Don’t have time to attend a workshop? Check out notes from this session: Case Study 1: Sudanese- not just the Lost boys who were settled in American-went to closer places such as Egypt o Tried to protest their conditions in 2005 and many of them were shot o Nothing changed in their condition, many people are dying o Not given opportunities to be resettled anywhere o Paid traffickers to get them of Israel – severe abuse and now Israel is not letting people in any more- ...

Don't have time to attend a workshop? Check out notes from this session: Phillip Williams, the facilitator for the workshop Sustaining the Environment, Sustaining the Future, works with the Nollen Group which is a financial firm that invests in natural capital and creates sustainable, environmentally-friendly projects all across the world. Over $100 million are invested in projects in Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Americas. He talked about his work and different projects, successful and not so successful. Lessons from the field Patience >> Your first ...

Don't have time to attend a workshop? Check out notes from this session: 1) When confronting culture shock, language barriers are not completely inhibiting. Understanding unspoken communicative norms and cultural body language will bring individuals closer to community members 2) Culture shock is an inherently stressful experience, and removing oneself from the culture is an unhelpful response. Adapt to the situation by "becoming part of the process." Constantly integrate new information about the community and its members. 3) Culture shock is not ...

Faith is a powerful asset. Lauren Marino’s workshop entitled “Channelling Change through Faith and Community” explored answers to questions about working with interfaith groups, the role of faith in development work and the connotations of faith and social justice. “I went to bed crying several nights in a row because I felt like people were disrespecting me and disrespecting each other,” said Marino, describing her experience working in an interfaith fair trade delegation to South Africa in college. That experience ...

It’s the first full day of GES, and after the first panels and first of the Short Talks, it was time for the first of block of the summit’s workshops. I attended “Utilizing Resources for Effective Community Outreach”, led by GES alums and Triple Thread Apparel founders Kyle McCollom and Chris Cole. As this dapper duo—Kyle was sporting a sharp blue bow-tie—led the group with their framework of creating and taking value at six different levels of shareholders, I could ...

Remember those dungy hallways lined with clanky metal lockers. It’s no wonder you counted down the days until your high school graduation, but your restless venturing spirit isn’t the only factor to blame for your angst. Problems plague secondary education in the United States. Over 1.2 million students drop out of high school each year. Their decision costs them $329 billion throughout their lives. During the first workshop session, Trung Le of Cannon Design proposes the solution ...

By Jeremy Intal Regardless of our goals or our age, the metrics with which we define our success plays a huge role in our lives. Whether we engage in the social entrepreneurship sphere or not, our metrics of success often steer our motives for action. In truth, too often society equates an individual’s success with his or her job, what GES Short Talk speaker Matt Tranchin referred to as “occupational symbolism.” For Matt, the motives for action did not come immediately. Declaring ...

by Elizabeth Derby It’s the first full day of GES and you can feel the excitement in the air. Delegates and staff alike are buzzing around Norris, some frantically planning and plotting while others sit talking, sharing their stories. Everywhere I look people are repping their spanking new t-shirts, flipping through their programs, and sticking laptop stickers to their Macbooks. Eventually the masses of people shuffle into the Louis Room for the first speakers of the day, a panel on “Cross-Sector ...

http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/how-charities-used-donations-for-haiti/?scp=1&sq=donations&st=cse If you're reading this, you're probably among the estimated two-thirds of Americans who donated to help Haiti through the catastrophic earthquake of 2010. And whether you gave $10 through text messaging or $1,000 through the Red Cross, you've probably wondered where exactly your dollars went. The New York Times published a short article a few days ago describing the efforts of Charity Navigator (charitynavigator.org), which, according to it's website, "works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic ...

This week we are featuring a guest blog post from Nathaniel Whittemore - one of the original founders of the Global Engagement Summit. To read the original blog post visit http://nlw.posterous.com/ Unbelievable. 30 years after coming into power at the hest of the bullet cut down Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak has been removed from power not with violence but on the backs of the united voices of millions of Egyptians who have spent the last three weeks demonstrating for a ...