Engaging Internationally

Whither Global Health?

February 16, 2011

In preparation for a session that will be discussing global health trends, I have been thinking about how the field has changed in the past decade.  Some of the trends I have identified include:

1. Issues have become more integrated.  In the 1990’s there were issue specific conferences – Population (1994, Cairo), “Women’s” issues …

Build it and they may come….

February 10, 2011

Although the movie Field of Dreams made the line “Build it and they will come..” famous, in reality we all know it’s a bit more complicated than that.  When we’re building a community, it’s more like build it and then work out ways for people to: 1) Know about it; 2) Join and then 3) …

What did you Say? (NGOs and Internal Communication in a Technologically Driven World)

January 27, 2011

Last month I wrote about the importance of communication loops to effective internal decision making. Systematizing effective communication is hard within any organization (especially in an era of ‘information overload), but it is especially important and challenging for geographically spread or culturally diverse organizations.  The more stakeholders involved and the more diverse (including geographically spread) …

Haiti one year later: What Have We Learned?

January 11, 2011

Unless you’ve been very far away from any media over the past year you know there was a devastating earthquake in Haiti last January.  And you may have observed that more than any other story over the past year, even in our ‘fickle’ society, it has had staying power.  What about this story has captured …

A collection of end-of-the-year articles, blogs & reflections

January 2, 2011

From an earthquake in Haiti to rescued miners in Chile…from the IPad to Jumo ….and don’t forget the World Cup and the Millennium Development Goals review:  Where were we and where  are we going? A collage of articles and blogs ending 2010 and welcoming 2011:

Eyewitness 2010 (The Guardian, London)

Around the World in 12 …