Engaging Internationally

Finding Daily Inspiration

June 27, 2013

Recently I was talking to a long-term colleague about a project I’ve been developing based on this piece. He’s done some amazing work over the years for positive societal change, but admitted he’d become a bit cynical.  While we were talking about how hard it can be to bring about significant change he mentioned a …

Healing the World post-2015

June 4, 2013

In July 2012, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced  a 27 member High-level Panel (HLP) to advise on  a new set of global development goals. These new goals are to replace the  Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)  whose final target date was set in 2000 for 2015.  The new process has thus been dubbed post-2015.  The UN and …

Cross-sector Learning

April 30, 2013

Most of my work is done with NGOs and n the civil society sector.  But as I feel strongly about cross-sector exchange, and finding few conferences that bring together diverse perspectives, I try to go to meetings that focus on different sectors.  Last week I went to a business conference on “Emerging Markets” in which …

Creating Effective Partnerships: Ownership and sustainability at the local level

April 9, 2013

This is a guest post by Meg Mall,  International Development Consultant for Goodwill Industries International

In my various roles with Goodwill Industries International over the past 10 years, I’ve supported and led Goodwill’s international growth and have also played a leadership role in other international associations, such as Workability Americas/Workability International. Those of us working …

Are you (Really) Ready to Lead this Meeting?

April 2, 2013

I was recently asked to do a training session for facilitators. I have facilitated many meetings  over the years, of many types of groups, but never received any formal training to do so.  As a relatively young executive director, it was assumed that it was something I could do, and I was just expected to …