Turning Challenges to Opportunities
With the closing of the Global Health Council (GHC) reactions have included shock/surprise and sadness. As it evolved over its almost 40 years, it became an important convener for the [...]
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Apr 2012
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Mar 2012
Videoconferencing Options for Multinational Working Groups
Perhaps like many of you, I work with a number of multinational Boards and other working groups. Historically they have either met in person, or via conference call. Recently I [...]
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Feb 2012
A new home
If you frequent this blog you may notice a new look – I’ve now integrated it with my newly redesigned website. I would like it to be easier for those [...]
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Jan 2012
Navigating Global Change
What skills, methods and tools will we need to navigate the choppy waters we are in and bring about transformative social change? I have just spent 3 days [...]
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Oct 2011
We are 7 Billion – what’s next?
Earlier this year I wrote about ‘awareness raising campaigns'. Although the 7 Billionth Person mark is not an awareness raising campaign per se, it has many of the same characteristics. [...]
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Jul 2011
Reflecting on being a ‘changemaker’
At the end of June I had the good fortune to be among a team of facilitators from different countries helping with the Ashoka Changemakers Week in France. I facilitated [...]
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Jun 2011
Increasing International Dialogue and Engagement
What does it take to have more effective international dialogue? Incorporate diverse and marginalized voices? Communication to be effective needs to be two way [See "Words that Communicate"]. Even in [...]
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Feb 2011
Build it and they may come….
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 [...]
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Nov 2010
Thanksgiving and EpicThanks
Thursday is Thanksgiving in the U.S. With Christmas Day and New Years it is one of only three days when almost all commercial and governmental operations are closed. I especially [...]