mention in the new published I-See-T project report to download as an Adobe PDF. It’s also available to read and comment on online in [...]
One of the themes of my research conversations and meetings is about the “place” the work happens, or where does work happen? When I went to Netsquared to meet likeminded people in the US with the impression that the non-profit and tech sectors combined with philanthropy and funders was so better organised there I [...]
I am finding I am constantly retelling the story of Audrey Cordera , an amazing woman I met at the Reuters Digital Vision Programme in Stanford when I visited last May. Audrey is from the Phillipines and is the regional rep on the Youth to End Poverty campaign, as well as running a [...]
Pledger Curt Hopkins alerted me recently to the Nata Village Blog, and put Jon Rawlinson in touch with us at MW.
Jon and I finally met this week and he told me how his travels in Africa, videoblogging along the way have changed his life.
Stopping off in a remote village in Botswana he chanced [...]
Friday June 2nd (apologies, blog is so out of synch). I am preparing to meet Fiona Ramsay of Kiva in San Francisco. Researching the organisation I find , on their front page no less, a description of Life In Africa…the project run by Christina Jordan …one of our pledgers! Something is definately [...]
Leaving Cisco and Netsquared behind, back on the Light Rail and Cal Train to Palo Alto where I met with pledgers and supporters John Girard of Clickability and Jan Leeman.
They listened hard and got their impressive brains working on who I should meet in my remaining two days. They suggested three companies and got [...]
you’ve seen the web2logos now see all our new logos! A big Thank You toTedster,Sam Ajluni,who first showed me some of them on his Ipod at Ted. He’s done some great work and here they are. I know which I would chose - but let me know what you think. [...]
Pledger Jan Leeman alerted me to this excellent service. E-clips from Cornell University. It’s currently being used on the ground in Armenia by the Women’s Business Society. This is another good example of how publishing experience to share can support global mentoring.
The
collection was created by Dr. Deborah Streeter and contains thousands of [...]
One of the great things that happened at TED for me was that pledger Sam Ajluni from BBDO Detroit introduced himself and showed me some logos he has designed for our embryonic organisation …on his ipod! Tantalisingly fast I have to say, I never got his ipod in my hands! Amazing how [...]
pledger Amy Nicholls is busy starting her new company Quandree.com but found time to visit me in London before she moves to Switzerland in June for six months. She wants to help out by researching some of the offers we have been made by projects on the ground with potential mentees to be, or [...]
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