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3 episodes with international partnerships
2 episodes with international partnerships
2 episodes with international partnerships
2 episodes with international partnerships
2 episodes with international partnerships
2 episodes with international partnerships
On today's show, Head of International Partnerships at CNIB, Diane Bergeron joins us to chat about the statement from organizations supporting people with disabilities regarding a new federal cabinet appointment. Then we kick things off with fun summer experiences you can take part in, with Amy Amantea. What exists out there for off-grid power and communication solutions to keep you connected and safe? Outdoor Expert Lawrence Gunther has us covered. And, BBQ season is back! Chef Mary Mammoliti is here to help you kick it off right with tips on cleaning, prepping, and grilling like a pro. Find Kelly & Company on YouTube!About AMIAMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+Learn more at AMI.caConnect with Accessible Media Inc. online:X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca
Aidan joined this week's Unsupervised Learning for a wide-ranging conversation on model architectures, enterprise adoption, and what's breaking in the foundation model stack. If you're building or investing in AI infrastructure, Aidan is worth listening to. He co-authored the original Transformer paper, leads one of the most advanced model labs outside of the hyperscalers, and is now building for real-world enterprise deployment with Cohere's agent platform, North. Cohere serves thousands of customers across sectors like finance, telco, and healthcare — and they've made a name for themselves by staying model-agnostic, privacy-forward, and deeply international (with major bets in Japan and Korea) (0:00) Intro(0:32) Enterprise AI(3:23) Custom Integrations and Future of AI Agents(4:33) Enterprise Use Cases for Gen AI(7:02) The Importance of Reasoning in AI Models(10:38) Custom Models and Synthetic Data(17:48) Cohere's Approach to AI Applications(23:24) Future Use Cases and Market Fit(27:11) Building a Unified Automation Platform(27:34) Strategic Decisions in the AI Journey(29:19) International Partnerships and Language Models(31:05) Future of Foundation Models(32:27) AI in Specialized Domains(34:40) Challenges in Data Integration(35:06) Emerging Foundation Model Companies(35:31) Technological Frontiers and Architectures(37:29) Scaling Hypothesis and Model Capabilities(42:26) AI Research Culture and Team Building(44:39) Future of AI and Societal Impact(48:31) Addressing AI Risks With your co-hosts: @jacobeffron - Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron Health @patrickachase - Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedIn @ericabrescia - Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq'd by VMWare) @jordan_segall - Partner at Redpoint
RNIB recently hosted a global forum involving leaders from the sight loss arena from around the world. Yvonne Milne spoke to Diane Bergeron from CNIB, a sight loss organisation in Canada, to find out what was being discussed. Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font.
The International Innovation session took place on day two of RNIB Scotland's Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference. More than ever, we are all living in an international world. From technological innovation through to social media, international collaboration has never had greater importance. With 80% of the people with disabilities living in the Global South, there is an increasing priority that technological innovation and advancement is delivered locally, but in a way which is internationally sensitive. Our panel will discuss the implications of rapidly advancing technology and the opportunity and risk this presents to global equality. A panel discussion was facilitated by Rasak Adekoya, Technical Advisor (Economic Empowerment) at Sightsavers International. The panellists featured were: Mark Adams, Programme Manager and DMEL Lead at SCIAF, Linda Rogers, Chief Technology Officer at RNIB, Diane Bergeron, Head of International Partnerships at CNIB, Molemisi Kono, Habilitation Specialist from Visual Eyes Afrika-international, and Sabrina Djazoul, Qualified Teacher of Children and Young People with Visual Impairment (QTVI) from Visual Eyes Afrika-international. Hear all audio from the conference here: Audioboom / Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference 2025 Image description: A dramatic, angled shot of an empty stage. At the front a pink podium reads "RNIB Scotland, Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference." Behind, a line of grey chairs awaits experts for the panel discussions and a large pink IMAX screen hangs above.
Join us for this conversation on the vital issue of Online Child Protection, spotlighting the leadership and efforts of key figures from the Council of International Schools (CIS). Jane Larson, Executive Director of CIS, alongside Dan Furness, Head of Safeguarding and Wellbeing at CIS, are at the forefront of this work, shaping policies and providing guidance to international schools. We also hear from Leila Holmyard, Global Safeguarding Consultant, researcher and current Safeguarding Lead at Frankfurt International School, who shares practical insights from her PhD research and experience. Together, they address the current challenges in safeguarding children online, tips for prevention and response, and how school leaders can create safer digital environments within their communities. About Jane Larsson Executive Director, CIS Jane Larsson has led the Council of International Schools (CIS) as Executive Director since her appointment in 2010. Over the past 25 years, Jane has led the international education community with a focus on the development of collaborative partnerships to enable and support educational exchange and the development of international and intercultural perspective. Prior to her appointment at CIS, Jane was Director of International Partnerships with the Visiting International Faculty Program (VIF) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she led outreach to promote international educational exchange, establishing relationships with ministries of education, universities, international schools and educational associations. She began her career in international education as the Director of Educational Staffing and Publications for International Schools Services (ISS) providing recruitment services and resources to international schools. Jane lends her voice to key topics shaping the future of international education, those which enable school and university communities to provide socially responsible leadership as they continually develop their programs. She currently serves as Chair of the International Taskforce on Child Protection and on the Board of Directors of the International Commission Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA). LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelarssoncis/ About Leila Holmyard Safeguarding Lead, Frankfurt International School Leila Holmyard has extensive professional experience in safeguarding and child protection in international schools. She is a safeguarding consultant for a number of international schools and organisations, including the United World Colleges, Council of International Schools and Faria Education Group, as well as being Safeguarding Lead at Frankfurt International School. Leila has worked with international schools across the world and conducted her PhD research on safeguarding in international schools in Europe, Asia and Africa. She is also a volunteer for the International Task Force on Child Protection, WomenEd Germany, and the ISS Diversity Collaborative. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leila-holmyard-04767995/ About Dan Furness Head of Safeguarding and Well-being, CIS Dan Furness joined CIS in September 2023. Dan's primary responsibility as Head of Safeguarding and Well-being is to support the CIS membership community as it identifies and addresses child protection and student well-being challenges. This includes designing and delivering professional learning opportunities such as the Foundation and Deep Dive workshops in Child Protection and Safeguarding. Dan is available to support schools to strengthen their culture and systems, developing resources to educate and promote effective practices, and providing thought leadership and partnership across the international education sector. Prior to joining CIS, Dan worked in international schools in South Africa, South Korea, Germany and the Netherlands leading boarding, student support and safeguarding. Dan has also worked as an independent consultant in safeguarding and has a history of supporting staff professional development over a range of safeguarding-related areas including the following: child protection and safeguarding; safer handling and restraint; restorative justice and shared concern; response to intervention (a tiered approach to school support); and inclusion, diversity, equity and anti-racism. He has also provided supervision for other DSLs and school counsellors. Dan is a qualified counsellor and social worker, with an undergraduate degree and masters in social work from the University of Bath, and a second masters in educational leadership and management from the University of Buckingham. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-furness/?originalSubdomain=nl Resources https://www.cois.org/about-cis/child-protection/resources https://www.icmec.org/icmec-resources/ https://www.cois.org/about-cis/child-protection/resources https://www.childnet.com/help-and-advice/sextortion/ https://www.childnet.com/safer-internet-day/ https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/ https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-reporting/report-remove/ Generative AI: A whole school approach to safeguarding children John Mikton on Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton Web: beyonddigital.org Dan Taylor on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/appsevents Twitter: https://twitter.com/appdkt Web: www.appsedu.com Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Would you like to have a free 1 month trial of the new Google Workspace Plus (formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education)? 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The EU believes it has an offer than can effectively counter China worldwide – its Global Gateway Investment Strategy. Jutta Urpilainen, the outgoing European Commissioner for International Partnerships, is adamant that this strategy offers long-term human development and avoids the debt traps that Chinese investment in Africa has come with. "We don't want to create new dependencies," she tells Talking Europe. We discuss the impact that Global Gateway has had since its inception in 2021, as well as the EU's apparent shift in focus towards migration and border security, and what that means for its international partnerships.
A great discussion about healthcare innovation with two inspiring leaders - Oshrat Hodara, the Director of International Partnerships at ARC Innovation; and Dida Capobianco, Manager on Health Innovation at Albert Einstein Hospital. Together, they explore how to transform healthcare systems using cutting-edge technologies like AI and wearables, while emphasizing the vital role of patient trust and collaboration. Join us to discover how innovation can reshape patient care for better outcomes and a healthier future. Subscribe to our channel, follow us on social media and share with your friends!
About the Lecture: The delicate balance between deterrence and reassurance in managing tensions in the Taiwan Strait calls for balanced action and management of measured risks. The talk will examine how strategic diplomacy, military readiness, and multilateral engagement can prevent conflict, while fostering stability and mutual trust and emphasizes the need for a nuanced approach that strengthens deterrence to dissuade aggression, while simultaneously engaging in diplomatic efforts to reassure all parties, aiming for a new equilibrium that preserves peace and security in the region. About the Speaker: Jason Hsu is a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute, leading the Indo-Pacific Technology and Geopolitics practice. He also serves as Senior Advisor on Policy and International Partnerships for Liquid AI, RunSafe Cybersecurity, Rhombus Power, and the American Frontier Fund. From 2016 to 2020, he was a legislator in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan, where he championed key legislation on defense, technology, and cybersecurity. Hsu has also held research and teaching roles at Harvard, Yale, and other prestigious institutions, focusing on semiconductor policy, export controls, and Taiwan Strait contingencies. His work is widely published and recognized, including contributions to major global media outlets and think tanks. He was mentioned in the U.S. Congressional Record for his role in creating the Indo-Pacific Technology Security Alliance. Hsu holds a master's degree from Harvard Kennedy School and is a recipient of multiple fellowships, including the Eisenhower Fellowship and Stanford's Draper Hills Summer Fellowship.
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News, Czechia gets International Partnerships portfolio in EC, government helping flood-hit regions organize voting in elections, trip to Loučen Chateau in Central Bohemia
News, Czechia gets International Partnerships portfolio in EC, government helping flood-hit regions organize voting in elections, trip to Loučen Chateau in Central Bohemia
Join us for a conversation with members of The International Taskforce on Child Protection (ITFCP). As the taskforce celebrates its 10th anniversary, we take this opportunity to hear the story behind its founding and its mission to protect children across the international schools community and beyond. We'll explore how international schools have and continue to adopt and adapt safeguarding standards, overcoming cultural and operational challenges to ensure a safe learning environment for all students. Our guests and members of the taskforce share their own learnings, opportunities, and challenges of collaborating across multiple international schools and organizations. We will also learn about the resources, services and professional development the taskforce provides to international school leaders and educators. About Jane Larson Jane Larsson has led the Council of International Schools (CIS) as Executive Director since her appointment in 2010. Over the past 25 years, Jane has led the international education community with a focus on the development of collaborative partnerships to enable and support educational exchange and the development of international and intercultural perspective. Prior to her appointment at CIS, Jane was Director of International Partnerships with the Visiting International Faculty Program (VIF) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she led outreach to promote international educational exchange, establishing relationships with ministries of education, universities, international schools and educational associations. She began her career in international education as the Director of Educational Staffing and Publications for International Schools Services (ISS) providing recruitment services and resources to international schools. Jane lends her voice to key topics shaping the future of international education, those which enable school and university communities to provide socially responsible leadership as they continually develop their programs. She currently serves as Chair of the International Taskforce on Child Protection and on the Board of Directors of the International Commission Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA). https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelarssoncis/ About Jane Foster-Sarre Director, Safeguarding Works Ltd Area of expertise provided as part of the CIS Affiliated Consultant Network: Student Wellbeing: Protection, Safety, & Security including but not limited to School safeguarding audits Response to allegations of abuse and low level concerns Safe recruitment and safe working practice Policy development and review Investigations and risk assessments Jane is an independent safeguarding consultant providing expert advice on safeguarding and child protection. She specialises in promoting safe organisational culture, safeguarding in the workplace, and managing allegations and low level concerns against adults working with children. Jane is a qualified teacher, who has also worked in schools as the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Safeguarding Governor across ages 4–18 years. She has also worked for statutory education and children's services departments in the UK. Following the exposure of the criminal actions of William Vahey who abused more than 50 children when employed at an international school based in the UK, Jane was part of the statutory case panel convened to review the case and lessons learned and worked closely with the school to restore confidence in the community and reinforce the safeguarding structure. Jane is an accredited safer recruitment specialist and has contributed to IICSA - the UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual abuse. She is also a co-author of the International Protocol for Managing Allegations of Child Abuse by Educators and other Adults and the Guidance on Managing Low Level Concerns. Jane is currently Co–Chair of the International Taskforce for Child Protection (ITFCP) Recruitment Reporting & Regulations Group. Jane is an experienced auditor of safeguarding practice and has worked with international schools across the UK and Europe, Asia and Africa, both promoting best practice and responding to serious incidents where schools and boards need support. Jane has extensive experience of designing and delivering safeguarding training including delivering the CIS Foundation Workshop on Safer Recruitment and supporting the Deep Dives. As an independent advisor Jane has provided high-level safeguarding advice and training across the sectors including schools, universities, religious and sports organisations, charities, and private clients. Jane is also a specialist advisor to the safeguarding boards of a UK Premier League football club, a private equity company providing residential care for children, and a faith organisation and is a member of the National Safeguarding Panels for both the Football Association and Sports Resolutions which offers advice to a range of sports In addition to her independent role Jane is also a consultant for Barnardos, a UK based Children's Charity. Jane is a regular speaker at events and is a well-known figure to many private, public and third sector organisations working with children, including state, independent and international schools. About Dr. Christine Brown Dr. Christine Brown is an international consultant specializing in advising educators on Program Design for Teaching and Learning, Child Protection, Social Emotional Learning initiatives, World Language and ELL programing, working with challenging student placements and managing parent expectations. From 2013 to 2023, Brown served as one of six Regional Education Officers (REOs) in the Office of Overseas Schools, United States Department of State. She covered the Western European Region and for several years also the South America region. Brown also served the DOS as one of 5 initial co-founders of the International Task Force on Child Protection. As REO, she served on the Boards of ECIS, AAIE and AMISA. Prior to joining the Department of State in July 2013, she served as Deputy Director at the Carol Morgan School in the Dominican Republic. Brown served as an administrator in the Glastonbury, Connecticut Public Schools for 28 years, first as the Director of K-12 Foreign Languages and ELL, and for 8 years as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. Brown has served as a president of state, regional and national language teacher organizations including the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages over her career. She chaired the American Language Standards Writing Task Force sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education as well as served as the consultant to the national Arabic and Korean language standards projects and as a consultant to the Startalk Language Project for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. She served as a board member of the National Defense Education Language Program. Brown chairs the AERO World Languages Standards writing project for DOS. She has testified before the United States Congress on behalf of language education, and initiated and co-chaired the Year of Languages Campaign in the United States. In February 2019, she was awarded the Keith Miller Innovation Award from the Association for the Advancement of International Educators for her work in Child Protection around the world. In March 2019 Brown received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award at Gwynedd Mercy University for her Doctoral Dissertation, The Effects of Early Foreign Language Study on English Reading Comprehension. In 2023, she received the NEASC Educator of the Year Award. In 2024, she received an AAIE Outstanding Educator Award and the ECIS Outstanding Educator of 2024 award. About Keith Cincotta Director of School Services andSenior Leadership Executive, International Schools Services Keith has worked in the International Education sector for 25 years first as a School Counselor, later as a High School Principal and most recently as a Senior Leadership Executive and the Director of School Services at International Schools Services. As a school counselor in Allentown PA, Islamabad Pakistan and Dubai he worked with many survivors of abuse and was part of teams that responded to reports of abuse. At ISS Keith is the representative to the International Task Force on Child Protection, is responsible for safeguarding initatives across ISS' managed schools and presents professional development and training sessions for educators. Keith is a trained facilitator for Darkness to Light and has facilitated the program for school, church and community groups. Keith holds Master of Education degrees in both Counseling and Educational Leadership from Lehigh University. https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-cincotta-578b1a17/ About Debbie Downes In August 2022, Debbie Downes joined The International Centre of Missing and Exploited Children as the Director of Global School Initiatives. In this role, she develops and provides child protection training, support, and resources to schools around the world. She has been supporting ICMEC's work as a regional trainer since July 2020. Debbie has worked in international education for 18 years, first as an elementary teacher, then as school principal, and then as Accreditation and Child Protection Lead for Quality Schools International. She developed and revised handbooks, policies, and resources to support child protection efforts at a group of 36 international schools. She also supported schools with on-site and virtual professional development. Debbie's background in child protection includes an MSW from the University of California at Berkeley and several years of experience working in the court unit of Children and Family Services in Contra Costa County, California. Debbie's overseas career began with 3 years as a health education volunteer with the Peace Corps in Kolda, Senegal. She has since lived with her husband, 2 children, and 2 rescue dogs in Thailand, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Slovenia, and her current location of Minsk, Belarus. https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-downes-educator/ Resources ICMEC EdPortal International Taskforce on Child Protection Child Protection Resources and Information CIS Global Education Blog Child Protection Workshop Online | Improving Safeguarding Practices in Schools International Schools Services ITFCP Managing Allegations Protocol ITFCP Safer Recruitment Checklist Make the Call: Verifying References: An Essential Practice for International School Leaders ITFCP Student Voice: Data, Guidance, and Resources Social-Emotional Learning and Child Self-Protection Curriculum Standards & Benchmarks John Mikton on Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton Web: beyonddigital.org Dan Taylor on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/appsevents Twitter: https://twitter.com/appdkt Web: www.appsevents.com Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Would you like to have a free 1 month trial of the new Google Workspace Plus (formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education)? 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For our special Olympics series The Meaningful Media Podcast celebrates media experiences rolled out during one of the biggest upcoming fan events in the world, the Paris 2024 Olympics. Joining our host Ben Downing is Charles Bal, Managing Director at Havas Play France. Havas Play France is a highly awarded agency which successfully taps the power of fans' passions to enable brands to effectively connect with audiences. Our special guest for this meaningful conversation is Sophie Bonnier, Director of International Partnerships at French telecoms giant Orange. As a partner of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Orange ‘is powering, and is powered by, the Olympics'. Put simply. Without the Internet, there is no Olympics. Together Sophie, Charles and Ben unpack what partnering with the Olympics means for a brand and how agency and client work hand in hand to carve impactful media experiences during one of the biggest sporting moments in the world. Recorded in Paris, the amazing location for the 2024 Olympics, the discussion includes shining a spotlight on the double role of Orange for the Olympics as both a marketing partner and the technology provider powering connectivity for this entire event, including the opening ceremony set to take place outside on the Seine river in central Paris. A key focus for their conversation is the very special marketing moment at this Olympics called the ‘Marathon pour Tous' (Marthon for All) which Orange is sponsoring. For the first time in Olympic history, the public will have the opportunity to run the same route as the Olympians in two races of 42km and 10km. Both races are literally in the steps of the Olympic runners, and will take place at night on 10 August. “For Orange, as we are very close to innovation and we want to bring innovations to people - it was really natural for us to become a partner for this event which is a first for the Olympics,” explains Sophie. The marathon is about making people live the adventure of the Olympics as well as connecting people together. As a telecoms' operator, Orange connects people together making this also an analogy. Sophie, Charles and Ben delve into the strategy behind creating this high impact, meaningful marketing moment and explain how agency and client are collaborating in the run up to one of the biggest sporting events in the world. This is a fascinating, insightful, ‘behind the scenes' conversation which makes a fantastic listen. Enjoy!
Full event title 'Global Gateway Strategy: EU's Values-Based Strategy for Enhanced International Partnerships and Sustainable Investments' In her remarks, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, presents the Global Gateway investment strategy. In a time of geopolitical turmoil and subsequent global crises, which have hit the most vulnerable the hardest, Global Gateway is the European Union's positive and holistic partnership offer to advance Sustainable Development Goals in partner countries. It reflects the new paradigm of development cooperation, stemming from the need to reset relations with the Global South and build mutually beneficial, equal partnerships to solve global challenges. About the Speaker: As European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Ms Jutta Urpilainen oversees the European Commission's work on international cooperation and sustainable development. Before joining the Commission, Ms Urpilainen served as a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2019. In 2008, she became the first woman leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. From 2011 to 2014, she served as Finland's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister. During that time, she became closely involved in development issues, joining the Development Committee of the World Bank Group and IMF, and chairing the Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development. She served as the Foreign Minister's Special Representative on Mediation (2017-19) and chaired the Finnish National Commission for UNESCO (2015-18).
This is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in March 2020. Jacob Hess, Carrie Skarda, Kyle Anderson, and Ty Mansfield are the authors of The Power of Stillness: Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints. In this interview they discuss where mindfulness and meditation fit into the gospel and how we can better approach our service and our practices with the balance of mindfulness. Jacob Hess, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) instructor trained through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Carrie Skarda, PsyD, is a psychologist in private practice. She has provided individual and couples therapy with particular interest in attachment trauma and mindfulness, and has studied and practiced mindfulness and formal meditation for over ten years. Kyle Anderson, PhD, is a professor of Chinese and Asian Studies, currently an administrator in Global Learning, International Partnerships and Initiatives at Clemson University, and came to mindfulness meditation through his studies in Asian literature. Ty Mansfield, PhD, is a practicing marriage and family therapist, an adjunct instructor in Religious Education at Brigham Young University, and is in the process of certification with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach in their Mindfulness Meditation Teacher training program. Links The Power of Stillness: Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints Jesus: The Perfect Leader, by Spencer W. Kimball The Council for Sustainable Healing Transcript coming soon Get 14-day access to the Core Leader Library Highlights 5:40 Jacob was exposed to meditation in graduate school and began to see where it fit into the gospel tradition 7:00 Backgrounds of the authors 9:00 Definitions of mindfulness and what it means to Christians and to Latter-day Saints: compassionate presence in the moment 11:10 Christ was meditative and present in the moment 12:25 Being busy vs. mindfulness 14:00 Looking for words in our own tradition: reverence, peace, stillness, pondering 15:45 Advice for a busy leader: Christ had a practice of punctuating his doing with non-doing; the rhythm of action and pausing is already built in to our practices 19:40 It's not the gospel that people struggle with, but an impoverished experience of it 20:55 David O. McKay quote: “I think we pay too little attention to the value of meditation, a principle of devotion. In our worship there are two elements: One is spiritual communion arising from our own meditation; the other, instruction from others, particularly from those who have authority to guide and instruct us. Of the two, the more profitable introspectively is meditation. Meditation is the language of the soul.” 22:10 Example in a ward council: not praying as a to-do, but sitting with the Savior 23:30 Clarity and priority come through pausing between action 24:25 Centering the attention on the inspiration in the moment and not on the calendar: Am I interruptable? 26:20 The Savior was interruptable in his task at hand and could pivot to what was most needful in the moment 28:35 The Savior was willing to build in his time with His Father, the foundation of His work 29:35 We can meditate on the person in front of us by giving them our full attention in that moment 31:30 The order in which the Savior did what he did: communion with the Father, surrounding himself in community, then going out to minister 33:45 C.S. Lewis (in Mere Christianity): “It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in. And so on, all day. Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings; coming in out of the wind.”
Looking to harmonize your career aspirations with a soul-fulfilling mission? If so, you'll want to listen to this latest episode featuring Neal Joseph of Mission: Leadership. As part of our ongoing “Vocation” series, Neal joins us to talk about the art of faith-based executive recruiting, where aligning spiritual values with the heart of an organization isn't just ideal—it's imperative. Neal, who shifted from the music industry to Christian ministry, shares valuable insights from his journey. We discuss his varied experiences—from working with famous musicians to leadership in global ministries—as well as how to align your career with your true calling. Neal notes the importance of grabbing opportunities and mastering communication within nonprofit leadership. He also gives practical tips on thriving in your current role and preparing for future advancement, making this episode particularly helpful for anyone looking to change paths or reach their vocational goals. Bio: Neal Joseph brings more than 35 years of senior-level leadership experience in the corporate, church, and nonprofit worlds to his role as Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Mission: Leadership, a faith-based executive recruiting firm. Before this, he served as Vice President of Nonprofit Recruiting at Slingshot Group, Senior Vice President of International Partnerships at Compassion International, megachurch Executive Pastor, Chief Operating Officer at Generous Giving, Label President at Warner Bros. Records, and Vice President of A&R and Marketing at Word Records. In addition to A.C.T. International, Neal also serves on the boards of American Leprosy Missions, the Accord Network, and Free Guitars 4 Kids. Resources: Mission: Leadership Spiritual First Aid Download your free copy of our Called to Serve: Navigating Your Christian Vocation in Humanitarian, Disaster, and Development Work e-book, which includes articles full of practical advice, insight, and encouragement. Each of the three sections concludes with thought-provoking questions and a prayer. We hope this e-book informs and also guides you toward reflection, prayer, and next steps. ------------ This episode was produced by WildfireCreative Theme Song: “Turning Over Tables” by The Brilliance Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Stitcher | RSS Follow us on Twitter: @drjamieaten | @kentannan Follow on Instagram: @wildfirecreativeco @wheaton_hdi (Note to the listener: In this podcast, sometimes we'll host Evangelicals, and sometimes we won't. Learning how to “do good, better” involves listening to many perspectives with different insights and understanding. Sometimes, it will make us uncomfortable; sometimes, we'll agree, and sometimes, we won't. We think that's good. We want to listen for correction–especially in our blind spots.) The Better Samaritan podcast is produced by the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, which offers an M.A. in Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership and a Trauma Certificate. To learn more and apply, visit our website. Jamie Aten, Ph.D., and Kent Annan, M.Div., co-direct the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College and are the Co-Founders of Spiritual First Aid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We've been waiting... and waiting... and waiting for Boeing's Starliner to fly. First selected in 2010, along with SpaceX's Crew Dragon, Starliner has been behind schedule for years. SpaceX got $2.6 billion for its six dragon flights, and Boeing received more at $4.3 billion, so you'd expect Boeing to be first to fly, right? Well, as of today, SpaceX has delivered crews to the International Space Station eight times, to Boeing's... zero. Delayed development, turbulence problems with the capsule on the Atlas launcher, stuck valves, flammable materials, and faulty parachute lines have all contributed to the delays. Boeing has flown two uncrewed missions—the first one a partial failure, with the second, funded by Boeing itself, flown to NASA's satisfaction. Now it's time to put a crew aboard. Will Boeing overcome their issues and deliver the goods? Join us. Headlines: Voyager's Return: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms reestablishment of contact with Voyager 1 after five months of silence, overcoming communication challenges over vast interstellar distances. China's Shenzhou 18 and Tiangong Space Station: China successfully launches Shenzhou 18 to the Tiangong Space Station, which was recently hit by space debris, prompting China to revamp its space debris management strategies. International Partnerships for Lunar Research: China announces new international partnerships for its International Lunar Research Station, contrasting its progress with NASA's Artemis Accords. Main Topic: Boeing Starliner's Upcoming Mission Starliner's Crewed Test Flight: A detailed discussion on Boeing's upcoming Starliner mission, highlighting the spacecraft's capabilities, the crew's preparations, and the significance of this test flight. Spacecraft and Mission Overview: Insights into the Starliner's design, the choice of Atlas V rockets for the launch, and the planned landing procedures in the southwestern United States. Crew Profiles: Focus on the astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, discussing their backgrounds, roles in the mission, and expectations for the test flight. Closing Thoughts: Rod and Tariq wrap up with final thoughts on the importance of the Starliner mission for Boeing and NASA, discussing potential outcomes and what they signify for the future of commercial spaceflight. Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
We've been waiting... and waiting... and waiting for Boeing's Starliner to fly. First selected in 2010, along with SpaceX's Crew Dragon, Starliner has been behind schedule for years. SpaceX got $2.6 billion for its six dragon flights, and Boeing received more at $4.3 billion, so you'd expect Boeing to be first to fly, right? Well, as of today, SpaceX has delivered crews to the International Space Station eight times, to Boeing's... zero. Delayed development, turbulence problems with the capsule on the Atlas launcher, stuck valves, flammable materials, and faulty parachute lines have all contributed to the delays. Boeing has flown two uncrewed missions—the first one a partial failure, with the second, funded by Boeing itself, flown to NASA's satisfaction. Now it's time to put a crew aboard. Will Boeing overcome their issues and deliver the goods? Join us. Headlines: Voyager's Return: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms reestablishment of contact with Voyager 1 after five months of silence, overcoming communication challenges over vast interstellar distances. China's Shenzhou 18 and Tiangong Space Station: China successfully launches Shenzhou 18 to the Tiangong Space Station, which was recently hit by space debris, prompting China to revamp its space debris management strategies. International Partnerships for Lunar Research: China announces new international partnerships for its International Lunar Research Station, contrasting its progress with NASA's Artemis Accords. Main Topic: Boeing Starliner's Upcoming Mission Starliner's Crewed Test Flight: A detailed discussion on Boeing's upcoming Starliner mission, highlighting the spacecraft's capabilities, the crew's preparations, and the significance of this test flight. Spacecraft and Mission Overview: Insights into the Starliner's design, the choice of Atlas V rockets for the launch, and the planned landing procedures in the southwestern United States. Crew Profiles: Focus on the astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, discussing their backgrounds, roles in the mission, and expectations for the test flight. Closing Thoughts: Rod and Tariq wrap up with final thoughts on the importance of the Starliner mission for Boeing and NASA, discussing potential outcomes and what they signify for the future of commercial spaceflight. Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
On this episode, my guests are Martin Lena and Linda Poppe of Survival International. They join me to discuss “fortress conservation” in the Congo, the issues facing Kahuzi-Biega National Park, and the recent victories of Survival International there. Linda is a political scientist and director of the Berlin office of Survival International, the global movement for Indigenous peoples' rights. She is also part of Survival's campaign to Decolonize Conservation, which supports Indigenous peoples, who continue to suffer land theft and human rights abuses in the name of conservation.Martin is an advocacy officer for Survival International. He primarily works on Survival's campaign to Decolonize Conservation and has collected testimonies directly from communities facing violations of their rights in the name of conservation. Show Notes:What Conservation Looks like in the Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Evictions of the BatwaSafari Tourism in DRC ConflictThe Militarization of Conservation in Kahuzi-Biega National ParkLand Guards vs Land GuardiansOrganizing Victory! Scrapping French Involvement in Kahuze-BiegaThe German Government Continues to Fund the ParkSolidarity: How to Respond / Act in ConcertHomework:Survival International: French government scraps funding plan for Kahuzi-Biega National Park, citing human rights concernsSurvival International Decolonize Conservation CampaignBalancing Act: The Imperative of Social and Ecological Justice in Kahuzi-BiegaTranscript:Chris: [00:00:00] Welcome to the End of Tourism Podcast, Martin and Linda. I'd love it if I could start by asking you two to explain to our listeners where you two find yourselves today and what the world looks like there for you. Linda: Well, hi everyone. My name is Linda. I work for Survival International and I'm in Berlin. I'm at home, actually, and I look forward to talking to you and chatting with you.It's dark outside already, but, well, that's, I guess, the time of the year. Martin: And I'm based in Paris, also at home, but I work at Survival's French office. And how does the world feel right now? It feels a bit too warm for October, but other than that. Chris: Well, thank you both for for joining me today. I'd like to begin by reminiscing on the season three interview that I had with your colleague Fiore Longo, entitled "Decolonizing Conservation in Africa and Beyond."And in that interview, we discussed the history [00:01:00] of conservation as colonization in the context of Tanzania and the national parks that were built there and the indigenous lands that were stolen in order to do so. I'm curious if you two could offer a bit of background for our listeners in terms of the history of conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and especially in regards to the Batwa people and the Kahuzi Biega National Park.Linda: We were quite you know, astonished of the colonial history that, we find in the park where we're here to discuss today. Well, the Congo, obviously, you know, was a colony. And I think in this context, we also need to look at the conservation that is happening in the DRC today.And a lot of the things that you have discussed with our colleague, feel very true for the DRC as well. And the, the park that we're going to look at today, I think it's probably [00:02:00] also the best example to start to explain a little bit what conservation looks like in DRC. It's an older park, so it was created a longer time ago, and it was always regarded as something that is there to protect precious nature for people to look at and not for people to go and live in.And this is exactly what the problem is today, which we see continues, that the people that used to live on this land are being pushed outside violently, separated from the land which they call home, which is everything for them, the supermarket, the church, the school, just in the name of conserving supposed nature.And unfortunately, this is something that we see all over the DRC and different protected areas that exist there, that we still follow this colonial idea of mostly European [00:03:00] conservationists in history and also currently that claim that they're protecting nature, often in tandem with international conservation NGOs.In the park we look at today, it's the Wildlife Conservation Society, and they're, yeah, trying to get rid of the original inhabitants that have guarded these spaces for such a long time. Martin: To build on that, in our campaign to decolonize conservation and survival, we often say that fortress conservation has deep colonial roots and you can definitely see that with the the actual history of the of Kahuzi Biega National Park because it started as a reserve that was created by the Belgian colonial government in 1937 and It was transformed into a national park after independence.So in the 70s, but it was still designated as such following the lobbying of a Belgian conservationist. So it's really the continuation the Western and the European will to keep controlling the, [00:04:00] the independent territories. And that in Africa oftentimes was done through conservation.Linda: And it also has this idea of, I think a lot of the conservation projects that we see, Martin just said it, there was also this post independence push on creating national parks, which was obviously related to the idea that Europeans might lose hold of control in certain areas, so they were pushing for the creation of national parks like the Kahuzi Biega National Park.And that is the setting that we're talking about, basically, something that has very colonial roots and has been pushed into the post colonial era, but in a way which is actually very colonial. Chris: Thank you both for that brief, brief history and introduction into what we'll be speaking about today, Linda, you mentioned that so many of the circumstances around the creation of these national parks includes the exclusion and [00:05:00] displacement of the original inhabitants.And in this case, among others, this includes the Batwa people. And so I'd like to just give our listeners a little bit of a context for what's happened to the Batwa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And so the statistics tell us that "over 90 percent of the 87, 000 indigenous Batwa people in the park have lost legal access to their native territory, turned into conservation areas, and who are desperately poor," according to a 2009 United Nations report.Now, in a recent Reuters article, it's written that, quote, "Local human rights and environmental experts say that the authorities failure to fulfill promises to the Batwa has undermined efforts to protect the forest and its endangered species, including some of the last populations of eastern lowland gorilla.Some of the Batwa around the [00:06:00] park participate in the illegal poaching, mining, and logging that are destroying the gorilla's globally significant habitat. As a result, the conservation outlook for the park is critical, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature." The article goes further and says that "the Batwa have no choice because they are poverty stricken, according to Josue Aruna, president of the province's environmental civil society group, who does community outreach for the Batwa." It seems in this way that the land rights and traditional lifestyles of the Batwa are intimately tied to the health and survival of the ecosystems within the national park, which they've been excluded from, and that their poverty is a consequence of their displacement. Do you think that the issue is as simple as that? Martin: It's always interesting to read these reports from the conservationists, whether it's the IUCN or the NGOs, because the problem is always "the local people. So they are poor and they [00:07:00] have no choice. They participate in poaching." and it's always their fault.Like you were saying, if they end up being poor it's because they were evicted from the land. And as Linda was saying earlier, the forest and the land more generally is everything to them or was everything to them. So it's not only the place where they get food, it's also the whole basis of their identity and their way of life.So once they lose that, they end up in our world, capitalist system, but at the lowest possible level. So, that's why they end up in poverty. But it's a problem that was created by the conservationists themselves. And even when you read Their discourse or their position about trying to improve the situation for the Batwa, it's always about generating revenue ,lifting them out of poverty, developing alternative livelihoods. But what we are campaigning for is not some alternative to the loss of their rights. It's Their land rights themselves. And to go to your other question [00:08:00] about the fact that the loss of their land rights has led to a degrading in the health of the ecosystem.I think, yes, for sure. That has been the case, and it's what we're seeing all around the world in these protected areas that are supposed to protect nature. But actually, once you evict the best conservationists and the people that were taking care of the land for decades, then there is room for all kinds of exploitation whether it be mass tourism or luxury safaris or even mining and logging concessions.So it's not a coincidence if 80 percent of the biodiversity on the planet is located in indigenous territories. It's because they have lived in the land. It's not wild nature. They have lived there for generations. They have protected it and they have shaped it through their practices. So, to us, the best way to protect this ecosystem is to ensure that their land rights are respected and blaming them for poaching or putting that on the fact that they are poor, it's just [00:09:00] dishonest and ignoring the basis of the problem.Linda: Yeah. I agree. And when you just read out these sentences, I noted down like the way it was formulated, as a result, the park is threatened. It's again, just focusing on the local people as being the problem. Like the protected areas, they are to protect an area from the local people, which I think becomes very clear in the way you explained it. And also, like, Martin, I'm quite struck by the idea that they talk about poor people, but ignoring that, you know, their actions that of the Batwa have also caused this poverty. So it's, in a way, you know, first you make people poor and then you kind of insult them almost for being poor and then, you know, acting accordingly.I think that is quite, you know, ignoring what has happened. And I think it's the same with [00:10:00] the general model of conservation. Like the sentences you read, I mean, there is some sympathy in it, you know, it sounds like, "oh, these poor people," you know, "in a way we regret what has happened and that they were evicted."But it's like "those poor people," they don't really look at, you know, why were they evicted and what are the consequences for our kind of conservation today? Like the consequence could be that the Batwa can return to their land because they are the best guardians and because it would give them a base to, to live, not in poverty.So that consequence, they don't see it's because they ignore all the things that have caused the supposed poverty and have caused this kind of conservation that we see. So, don't think about what we've done in the past, we'll just go on, but that is a problem because they don't learn any lessons from what has happened and that land rights should be so important.Chris: Yeah, I think that it definitely points towards this notion that I think a lot of people are becoming apt to in our [00:11:00] times in these days, which is the general kind of approach to the dilemmas in these contexts are to look at the symptoms of the dilemma and not the causes.And in the context of the eviction and exile, displacement of the Batwa people, one of the articles mentions that "one of the consequences of the induced poverty includes the endangering and further endangering of the eastern lowland gorilla." And I mention this because in my research leading up to this interview, this conversation, I looked into the tourism offerings in Kahuzi Biega, in the National Park, and I found the following.I'm just gonna read off a list of what I did find. " Gorilla safaris, or trekking. Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center tours. Camping safaris. Cultural tours. Bird [00:12:00] watching. Hiking. Climbing and boat cruises." And so my next question is this. To what extent does the safari tourism in the national park play a part in this conflict?Linda: Oh, that's a super interesting question. I mean, it obviously depends on the specific park that you look at. But I think I would say in almost any national park that we look at in Survival, there is some kind of idea that this park needs to have tourists. Tourists need to come and go and see the beauty of nature, ideally Western tourists, so that they become involved in conservation and donate money, and also in a way that tourism would be a way to pay for services that are related to maintaining the park.So it's something that usually always pops up. It's kind of, it's like twins a little bit. And, you know, I, I work on, on [00:13:00] mostly German politics and how they relate to this conservation. And it's something that you can't really separate where you read about conservation projects that the German government funds, you will always also read about tourism.So they're very interlinked. In some parks, you know, there isn't a lot of tourism because the situation is not very attractive to western tourists, but the idea is always there. And then the extent to which tourism actually happens obviously differs and then has different effects. In some parks that we work on, There's a lot of tourism, there's a lot of creation of infrastructure for tourists, hotels, for roads, for tourist vehicles to go places.Then it obviously has a much stronger impact on the area and also on the people that live there. If there are less tourists, then the actual effect of tourism is, of course, a little bit less than it might sound in these proposals to have tourists there at all.Chris: In the [00:14:00] context of conflict zones, which from what I understand this particular park in the Congo is a conflict zone, or at least parts of it, that tourism can act as a kind of barrier between local populations or local ecologies and the consequences of those conflict zones, right? But it doesn't necessarily stop the conflict. It just turns it underground, it turns a kind of blind eye to it, waiting, in most instances that I know of, until the organized crime in the area ends up getting, you know, their hands into the economy of, of the tourism itself.Martin: Yeah, I mean, I agree with Linda that it's always there and it's always under the discourse and it's never only about conservation, there's always tourism. And often the national parks are created for this purpose. If you read the UNESCO definition or the IUCN definition of what a national park is, it says it's also for [00:15:00] recreation.So these places are built for tourists. against the locals. So, yeah, it's always there and it's even in the definition.Linda: So yeah, when you said tourism is a barrier in some cases tourism can amplify the problems that are there because there is more eviction or there's more interest of, for example, governments to evict people, to create this great picture of nature, which is so attractive to tourists.So I think, I would find it as something that can really worsen the situation. I think from what I've seen, you know. We sometimes talk about sustainable tourism or respectful tourism, but in the terms of conservation projects, my impression really is that it's been harmful.And the indigenous populations that work in tourism, which is one of the things that funders of conservation projects often [00:16:00] say, that they can find jobs in tourism. A lot of these jobs are not very good. And I would argue that a lot of times people need to take these jobs because they have lost the choice to not take a job and live from the forest.Chris: Yeah, it's an interesting thing to wonder about in the little research that I did around what's happening in this particular park in the Congo, that there are rebel groups. It is a conflict zone, and yet there are these tourism offerings, right? And that surely, the champions of the National Park and conservation and in many areas would say, "well, you know, the more, the more tourism we can get in here the more we can undermine at least the economic causes if not the political ones that are contributing to the violence," when in fact, from what I can understand from Survival's work, that this is just deepens the causes that produced that conflict and that exile in the first place.Linda: Yeah. And I think there's also [00:17:00] perception of injustice, which we shouldn't underestimate. I mean, if you're an indigenous person that has been violently evicted or whose family has been violently evicted from a certain area, and then you see, Western tourists mostly, which are rich, you know, pay a lot of money for these trips, are allowed to go in and use that area in a way. I think that also creates, yeah, a sense of injustice, which is also, yeah, it's quite, quite sad. Chris: Mm hmm. Definitely. And then that's certainly what we see in over touristed places around the world and in places that are just starting to become over touristed, this kind of deep resentment amongst locals for the inequalities, the growing inequalities and yeah, as well, the injustices that these industries bring.And so on that point of conflict zones, especially in and around Kahuzi Biega. I wanted to ask you both a question around the militarization of conservation. So, [00:18:00] some people believe that militarized park police, which is what exists in this park, are a necessary evil.Officially, at least, "the guards protect the park from armed militias or rebel groups in the area, ensuring that they stay out of the park." Of course, those who they confront and sometimes attack also include the indigenous people, the Batwa in this case, who are trying to retake and reclaim their ancestral lands.And the argument is that without the guards, the land would fall into the hands of much more malevolent groups or forces. And so how do you think the presence of armed conflict as well as militarized conservation guards complicates the issue? Linda: That's a tough question. Well, maybe I can just give like a little anecdote.It was actually about this park, the [00:19:00] Kahuzi Biega National Park, and we were talking to German politicians and government officials about the problem of conflict and about the problem that these park rangers you know, are trained and have a lot of weapons, which seems very militant. And they, they were seeing the problem.They were seeing that this is probably not the best thing they should do, support security forces in an area which is already so problematic. But their thinking was, if we don't give them the money, now we have created this this force, basically. We have hired people, we have trained them.Now, if we stop supporting them, what are they going to do? You know, they're gonna maybe take the training and their weapons and make it even worse. So in a way, I mean, this was off record, right? They were just kind of thinking out loud. But in a way, they were seeing that the projects that they have supported have created structures which [00:20:00] very likely will increase conflict.And it seems quite obvious also because you see all these conflicts with indigenous peoples. So, I'm not going to say that it's a very peaceful area and there is not a need maybe for people to defend themselves. But in a way, the structures that we have in militarized conservation are not the solution.You know, they make the situation much more complicated than it initially was. And now, like, in this park, we're in a situation where we witness terrible human rights abuses, and everyone's scared to act and do something because it could get even worse. And it's, yeah, it doesn't seem like a very good solution.I think we need another way. We can't just stick our head, and say, oh, you know, we just go on, we'll just go on and then let someone else deal with it in a few years. I don't think that's a very good solution. Very good example.Martin: And it's questionable also to what extent do these these guards, these armed [00:21:00] rangers actually protect the, the parks and the species because they are here supposedly to fight against illegal wildlife trade and poaching and everything.But what studies have shown is that the root cause of of poaching and of the, of the illegal wildlife trade is mostly the demand for such products that comes from industrialized countries or at least other parts of the world and the system is made for the guards to take action against the local population and not against the actual criminal networks that lead to illegal wildlife trade and poaching.They get money for people they arrest and the easiest people to find are the locals that are trying to get to their ancestral lands. And there's also sometimes the park management involved in these criminal networks. So, you pretend to put in place a system to fight against illegal wildlife trade, but there ends up being no choice but [00:22:00] for the guards to, to take on the local people. Linda: Maybe we should also think about the indigenous populations as guards, or maybe guardians is the better word, of this area. And if we zoom out of the DRC and look at South America, where we have much stronger land rights... it's not perfect, but of course, better for indigenous people.They often act as guardians or guards of these territories, even though they're also confronted with illegal logging, quite brutal illegal logging, for example. But in a way, they are there and they, of course, are supported by authorities ideally, in defending these territories, but you see a less violent or militarized conflict because you have the indigenous guardians, as opposed to starting out with their protected [00:23:00] areas and armed guards, which are not just there to defend themselves, but have extensive rights of use of violence, and they don't have to fear any repercussions if something goes wrong and they kill, for example, an indigenous person.I mean, that's what we've seen in this park, that they can basically act with impunity. Chris: And thank you, Linda, for offering that example of the difference or the contrast between places like the Kahuzi Biega National Park and the DRC and other places in South America, for example, where there is this inherited intergenerational understanding of guardianship and while there's only maybe a half a century of conservation industry in these places, of course, they're an extension of the colonial project or projects that were undertaken much further back in time in places like Africa and places like the DRC before it was known as such.And then what happens, you know, after X amount of [00:24:00] generations after this kind of exile and displacement, that there is no lived memory anymore of what it means to be a guardian of your place. And I don't just mean as a title, but in terms of how you guard that place, as an indigenous person.We might be able to say that the Western world or the modern world that that's very much what we've become is people who are unable to remember or have a lived memory of what it's like to adequately stand as guardians for a place. You know, I think with the work that you two in Survival International are doing, there's a path forward towards that.And I'd like to remind our listeners that we're also here speaking today in part because there was a victory that was won by Survival International on behalf of the Batwa people and activists like yourself. And so I'd like to just read very briefly from [00:25:00] July 2023 press release from Survival International, in which it is said that, quote, "in a landmark decision, the French government has scrapped its plan to fund the controversial Kahuzi Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo."France's Minister of State for Development, francophonie and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, confirmed that the plan to begin financing the Kahuzi Biega National Park has been scrapped. Ms. Zacharopoulou said, quote, "It has been abandoned, in line with our requirement for the respect of human rights."So first of all, I'd like to say congratulations to you both and to your teams at Survival for for getting this this victory and for doing the work you need to do in order to get there. And I'd like to [00:26:00] ask about the strategies that were employed in order to revoke French support for the park. You know, so many of these efforts and victories are either ignored in the context of the endless dilemmas or they're celebrated kind of superficially without considering the work it took to organize such campaigns.And so my question is, how has this campaign been organized by Survival International? Martin: Well, to give a bit of context the first time we heard about the French Development Agency planning on funding Kahuzi Biega, it was in the exact same time period as the publication of a report by Minority Rights Group International detailing brutal waves of violence in 2019 and until 2020 of appalling human rights abuses. So, atrocities that including murder, torture, rape [00:27:00] the burning alive of children, the burning of villages. So, we are, in this context, where we are reading the minority rights group report and understanding the scale of these waves of violence against the Batwa.And around the same period, we see that the French Development Agency has been a delegation, including the director, has been to the park and plans on funding it. So, of course we are appalled and and decide to write to the French Development Agency, but also to the to the ministry that has oversight.So, one of them is the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. And then we wait. And then we also got the support of a senator who also sent a letter and asked a question in Parliament to the government about their plan to fund this park in the context of these human rights violations.And so in July 2022, so last year, they decided to suspend temporarily the project. It was also in the context of an internal scandal because there was an expert[00:28:00] in the field and contracted by the French development agency to carry out a feasibility study. And he was basically saying around, and it can be heard in recordings saying that basically the study is just a formality and that the decision to fund the park has already been made.So there's both scandals. An internal scandal about the due diligence apparently being considered a formality on the field and the scandal of the very detailed report that had just gone out about the atrocities. So, that led to a temporary suspension. And they said that they would conclude the study and look into the abuses into social aspects.And then a year passed and we kept sending letters, of course, and doing some public campaigning about it on social media, et cetera. And then the senator asked again a question in July this year, and that's when we learned that the project was cancelled. So, of course, it's a victory, and it shows that sometimes the government actually does have the oversight[00:29:00] on the development agencies and takes the right decisions.But, of course, it's just the whole model still needs to be challenged and the park still has many international backers, even in the context of the atrocities that we that we know about. Chris: Mm. So the senator that asked about the status of the funding and found out that it was in fact scrapped, the scrapping of the funding was never made public until that point?Or there was never any press release saying so? Martin: No, they made it public, In the answer to the question, orally, in, in commission in Parliament. Chris: Mm. And would there be no way that the French public, for example, would be able to find out about this otherwise?Martin: I don't think so. And to be honest, I'm not even sure the decision had been taken before. I think they looked into it again because the senator asked a question again, but that's just speculation. Chris: And you spoke about writing letters, obviously to politicians and to the ministries [00:30:00] and also social media campaigns. Do you think there was more of an effect on the scrapping of the funding because of the public campaign, the social media campaign? Martin: Yeah, I think and that's basically the whole premise on which our campaigns are based is that an efficient mobilization of the public opinion will lead and the fact that the public cares and is informed will lead to a more efficient lobbying and advocacy of the governments and, and other government agencies. So yeah, I think one can't go without the other. And I don't know what would have happened if only the Senator had asked the questions or if only the Senator had asked a question or if we had only sent a letter and no public campaigning at all, or no press release, or no social media, I don't know. So I think, yeah, both go hand in hand.Chris: Mm hmm.So do you think that without the report from the Minority Rights Group, that the funding would have gone ahead, regardless of what was actually happening there? Martin: It's possible because we know that the funders were aware for years and [00:31:00] years of the human rights violations. And even before the waves of violence that are described in the report, we know that they were aware of that risk of violence at that time and of the human rights violation in the whole context of the militarized park.So, I think it could have very well gone ahead, because the other funders knew and kept funding it. And yeah, it's very important to get that kind of report with very detailed testimonies and information from the ground, and really documenting these atrocities. Otherwise, it's just business as usual.Chris: And the original proposal for the funding at least by the French government or the ministries involved, they were basically just promoting conservation in the way that it typically is. That's what the funding was for? Martin: Well, it's hard to know because they never published anything and actually, they never actually started funding it.It was just, just a project. Like I said, they went on a visit there and started making [00:32:00] promise to the local conservation agencies and to the local authorities. It's not clear to this day what exactly they were planning on funding, but it was clearly stated that there were planning on supporting the park itself, but I don't know for which kind of activities, but still, funding the same structure that that has been responsible for these abuses is still unacceptable.Chris: Mm hmm sounds "sketchy," as we say in English. And and so for our listeners, just a little bit of further context while France simply abandoned plans, the country had not yet made, or the government had not yet made, Germany continues to finance the park despite France's, however, subtle acknowledgment of human rights violations.And so, Linda, my question for you is, first of all, why is Germany funding a national park in the DRC to begin with? And, if you know, [00:33:00] how does that money get spent? Linda: Well, I guess the, the German interest in this park is pretty old, so the German government started funding the park already in the 80s.And there were some other projects even before that, supposedly. But it's considered to be a very, well, it obviously is a very long running project financed by the German government. And some local people call it the German park, because they assume that without the German funding, it wouldn't even exist. Like the kind of money that has been given over decades and the kind of things that have been funded, the infrastructure, the Congolese conservation authorities, the park rangers, you know, all the things that were funded basically crucial for the park to function. So yeah, it is a very German funded project. And also the German government has for very, a very long time looked at it as being a prestigious [00:34:00] project.You know, it was this great park, the gorillas, you already mentioned it, you know, and the Germans been funding it, which when you know a bit about German history, post World War II, there was a lot of interest in biodiversity and conservation funding because it was a good thing to do, which gave Germany a little bit of a different international picture than it had after the war.So there was a lot of interest in funding projects, and they were perceived as being fantastic, and they were shown to be these great projects that Germany is supporting internationally. And then, obviously, it isn't, but the German government has been very, very good at denying that there are these problems, and the role that it has had in facilitating these horrific human rights abuses. Mm. Chris: And how, if at all, has the German government responded to the [00:35:00] scrapping of the French funding? Linda: Very good timing, because I just got a response today, actually from the German government. Mm. 'cause we did point out to them that the French government has decided to not fund the park because of the violations of indigenous people's rights and because of human rights concerns. So we pointed this out to the ministry again, just in case, they would not have learned about this themselves. But the reply basically doesn't address this at all. You know, this was what we wrote the letter about and the replies about all the great things that the German government keeps funding and the improvements it is supposedly seeing on the ground and these improvements justifying their continued support.So it's just a letter explaining why they continue funding it and not addressing why maybe partners like the French government have decided not to fund it. And it's something that we have seen over the years. I think [00:36:00] survival first raised human rights violations in the Kahuzi Biega National Park in actually 2017, so that's quite a few years ago.There was a Batwa family. A father with his son, a teenage son. They were going into the park to collect herbs for medicine because another son of the family was sick. They encountered park rangers who killed the teenager and hurt wounded the father. So it was quite a terrible incident.And the father wrote to the German government, to the funders, and he complained about these human rights violations and the fact that the Batwa had lost access to the park and to their livelihood because of the German funding. The German government just said, "well, you know, there's not much we can do about it, basically."They tried to pay some money, but then really nothing, nothing else happened. And over the years, the situation hasn't improved. It has [00:37:00] gotten worse. But the German government keeps saying that they have faith in the Congolese conservation authorities and they do not see grounds to stop the funding or the project.They keep saying that they see progress. And things will get better. And we know it hasn't gone better. Chris: I'd like to return anyways to this this question around tactics and strategies and organizing. It seems that activists and those not directly involved in social movements struggle with the weight of our times.I mean, it's you know, kind of hard to ignore these days. And so, given that the German government, I imagine, is the obvious next target in the campaign to defund Kahuzi Biega, or at least the conservation authorities and programs there, what tactics, what strategies are being employed by Survival in your campaigns, [00:38:00] and how might our listeners in Germany, France, Europe, and, and beyond, how might they participate?Linda: That's a very good question, because, as I said, you know, Survival has been working on this for a few years, and there's a little bit of frustration, of course, that not much is happening in the terms of acknowledging the problem of funding this park. I think what Survival, what we're thinking is, quite important in this issue of conservation is making sure that donors in the West understand that this is a very symptomatic problem.So, a lot of conservation projects function like this and it is because there is this underlying problem with them, that they do not acknowledge land rights. But they continue to say that certain government authorities or certain conservation organizations are best put to run these places. It's the same with the [00:39:00] Kahuzi Biega National Park.The German government now says, "well, we know there are problems, so we pull in the WCS. They're the conservation organization and everything will be better. But it won't because they also have a record of not respecting indigenous people's rights. So, we need to make them understand that there is this underlying issue of not acknowledging indigenous people's land rights.And we try to do this by pointing out that this is a problem which is happening in a lot of national parks. So, protected areas that Survival has looked at in Africa and Asia, almost all of them, even the ones that we were told were good examples, have these problems. And we try to show that to the donors that have such big impact on these conservation projects and make them rethink what they're doing.It's a very difficult process, of course, because they've always done it in a different way. And now it's hard for them to think [00:40:00] about, you know, giving control and power to local people, which until now they've always said is a threat to conservation. It's like a total turn of what they assumed so far.But for us, it seems like that's the thing that we have to do for them to actually acknowledge the problem, because otherwise all the solutions that they come up with are not real solutions. They put people like the WCS in power, which is also not going to respect the Batwas' rights. Chris: Yeah, I think one of the critiques around development is in the context of these industries, especially things like conservation, volunteerism is another one that as industries, you would imagine that they would have in their mission statement, or vision, or ten-year plan, the slow and intentional disappearance of their own industry, right? Because if what they were [00:41:00] doing was working, we would need less of them. And there would be less of them, but here we are, right? And it's just, of course, a massively growing industry, both conservation and volunteerism. Martin: Yeah, it's true that our key targets are the donors, because like many of the issues that indigenous peoples are facing across the world, the root of the problem and the funding for these problems come from the West and our societies. So that's going to remain one of our targets and key part of the strategy. I think we are starting to see a shift in the discourse, in France, at least. And when we talk to the politicians, we also see that shift, that shift in the discourse of the conservation NGOs, but it's still as harmful. So instead of saying that these places are wild and empty and that the local artists are destroying it or encroaching, well, they still say it, but they also say that what we were saying before about the poverty issue and that [00:42:00] they will generate new projects and new activities and development basically.So, I think that they are starting to acknowledge the presence of these people. They couldn't be further from recognizing their land rights because, like you said, otherwise it means their own disappearance, and they're not built for that. Linda: Yeah, so it's a difficult, it's a difficult thing. I mean, I think we try to talk to people that are more inclined to understand the importance of indigenous people's rights so that we can have a base of people that support our campaigning, which is very important for us.And then we select our targets and try to engage the people that support us in convincing these targets to change projects or change their minds. And sometimes, you know, that can just be it a tweet that texts someone who we know makes decisions about certain [00:43:00] projects, try to raise awareness that there is concern about this project, that some people disagree, that this doesn't comply with human rights, that this doesn't comply with, agreements or treaties they're supporting for indigenous people's rights.And sometimes it's a more complex lobbying strategy. So there are different things we try to do and sometimes, like we saw with the example of the French government, sometimes it works because there's timing, there's different things coming together. But obviously, even though we have a lot of strategies, it's always difficult to know what will work in the end.So we try different things and try to engage with people that will help us spread the word about the need to decolonize conservation and do it differently and acknowledge land rights. And sometimes it's little things that really change a lot. Sometimes we work on something for a long time and it wasn't the right strategy and we need to change.[00:44:00] Chris: Well, speaking of how might our listeners find out more about Survival International and the decolonize conservation campaigns and especially around the work that you two are doing. Martin: Well, I strongly encourage people to read more of our campaigns on the website, on social media, also to subscribe to our newsletter, because that's where we mostly share our urgent actions.So which are one of our tools to put pressure on the targets. So, mass emails basically sent by our supporters to the targets about specific projects. And we also publish some video, direct video testimonies in our tribal voice projects, as we call it.So if they want to listen to, to the victims explaining the problems they are facing, but also the way of life that they have lost or sometimes more inspiring things about the resistance and and the fight. I think it's also very interesting to hear directly from the people affected.But yeah, I strongly encourage people to join the movement by [00:45:00] any means possible. And sometimes as Linda said, just small actions like a tweet or sending an email through these campaigns can be can really make an impact and and it does help ensure that the advocacy and the lobbying is effective.Linda: Yeah, and I think it's also a nice way to picture that you're showing solidarity with, for example, the Batwa, who often perceive the Western donors as being the cause of their problem. And I think for them, it's nice to see that there are also people in the countries that, where the problems originate that are standing up for their rights and supporting them.And I think it's probably the least we can do also, because we're so obsessed with African nature that I think it would be a very good step for us to think about the people that live in these places.Chris: Yeah, absolutely. And maybe not immediately or superficially in part because of the inundations and the dilemmas in our times, but that kind of [00:46:00] solidarity can begin to break down as well, the largely like unconscious nationalist tendencies we have when we think of other people in other countries, we always associate those people with their governments, right?Which is just like, absolutely ridiculous when anyone thinks of themselves in relation to their own government, right? But these are two faces, two voices of the resistance that are working on behalf of many others.And so I just wanted to reiterate that we're here today just to have the chance to be able to speak about a little bit about this this small victory that all willing will lead to many more to much bigger ones in regards to the Decolonize Conservation campaign of Survival International.It takes work and I'm grateful to be able to speak with you both today and to have you share some of your work and your dedication with our listeners and I will make sure that all of those links that you mentioned, Martin, will be on the End of Tourism website and available for our [00:47:00] listeners to sign up to the newsletter and follow on social media and of course participate if they so wish.Thank you both. Linda: Thanks. Martin: Thank you. Get full access to ⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ at chrischristou.substack.com/subscribe
We've been waiting... and waiting... and waiting for Boeing's Starliner to fly. First selected in 2010, along with SpaceX's Crew Dragon, Starliner has been behind schedule for years. SpaceX got $2.6 billion for its six dragon flights, and Boeing received more at $4.3 billion, so you'd expect Boeing to be first to fly, right? Well, as of today, SpaceX has delivered crews to the International Space Station eight times, to Boeing's... zero. Delayed development, turbulence problems with the capsule on the Atlas launcher, stuck valves, flammable materials, and faulty parachute lines have all contributed to the delays. Boeing has flown two uncrewed missions—the first one a partial failure, with the second, funded by Boeing itself, flown to NASA's satisfaction. Now it's time to put a crew aboard. Will Boeing overcome their issues and deliver the goods? Join us. Headlines: Voyager's Return: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms reestablishment of contact with Voyager 1 after five months of silence, overcoming communication challenges over vast interstellar distances. China's Shenzhou 18 and Tiangong Space Station: China successfully launches Shenzhou 18 to the Tiangong Space Station, which was recently hit by space debris, prompting China to revamp its space debris management strategies. International Partnerships for Lunar Research: China announces new international partnerships for its International Lunar Research Station, contrasting its progress with NASA's Artemis Accords. Main Topic: Boeing Starliner's Upcoming Mission Starliner's Crewed Test Flight: A detailed discussion on Boeing's upcoming Starliner mission, highlighting the spacecraft's capabilities, the crew's preparations, and the significance of this test flight. Spacecraft and Mission Overview: Insights into the Starliner's design, the choice of Atlas V rockets for the launch, and the planned landing procedures in the southwestern United States. Crew Profiles: Focus on the astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, discussing their backgrounds, roles in the mission, and expectations for the test flight. Closing Thoughts: Rod and Tariq wrap up with final thoughts on the importance of the Starliner mission for Boeing and NASA, discussing potential outcomes and what they signify for the future of commercial spaceflight. Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
We've been waiting... and waiting... and waiting for Boeing's Starliner to fly. First selected in 2010, along with SpaceX's Crew Dragon, Starliner has been behind schedule for years. SpaceX got $2.6 billion for its six dragon flights, and Boeing received more at $4.3 billion, so you'd expect Boeing to be first to fly, right? Well, as of today, SpaceX has delivered crews to the International Space Station eight times, to Boeing's... zero. Delayed development, turbulence problems with the capsule on the Atlas launcher, stuck valves, flammable materials, and faulty parachute lines have all contributed to the delays. Boeing has flown two uncrewed missions—the first one a partial failure, with the second, funded by Boeing itself, flown to NASA's satisfaction. Now it's time to put a crew aboard. Will Boeing overcome their issues and deliver the goods? Join us. Headlines: Voyager's Return: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms reestablishment of contact with Voyager 1 after five months of silence, overcoming communication challenges over vast interstellar distances. China's Shenzhou 18 and Tiangong Space Station: China successfully launches Shenzhou 18 to the Tiangong Space Station, which was recently hit by space debris, prompting China to revamp its space debris management strategies. International Partnerships for Lunar Research: China announces new international partnerships for its International Lunar Research Station, contrasting its progress with NASA's Artemis Accords. Main Topic: Boeing Starliner's Upcoming Mission Starliner's Crewed Test Flight: A detailed discussion on Boeing's upcoming Starliner mission, highlighting the spacecraft's capabilities, the crew's preparations, and the significance of this test flight. Spacecraft and Mission Overview: Insights into the Starliner's design, the choice of Atlas V rockets for the launch, and the planned landing procedures in the southwestern United States. Crew Profiles: Focus on the astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, discussing their backgrounds, roles in the mission, and expectations for the test flight. Closing Thoughts: Rod and Tariq wrap up with final thoughts on the importance of the Starliner mission for Boeing and NASA, discussing potential outcomes and what they signify for the future of commercial spaceflight. Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Professor Omolade Adunbi joins Juliet and Erik on the podcast to talk about China's free trade zones in Nigeria. Adunbi is the Director of the African Studies Center, Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies, Professor of Law, and Faculty Associate in the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. His research explores issues related to governance, infrastructures of extraction, environmental politics and rights, power, violence, culture, transnational institutions, multinational corporations, and the postcolonial state.Recommendations:Omolade:Music of Fela KutiPower, Knowledge, Land: Contested Ontologies of Land and its Governance in Africa by Laura German (2022)Erik:Episode of the Sinica Podcast: Robert Daly of the Kissinger Institute on the morality of U.S. China policyLaufey's music, specifically her new album BewitchedJuliet:Cooperating for the Climate: Learning from International Partnerships in China's Clean Energy Sector by Joanna Lewis (2023)
With a report on how the missions organization, World Help, is providing relief to the Middle East in light of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Kraig Cole, Director of International Partnerships, having recently returned from Israel, shared some of his observations. You can find out more at worldhelp.net.
With a report on how the missions organization, World Help, is providing relief to the Middle East in light of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Kraig Cole, Director of International Partnerships, having recently returned from Israel, shared some of his observations. You can find out more at worldhelp.net.
In recent years the delivery system has been strapped, to say the least. Any opportunity for financial stabilization and revenue diversification are sitting top of mind for provider executives. One place organizations are searching for lifelines is overseas, as more and more health systems are partnering internationally. No, it's not just med tech and life sciences going global – health systems are looking overseas to advance their business objectives as well. In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board international experts Paul Trigonoplos and Isis Monteiro to discuss why interest in global partnerships are accelerating, how organizations are leveraging these partnerships, and whether it's a good idea for all health systems to go global. Ask us a question and hear it on the pod! Email us at podcasts@advisory.com, visit ask.advisory.com, or leave a voicemail at radioadvisory.advisory.com. Links: Ep. 152: The global workforce crisis (and possible solutions) We polled 50+ health system executives on their global partnership strategy. 3 things surprised us. 5 goals health systems are pursuing through international ventures Your guide to global health system partnerships The 5 things we're watching in international healthcare in 2023 Join Advisory Board experts on Thursday, November 2 at 1 p.m. ET for a webinar where you'll learn everything you need to know about the different types of AI, how these technologies are being used by healthcare organizations, common implementation pitfalls – and how to avoid them. Visit advisory.com/AIstrategy and register now. A transcript of this episode as well as more information and resources can be found on radioadvisory.advisory.com.
Welcome back to the unSeminary podcast. We're talking with Nathan Nelson, Pastor of Mission and Outreach at Bethany Community Church in the Seattle, Washington region. Do you ever feel like short-term missions trips actually push against creating deep, lasting change in the communities you serve? Tune in as Nathan shares how to move beyond the […]
In this episode of Microbe Talk, Policy and Engagement Officer Katie chats to Professor Hilary Lappin-Scott OBE, President of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) about her career so far, the importance of international collaboration in science and our recent re-association with Horizon Europe. A full transcript of this episode is available on the Microbiology Society website.Music: Minimal Inspiring Ambient by ComaStudio from Pixabay
JCDC Partnerships International, which sits within CISA's cybersecurity division, works with 150 partners worldwide with the goal of sharing and exchanging critical information allowing the U.S. to respond to cyber threats faster, protect the country's critical infrastructure more effectively and relay that information to its international counterparts to do the same. Patricia Soler, Section Chief for JCDC Partnerships International at CISA, discusses the mechanisms that a fast-growing organization like CISA needs to have in place to process large volumes of information that can be shared with public and private sectors and its international partners. She also talks about CISA's ransomware notifications that alert organizations of a ransomware attack before the damage occurs.
Tokyo, Boston, Melbourne. Daniela Reichert originally comes from a small town in Saarland. Chance sent her around the world. In the process, she got to know some of the world's most renowned universities from the inside and shares her experiences with us. - Tokio, Boston, Melbourne. Ursprünglich kommt Daniela Reichert aus einem kleinen Ort im Saarland. Der Zufall hat sie um die Welt geschickt. Dabei hat sie einige der renommiertesten Universitäten der Welt von innen kennengelernt und teilt ihre Erfahrungen mit uns.
Ben Feder is an investor and games executive, currently managing partner at TIRTA Ventures. He is also the author of the book Take Off Your Shoes: One Man's Journey from the Boardroom to Bali and Back. Ben formerly served as the CEO of Take-Two Interactive and was President of International Partnerships for North America at Tencent Games.Ben talks to Guy about his early career in the media industry, the time he was part of the successful takeover of Take-Two Interactive, and his newly launched venture capital firm TIRTA. Some other topics include video games, artificial intelligence, and the world of streaming. Full transcript available here: https://aqfd.docsend.com/view/vst3ch75vk2n2sdv Contents:(00:00:00) Introduction (00:02:19) The Start of a Successful Career (00:08:13) Choosing Between Business School and a Ph.D. (00:11:36) How to Be a Good Leader (00:18:36) The Takeover of Take-Two Interactive (00:26:23) Streamers vs. Owners of Content (00:29:41) Should Authors Self-Publish? (00:38:00) The World of Video Games (00:47:13) Artificial Intelligence as a Productivity Tool (00:55:02) TIRTA's Place in the Venture Capital Space (00:59:59) Some Thoughts on Psychotherapy (01:03:47) Jewish Identity and Interconnectedness
As city dwellers, we spend about 90% of our time indoors. But, have you ever wondered about the sustainability of the building around you? From the energy used to the carbon footprint - there are now tools available to help business calculate the sustainability of a building. Corporate Facility Partners or CFP Green Buildings, a green real estate company from the Netherlands, has unveiled its innovative Green Buildings Tool in Singapore. Rachel Kelly speaks to Olivier Noorduyn, Head of International Partnerships at CFP Building to find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Talking Europe interviews Jutta Urpilainen, the EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, who is in charge of overseeing official development assistance. She announces exclusively on FRANCE 24 a fresh €66 million package for Niger, to be spent on education. Urpilainen stresses that development aid is part of geopolitical competition, and that it would be a "huge mistake" for Europe and the West to turn their back on the Global South. We also discuss climate financing, corruption in recipient countries, conditionality of aid and the post-Cotonou agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific states.
We speak with Meindert Boysen, NICE's head of international affairs, and Dr Nicole Mittmann, vice president of scientific evidence, methodologies and resources at CADTH - Canada's drug and health technology agency. They discuss the global partnerships that are enabling NICE to remain at the forefront of guidance development methodology.
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Live from the Redwire booth at Space Symposium 2023! I talk about the state and future of international partnerships in space with Mike Gold (Chief Growth Officer, Redwire) Masami Onoda (Director of Washington, DC Office, JAXA), and Josh Wolny (Foreign Affairs Officer, US Department of State).This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 36 executive producers—Fred, Joonas, SmallSpark Space Systems, Ryan, Frank, David, Donald, Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut), Matt, Dawn Aerospace, Pat, Simon, Kris, Lee, Steve, Lars from Agile Space, Brad, Stealth Julian, Warren, Bob, Theo and Violet, Harrison, Robb, Jan, Tyler, Joel, Benjamin, Pat from KC, Russell, Chris, The Astrogators at SEE, Moritz—and 845 other supporters.TopicsInternational Partnerships - YouTubeThe ShowLike the show? Support the show!Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to anthony@mainenginecutoff.comFollow @WeHaveMECOFollow @meco@spacey.space on MastodonListen to MECO HeadlinesJoin the Off-Nominal DiscordSubscribe on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn or elsewhereSubscribe to the Main Engine Cut Off NewsletterMusic by Max JustusArtwork photo by John Kraus for RelativityWork with me and my design and development agency: Pine Works
In this episode, we focus on international students, highlighting scholarships, academic pre-requisites, and student support available. At Ross University School of Medicine, we welcome international students and encourage you to apply to our MD program for any of our three classes: January, May, or September. My guest today is Rachel Durcan, Senior Associate Director of International Partnerships.
Wongel Zelalem reports on French Minister for International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou demanding African countries to follow western values. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/support
We know that U.S. diets contain a lot of dairy but do international consumers crave our U.S. cheese, yogurt, butter, ice cream, etc…? Washington dairy farmer Lynn Wheeler Rainey talks with Rebecca MacKay Allen, Senior Vice President of Global Innovation Partnerships at Dairy Management Inc., and Will Loux, Vice President of Global Economic Affairs for U.S. Dairy Export Council, about how U.S. Dairy Export Council and Dairy Management Inc's International Partnerships team up together to drive dairy sales internationally. We'll also get to hear about exciting new overseas products and where the future of exports is going. Tune in to find out! To learn more about the national dairy checkoff and your local dairy checkoffs, please visit www.usdairy.com.
Last October, Brazil announced they had a new President. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took out 50.9% against 49.1% for former President Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing incumbent. Since the result, Bolsonaro's supporters have protested their leaders defeat. Earlier this month, in scenes reminiscent of the January 6 Capitol Building attack in the US in 2021, thousands of far right supporters of Bolsonaro, stormed the country's congress, supreme court and Presidential Palace. In this episode of The Quicky, we look at what exactly has happened in Brazil and whether the far right uprising was destined to unfold or if its simply a copycat event. Subscribe to Mamamia GET IN TOUCH Feedback? We're listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au CREDITS Host: Claire Murphy With thanks to: Raul Sanchez Urribarri - Associate Dean (Academic and International Partnerships) at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and a Senior Lecturer in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies at the Department of Social Inquiry, La Trobe University. Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Kally Borg Audio Producer: Thom LionBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"Global Gateway: EU announces Team Europe Initiative Green Paraguay to boost reforestation and circular economy In the context of the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place in Sharm-El-Sheikh (Egypt), the EU and EU member states have announced a Team Europe Initiative (TEI) Gree" "--START AD- #TheMummichogblogOfMalta Amazon Top and Flash Deals(Affiliate Link - You will support our translations if you purchase through the following link) - https://amzn.to/3CqsdJH Compare all the top travel sites in just one search to find the best hotel deals at HotelsCombined - awarded world's best hotel price comparison site. (Affiliate Link - You will support our translations if you purchase through the following link) - https://www.hotelscombined.com/?a_aid=20558 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."" #Jesus #Catholic. END AD---" "n Paraguay under Global Gateway which aims at promoting global climate action and the green transition, in line with EU's Green Deal. Team Europe will build connections for a greener economy to migrate towards a more sustainable and resilient economic model in Paraguay. European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, said: “In order to reduce the devastating effects of climate change, and in today's complex geopolitical context, building trusted and sustainable connections with our partner countries is more important than ever. Under Global Gateway, this TEI Green Paraguay will support the country to preserve and restore its forests, protect water supply and sanitation, and further promote circular economy to build a brighter future for its people. In the run-up to an EU - Latin America and Caribbean Summit in 2023, we are looking forward to further strengthening our partnership in the years to come.” The TEI Green Paraguay gathers support from the EU, Germany and Spain. It will be financed with €130 million, of which 55% comes from EU Member States and €56 million directly from the EU. The TEI Green Paraguay is built around three main components: Building a strong EU-Paraguay Partnership on environment and climate change: the EU will foster a strong partnership with Paraguayan civil society, local authorities, private sector, academia and media, with a particular focus on the role of youth. Raising awareness with young Paraguayans on impact of climate change and environment degradation on the life of people, as well as on possible benefits of a greener model. It will also support consumer and citizen action to protect the environment. Green Action with a focus on three sectors: water and sanitation, responsible production (including circular economy) and forest conservation/restoration and biodiversity. A combination of tools such as investments, guarantees, grants, Technical Assistance and twinning will be used. The TEI Green Paraguay was officially launched on 15 November 2022 in the country's capital, Asunción. Details Publication date 15 November 2022 Author Directorate-General for International Partnerships https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/global-gateway-eu-announces-team-europe-initiative-green-paraguay-boost-reforestation-and-circular-2022-11-15_en "
Anthony is the CEO of Green Gold Ventures in Australia with a deep experience in Clean Energy space and building partnerships between international businss communities. An internationally experienced Start-up founder, investor & global growth advisor committed to the decarbonisation of industry through the commercial application of new CleanTech/ AgTech & Environmental solutions. Country lead for TusStar global innovation network. Formerly, CEO of ASX-Listed CleanTech Co. Connect with Anthony at anthony@tusstar.com.au www.TusStar.com.au Grab a ticket to watch Anthony at SEVENTEENx Adelaide Nov 17 at https://events.humanitix.com/seventeenx-adelaide-2022 Live or online.
• A transcript of this episode is available online • They describe the program as bi-directional: Family medicine residents from Seattle do some of their training at the Mangochi District Hospital in Malawi and some of the family medicine registrars from Malawi's Kamuzu University of Health Sciences travel to Seattle for training in the Swedish First Hill Family Medicine Residency. Splitting their time between the two locations are faculty members Anna McDonald, M.D., and Jacob Nettleton, M.D. The goal: Address global health inequity. We examine a macro view of what happens when there's a collaboration and a sharing of human resources, building bidirectional medical rotations, and where learners are teachers and teachers are learners. Additional Information:Malawi Global Health Program/Swedish Family Medicine ResidencyWonca — Global Family DoctorsAfriWon — Africa chapter of WoncaSeed Global Health ♫ Mojo by the Malawian musician, Driemo (Official video)
A brief statement from Danijela Brkovic who has attended to Resonances IV SciArt Summer School at Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. > Hello! My name is Danijela Brkovic and I am currently working at the European Commission, DG of International Partnerships focusing on sustainable development and policy in partnership with the United Nations and the World Bank as part of my degree requirements. I am originally from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada where I am finishing my degrees in Political Science with a concentration in European Studies and Social Justice Studies. I also have a diploma in Public Relations, which I hope to one-day use towards informing people about responsible and sustainable technologies and policies for our shared future. Having the opportunity to exchange ideas and create new narratives to help spread the message of the EU Green Deal is something the world needs more of. It is a great pleasure to be spending my summer in Europe and here in Italy for the next week with all of you. I am happy to be a part of this shared learning experience and excited to see what it may bring.
A conversation with Sean Fuller (International Partner Manager at NASA) about transition of partnership experiences from Earth's orbit with ISS to Moon's orbit with Gateway. Presented by Longitude fellow Tony Zhou.See transcript. Visit our series page. As part of our Longitudes of Imagination theme, we are exploring the roles of individuals, technologies and research in ocean science and space technology. In this series, the fellows share highlights from their conversations with the members of NASA's Gateway program. Gateway will be a small international space station that will be in orbit around the moon to support a lunar base and serve as a gateway for explorations beyond it. This podcast is a production of Longitude.site, a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization that empowers college students and recent graduates with experiences in leading conversations and presenting podcast episodes. If you would like to support/sponsor our programming, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our giving portal or write to us at podcast@longitude.site.If you enjoy our episodes, please share them with your friends and family. Thank you!Support the show
Saasha is the daughter of Iowa hippy entrepreneurs who was raised with a deep appreciation for the planet and its scarce resources. After completing her MBA at Stanford School of Business, where she met her OLIO co-founder Tessa Cook. Saasha spent 13 years in various strategy and business development roles - at the likes McKinsey and Vice President of International Partnerships, American Express. When on maternity leave in 2012 she opened her first business in London, which she outfitted entirely from FreeCycle. The seeds for OLIO were planted. OLIO is a sharing app connecting neighbours to stop good food and household items from going to waste, which she founded with Tessa in 2015. OLIO now has over 5 million users, over 42 millions of portions shared and 5 billion litres of water saved, and is the number 1 free sharing app. Episode Links: Sponsored by trumpet Saasha's Linkedin OLIO
On the 24th of February, Maia Mikhaluk woke to the sound of explosions. It was confirmation of what they had feared. Russia had launched an attack on Ukraine and war had begun. Air raid sirens and rocket explosions have become a daily occurrence. Nearly 4 million refugees have left Ukraine. For many including Maia, the decision to stay or leave is gut-wrenching. Maia is the co-founder and leader of a ministry called International Partnerships. She and her husband have spent 25 years planting churches in Ukraine and they pastor a congregation in Kyiv. She spoke with us from a bomb shelter in her apartment building.
Kraig Cole - Director of International Partnerships for World Help & Jonathan Grooms - President of Global Partnerships in Peace and Development
Why is international cooperation in space important? How does the US military pursue and sustain relationships with other space nations? What are the continuing challenges? Join Dr. Mick Gleason (Aerospace) as he explores this and more with Colonel Raj Agrawal, USSF, Chief of the International Affairs Space Division in the Department of the Air Force.
In this episode of SaaS Connect by Cloud Software Association, Craig Klemp, who was Sr. Director of Global Partnerships at Evernote during the time of recording, and is now VP of Strategy and Partnerships at EZ Texting, shares the lessons learned from international partnerships. Evernote, a productivity tool with 60,000 installs a day, boasts 225 million users worldwide, with 80% of those located outside the US. Their global partnership ecosystem is made up of four layers: Tech/integrations App stores (distribution) OEMs (distribution) Resellers (distribution) In this presentation, Craig highlights partnering with massive Japan-based consumer brand NTT Docomo, which is on the same scale as a merged AT&T and Verizon, with 50% of the Japanese market share. He offers valuable considerations for companies thinking about international partnerships: This kind of partnership can't be managed remotely. Culture has to be taken into account. Evernote's CEO, Phil Libin, initially drove the impetus because he is a “Japanophile”. He loves everything Japanese, and this helped cement executive buy-in from the mega Japanese company. It was all because of trust. Executive buy-in is critical. Here are some examples of how culture impacts business in Japan: We tend to over communicate in the US because of the mix of cultures and the need to be understood: we tell them what we're going to tell them, we tell them, and then we tell them what we told them. However, in Japan, doing that in a business meeting would be like hitting them over the head with an anvil. They read into body language, they read into different things, like what's not spoken, what's left unspoken. It's a really important part of the culture. Business practices matter. For example, if you host a business meeting, as the host, you need to sit closest to the door. Considerations when you think about moving into other countries: What are your local assets? For example, brand equity, team, market fit. And can these assets be leveraged? Localization tools can work to a certain extent. Timely partner support is critical. Offer support in their language and in their time zone. If you're serious, hire resources locally (in your partner's geographical location). Teaser Tip: … “Make sure you're set up for success.” - Craig Klemp Resources Mentioned: The Culture Map (book) Thank you to our amazing podcast team at Content Allies. Want to launch your own B2B revenue-generating podcasts? Contact them at https://ContentAllies.com
Reverend Dr. Sue Kim Park is the Director of Contextual Education and International Partnerships at Columbia Theological Seminary. She speaks of her experience as a WOC faculty member in a pre-dominantly white centric theological seminary and the challenges she faces on a daily basis. How can you imagine change in an environment that was not created for your thriving? What are the practices that we can draw from to sustain us? Where can change really happen?Host: ISAACCo-host / Sound Producer: Joana ChoiMusic: Paul ChoiDisclaimer: The views, actions and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC'S official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.
Date: 09/20/2021 Name of Show: Let's Rethink This Episode title and number: Addressing Global Mental Health with Jack Yatsko Brief summary of show: Today I am speaking with Jack Yatsko, Chief Operating Officer at Clubhouse International. Jack's role includes overseeing the programs at Clubhouse International, new clubhouse development, training, and supporting training bases. He has been in the social work field for his entire career. He has a master's in Social Work and started his Clubhouse career as the Clubhouse Director of Friendship House in Hawaii. Clubhouse International focuses on expanding the Clubhouse model around the world, accredits new and existing Clubhouses to meet standards, trains, promotes public awareness, advocates for more funding and support of mental health programs, and develops and enhances research approaches to measure effectiveness of the Clubhouse model. Bullet points of key topics & timestamps: 1:17 - 3:34 Jack's Background & Connection to Clubhouse International 3:51 - 9:09 What is a Clubhouse International? 10:00 - 12:40 Supportive Care Community 14:05 - 18:17 Becoming a Global Organization 19:12 – 21:39 Clubhouse Work Order Day, Units, and Standards 22:41 - 27:17 International Partnerships 33:41 – 38:30 Landscape of Mental Health During the Pandemic List of resources mentioned in episode: Clubhouse International Employment Program Social media handles, shareable link of podcast: Follow Us @letsrethinkthispod on Instagram Get Connected with Jack American Psychiatric Association Honors Clubhouse International Hilton Humanitarian Prize Lancet Commission WHO Includes Clubhouse Model in New Guidance on Community Mental Health Services
On July 21, the World Bank, UNICEF, and EdTech Hub co-hosted a side event of the Global Education Summit: Financing GPE 2021-2025. The event featured an overview of the Reimagine Education: Digital Tools for Learning for Every Child Everywhere partnership, including UNICEF and World Bank joint ambitions to reach children with high-quality digital learning. It also included government perspectives on national EdTech priorities, and partner reflections. Vicky Collis, EdTech Hub Interim Managing Director, moderated the event, which featured the following speakers: · Robert Jenkins, Global Director of Education for UNICEF · Jaime Saavedra, Global Director of Education at the World Bank · Emmanuel Allie, GPE Coordinator at the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone · Prof. Carolyne Nombo, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Tanzania · Chris McBurnie, Country Lead for Sierra Leone, EdTech Hub · Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission · Paula Malan, Senior Education Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
POLICY SEMINAR Global Report on Food Crises 2021: Building resilience to prevent food crises and conflict Co-Organized by IFPRI, FSIN, FAO North America, World Food Program USA and the Food Security Portal JUN 17, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT Acute food insecurity continued to rise in 2020, driven by the pandemic shock, ongoing conflicts, and extreme weather. The number of people needing urgent food and livelihood assistance hit a five-year high. The 2021 Global Report on Food Crises https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000127343/download/?_ga=2.7473648.338134682.1622747437-165400289.1620067163 (published by the Food Security Information Network for the Global Network Against Food Crises) finds that at least 155 million people experienced acute food insecurity at crisis level or worse — up about 20 million from 2019. Africa is disproportionally affected, with close to 98 million people facing acute food insecurity last year. Other parts of the world are suffering too, with Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, and Haiti experiencing major conflict-related food crises. Most food crises are protracted, severely eroding the resilience of agrifood systems and further fueling conflict and civil strife. Reversing the current alarming trends will require much greater effort to build resilient agrifood systems that are socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable. This policy seminar focuses on experiences and strategies that can both build food system resilience and help prevent conflict. Introductory Remarks Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI Overview of 2021 Global Report on Food Crises Lavinia Antonaci, Technical Coordinator, Technical Support Unit of the Global Network Against Food Crises Domenica Sabella, Food Security Information Network Communications Officer, World Food Programme Keynote Addresses Jim Barnhart, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau of Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Giampiero Muci, Senior Policy Officer, Sustainable Agri-food Systems and Fisheries, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission Panel Discussion David Alpher, Conflict and Violence Prevention Integrator, Bureau for Conflict Prevention, USAID Tanya Boudreau, Deputy Chief Of Party, Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow and Middle East and North Africa team leader, IFPRI Dominique Burgeon, Director, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Geneva Arif Husain, Chief Economist, World Food Programme Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, The World Bank Closing Remarks Jocelyn Brown Hall, Director, FAO 's Liaison Office for North America Moderator Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI LINKS UN World Food Programme Global Report On Food Crises: https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-2021 Food Security Information Network: https://www.fsinplatform.org/ Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations: http://www.fao.org/north-america/en/ World Food Program USA: https://www.wfpusa.org/ Food Security Portal: https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/ More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/global-report-food-crises-2021-building-resilience-prevent-food-crises-and-conflict Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
In her address to the IIEA, Commissioner Urpilainen focuses on the EU's agenda for a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral order fit to face 21st Century challenges. She discusses inclusive multilateralism in the context of the EU's overall priorities, in particular the European Green Deal, jobs and growth, human development, sustainable financing. She also talks about the importance of strong partnerships, including through a ‘Team Europe' approach that also includes coordination with EU Member States. About the Speaker: As European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Ms Jutta Urpilainen oversees the European Commission's work on international cooperation and sustainable development. Ms Urpilainen served as a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2019. She was the first woman leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. From 2011 to 2014, she served as Finland's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister.
NASA's International Space Station program manager Joel Montalbano gathers with leaders from partner space agencies during a panel to discuss the importance and evolution of the international partnership and collaboration that has enabled more than 20 years of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory. HWHAP Episode 195.
NASA's International Space Station program manager Joel Montalbano gathers with leaders from partner space agencies during a panel to discuss the importance and evolution of the international partnership and collaboration that has enabled more than 20 years of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory. HWHAP Episode 195.
NASA’s International Space Station program manager Joel Montalbano gathers with leaders from partner space agencies during a panel to discuss the importance and evolution of the international partnership and collaboration that has enabled more than 20 years of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory. HWHAP Episode 195.
NASA’s International Space Station program manager Joel Montalbano gathers with leaders from partner space agencies during a panel to discuss the importance and evolution of the international partnership and collaboration that has enabled more than 20 years of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory. HWHAP Episode 195.
Vargab Bakshi International Partnerships Lead, Shopify chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners. Listen to the podcast to learn about:02:15 - Vargab's Letter to Shopify's COO04:30 - An Entrepreneurship Company: Empowering the Rebels08:00 - How D2C brands can Become Successful11:20 - The Power of Shopify's Platform & Community13:30 - From DIY to DIFM17:40 - From Months to Minutes with Shopify App Store19:50 - The Rise of Social Commerce22:00 - Opportunites for Tech Entrepreneurs25:50 - Drop Shipping and Cross-Border Commerce28:15 - How Shopify Works: The Storied Culture33:00 - The Roadmap for Phygital businessesYou can read the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
The Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate's Foreign Military Sales Construction Division was recently elevated from a branch to a division, and Dr. Carlos Braziel is its first division chief. Braziel oversees a team of dedicated professionals who are currently working 29 different FMS cases involving 22 international partners in 14 different countries. In this episode we discuss the role that his division plays in building critical infrastructure for, and long enduring relationships with our international partners. For more information on all things related to AFLCMC visit our website at: https://www.aflcmc.af.mil. Follow and like us on our social media channels for the latest information and news from programs across the center. LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/aflcmcofficial Twitter: @AFLCMCofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFLCMCofficial Instagram: @aflcmcofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpbkmBDlq05aBqPYvcze3A History Office Twitter: @airpowercradle
The 48th episode of dToks features Vivek Rajkumar, Head of International Partnerships at the Landmark Group, as he discusses the uncertainty of the future and how to detox and make the learning growth.
On this episode of FNO: InsureTech we are joined by Patrick J. Quigley, EVP & GM, International Partnerships & Expansion, at Nearmap. Nearmap leverages up-to-date, richly detailed location information via aerial imagery to customers. They’ve helped thousands of users conduct virtual site visits for deep, data-driven insights — enabling informed decisions, streamlined operations, and significant cost savings. Rob and Lee had the opportunity to talk to the Australian-based company and learn more about them and the services they’ve offered since 2007. Join Patrick, Rob, & Lee as they discuss: the concept of “ground truth”, historic imagery and its importance; the great lengths of data and detail that Nearmap provides; the importance of speed and frequency in data, and more.
Jane Larsson “The education community should have the courage to use our data and the experiences of other businesses to improve education”. A Quick Summary The “Where's Your Head At” Team speak with Jane Larsson, the Executive Director of the Council of International Schools (CIS) as she talks about where we are going as a community of educators in international schools. Her work on Child Protection has been incredibly impactful on the international education community and Jane also speaks about the importance of student wellbeing in schools today. She also shares her thoughts on what leaders need to do. Show notes In this episode… Intro from James MacDonald (1.40) Intro from James Dalziel (2.15) Intro from Richard Henry (3.15) Why are the team doing this podcast? (4.35) Introduction for Jane Larsson (6.15) How did Jane get her start and what is she doing today? (7.30) Who was the person Jane met that had a significant impact on her career? (11.17) What is the important thing for international school leaders to get right? (14.46) If you could start again in leadership, would you do anything differently? (17.20) What ideas should leaders let go of in schools? (18.40) What should (21.15) What are people getting right in education today? (23.45) Jane's insights on Child Protection (26.00) The strategic decisions around what you won't do (30.05) Jane's take away for people who want to be a leader in education (33.25) How to contact Jane (35.10) Bio Jane Larsson has led the Council of International Schools (CIS) as Executive Director since her appointment in 2010. Over the past 25 years, Jane has led the international education community with a focus on the development of collaborative partnerships to enable and support educational exchange and the development of international and intercultural perspective. Prior to her appointment at CIS, Jane was Director of International Partnerships with the Visiting International Faculty Program (VIF) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She began her career in international education as the Director of Educational Staffing and Publications for International Schools Services (ISS) providing recruitment services and resources to international schools. She currently serves as Chair of the International Taskforce on Child Protection and on the Board of Directors of the International Commission Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA). Links Council of International Schools Return on Your Luck Embracing Complexity The McKinsey Podcast Harvard Business Review Podcast Michael Porter, "What is strategy?." In: Harvard Business Review, November (1996)
Welcome back to my podcast More than Marketing. We’re chatting virtually because we’re still in the middle of a pandemic. And today, our guest is the Head of International Partnerships at SEMrush, Fernando Angulo. He has been with SEMrush for nine years since the beginning of the company’s marketing efforts. One of the most recognized […]
Greg Morrow, executive director of the Future Leadership Foundation, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about navigating international missions partnerships during the coronavirus pandemic. He also discusses living in Ukraine and working with Christian leaders in several countries. (This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)
This week my guest is Pete Ketterman. Pete served for 15 years with Campus Outreach Johannesburg and is currently working with CO's International Partnerships and Recruiting efforts. Pete and I discuss COJ's history, the transformation of the team from an American led team to an African leftest team. We go on to discuss the partnership between CO Charlotte and CO Johannesburg. Finally, Pete shares with us about how God is using CO LEAD to help churches build laborers on the campus across the world.
Yael Shafrir is the Chief Marketing Officer of Meet in Place, a global network of innovative meeting spaces designed for an urban boutique hospitality experience. The Meet in Place philosophy is rooted in meeting science, as every design feature and amenity offered serves a unique purpose to make meetings as productive as possible. Prior to this role, Yael Shafrir was the Vice President of International Partnerships at Disney-backed storytelling platform, Playbuzz. In this role, she oversaw the creation of international growth opportunities within strategic markets, to execute the company's evolvement strategy. Yael boasts a strong background in business development within the realm of digital media, where she has utilized her past as a journalist and content specialist. Prior to her role at Playbuzz, Yael was VP of Business Development for Trendline Group where she focused on the company's cross-media activity, using its digital assets to grow its tangible business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fernando Angulo is Head of International Partnerships at SEMrush. SEMrush is recognized as the best SEO suite available. Fernando has been with them since the beginning of the company’s marketing efforts and has built its all-star marketing team. In today's episode, Fernando and I talk about: How Google is changing and what you can do to stay ahead of the curve What is a SERP Feature Why featured snippets and other SERP Feature's are some of the most powerful tools The three ways to get a Featured Snippet What tools are available to help you get your first SERP Feature Resources Mentioned SFP Mastermind Group SEMrush Academy SEMrush Sponsors Gusto – Fully integrated online HR services: payroll, benefits and everything else. Freshbooks – Small business accounting software that makes billing easy + painless.
Jacob Hess, Carrie Skarda, Kyle Anderson, and Ty Mansfield are the authors of The Power of Stillness: Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints. In this interview they discuss where mindfulness and meditation fit into the gospel and how we can better approach our service and our practices with the balance of mindfulness. Jacob Hess, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) instructor trained through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Carrie Skarda, PsyD, is a psychologist in private practice. She has provided individual and couples therapy with particular interest in attachment trauma and mindfulness, and has studied and practiced mindfulness and formal meditation for over ten years. Kyle Anderson, PhD, is a professor of Chinese and Asian Studies, currently an administrator in Global Learning, International Partnerships and Initiatives at Clemson University, and came to mindfulness meditation through his studies in Asian literature. Ty Mansfield, PhD, is a practicing marriage and family therapist, an adjunct instructor in Religious Education at Brigham Young University, and is in the process of certification with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach in their Mindfulness Meditation Teacher training program. Highlights 5:40 Jacob was exposed to meditation in graduate school and began to see where it fit into the gospel tradition 7:00 Backgrounds of the authors 9:00 Definitions of mindfulness and what it means to Christians and to Latter-day Saints: compassionate presence in the moment 11:10 Christ was meditative and present in the moment 12:25 Being busy vs. mindfulness 14:00 Looking for words in our own tradition: reverence, peace, stillness, pondering 15:45 Advice for a busy leader: Christ had a practice of punctuating his doing with non-doing; the rhythm of action and pausing is already built in to our practices 19:40 It's not the gospel that people struggle with, but an impoverished experience of it 20:55 David O. McKay quote: "I think we pay too little attention to the value of meditation, a principle of devotion. In our worship there are two elements: One is spiritual communion arising from our own meditation; the other, instruction from others, particularly from those who have authority to guide and instruct us. Of the two, the more profitable introspectively is meditation. Meditation is the language of the soul." 22:10 Example in a ward council: not praying as a to-do, but sitting with the Savior 23:30 Clarity and priority come through pausing between action 24:25 Centering the attention on the inspiration in the moment and not on the calendar: Am I interruptable? 26:20 The Savior was interruptable in his task at hand and could pivot to what was most needful in the moment 28:35 The Savior was willing to build in his time with His Father, the foundation of His work 29:35 We can meditate on the person in front of us by giving them our full attention in that moment 31:30 The order in which the Savior did what he did: communion with the Father, surrounding himself in community, then going out to minister 33:45 C.S. Lewis (in Mere Christianity): “It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in. And so on, all day. Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings; coming in out of the wind.” 35:25 Tech hack for when you're tied to your computer: the first tabs on the left are dedicated to devotion 36:40 How we organize our lives reflects our core values: look for the bigger purpose instead of organizing in a task-oriented way 37:30 Doing more can be disobedient, and following God's will can involve taking out good things in favor of better ...
Today, Arti talks with SEM Rush's Head of International Partnerships, Fernando Angulo, all about today's search marketing and where search is headed - including the trend towards importance of customer journey over vanity metrics! - - - - - If you liked this episode of Fuel Your Marketing, tell your friends! Find us on iTunes and Google Play to rate/review/subscribe to the show. Want more? Visit our website, find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube! iTunes: http://ow.ly/Ihl350xDn8M Google Play: http://ow.ly/sPag50xDn8T Spotify: http://ow.ly/bt0g50xDn8Q Our Podcast Portal: http://ow.ly/ogQK50xDn8S
How do we build extraordinary relationships with our team members when they work halfway across the world? What's the secret sauce to creating fun and productive working friendships when we rarely meet our colleagues in person? In this episode, I speak to two of my dear friends and previous colleagues, Vargab Bakshi and Eduardo Casta to dissect what made our connection so special and our team efforts so successful on a fully remote team at Shopify. Vargab is a lead in the International Partnerships team at Shopify & their first employee in India. Vargab's expertise lies in E-commerce platform technologies & he has helped hundreds of small and medium businesses take their business online, guiding them in the digital space. Prior to Shopify, he has worked for Google and Martjack where he led Learning and Development. Presently he mentors freelancers and agencies to grow their business on Shopify. Apart from mentoring young startups, he is also a guest lecturer for educational institutions such as IIT KGP, SP Jain, Narsee Monji, Welingkar among others. In India, he has spoken at various conferences like Yourstory's Techsparks, India Retail Forum, Nasscom 10K startups amongst many others. Eduardo is an entrepreneur and expert in business development for technology-based companies, he is passionate about business and technology. Since 2013, he has led the growth of Shopify -a Canadian multinational e-commerce company- in both Latin America and Spain, by promoting and linking entrepreneurs in areas such as Fintech, web design, application development, digital marketing, logistics services, government, incubators, and other key players for trade in the region.
Topics Discussed in this Episode:Itir’s journey to international work.Tips for international partnerships.Challenges and barriers to international partnerships.The importance of building relationships in building partnerships. Resources Discussed in this Episode:Itir Toksoz at University of VenusMusic Credits: Magic by Six UmbrellasSound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia
Strap in for an earth shattering episode of the Perth Small Business Show. Today we speak to Richard Alexander, one half of the lean and mean team behind International Earthmoving Equipment Solutions. IEES is a Bellvue based business that is finding mining equipment solutions for companies all over the world. We talk about what it’s like to build a business in the wake of a massive mining downturn and what strategies can be used to cultivate international business partnerships. Richard explains how two mates from the Perth Hills have built a booming business when, in the beginning, no banks were willing to play ball, sustainable growth was uncertain and success meant having to compete on a global scale. The origin story of IEES is a reminder that a small team can achieve incredible goals. Richard's ability to build lasting relationships in the international mining industry has been a key factor to his success. Despite language barriers, cultural differences and fluctuating expectations, Richard continues to plant, grow and harvest these relationships on a daily basis, understanding that the "mining around the world is a huge industry, but a small community". Please support the Perth Small Business Show by choosing three of your friends or family to share this podcast with them through text message or messenger. Also hit the subscribe button to show your support and get alerted when our next episode drops.If you haven’t joined the Perth Small Business Show Facebook Group, do it now to get access to even more small business hot tips:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1452326538253232/
Welcome to episode #19 of Developing Mach-21 Airmen! In this episode, we have a guest interviewer learning more about the "Classroom of the Future" that is used at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, or IAAFA: 1st. Lt. Kayshel Trudell, a public affairs officer currently at the 37th Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. In this episode, Trudell sits down with Lt. Col. Isaac Davidson, the IAAFA commandant, and Staff Sgt. Hugo Garza Salas, a Classroom of the Future cyber instructor at IAAFA. They talk about how the Classroom of the Future provides the tools and technology to optimize and streamline learning. the Classroom of the Future pushes Force development along the Continuum of Learning by flipping the teaching model to a learner-focus approach that dramatically shortens students’ learning curve and allows for hands-on experimental learning that is focused on solving real-world problems in a classroom setting that can immediately be implemented in the field. They also talk about how the relationships built at IAAFA span the Americas, making the U.S. a partner of choice and giving students the advantage of a connected environment and collaboration workspace from anywhere in the world.
This week Arthur and Gary chop it up Mike Philbert of Military Mentor and The Advisory Network. Listen as Mike shares how he began simply blogging about something he was passionate and grew his business structure to include international partnerships! Learn more about Mike at; www.theadvisorynetwork.io and facebook.com/militarymentor Contact him at: info@theadvisorynetwork.io Also, make sure you follow us, rate us and provide feedback on iTunes and anywhere else you listen to podcast. Check us out on our other platforms as well: https://www.facebook.com/entrepreneurialminds15/ @Entrepreneurial.Minds on Instagram
The Wilson Center is partnering with the USAID Sustainable Water Partnership and Winrock International to share stories about global water security. The series has highlighted the connections between water and food security, water as a tool for resilience in times of crisis, and the challenges and opportunities of too little water, too much water, dirty water, and unpredictable water. “Water point functionality goes beyond the mechanical structure of a pump,” says David DeArmey, Director of International Partnerships at Water for Good in this week’s Water Stories podcast. “Community dynamics play a role in how the water point is managed on a daily basis.” After identifying where to place water access points in communities throughout the Central African Republic (CAR), Water for Good helps facilitate a series of workshops to engage local communities with WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) training, financial and infrastructure management, and the importance of preventative maintenance. A regional representative from the Ministry of Hydraulics is also incorporated into the training workshops to help strengthen state presence and build a more resilient system. After the bore holes are drilled down to the water table and hand pumps are installed, the NGO performs regular preventative maintenance to replace pump parts that wear out over time to prevent mechanical failures. A Volatile Context Since achieving independence in 1960, the country never effectively established a state presence despite being vast, about the size of Texas, DeArmey said. Even basic infrastructure that one would expect for a country to function does not exist outside of the capital city of Bangui. For example, only 400 of the 15,000 miles of road are paved. “But beyond infrastructure, there is a chronic security issue,” he said. Chronic political instability led the country into its second civil war in 2012 with an unprecedented level of violence. Today, nearly 80 percent of the country’s territory is controlled by up to 14 different rebel factions. Although it operates in a volatile context, Water for Good continues its work in CAR, performing preventative maintenance on water points. Since many of the technicians who inspect the pumps are Central Africans who understand the dangerous conditions on the ground, Water for Good is able to navigate safely throughout the country. Employing Central Africans and training them in the long-term maintenance program protects them. “The communities know them well and they are accepted even in times of insecurity,” said DeArmey. Peacebuilding in a Complex Setting “Having the capacity to drill wells, especially in times of conflict, can create unexpected opportunities,” said DeArmey. During the height of the conflict in 2014 and 2015, inter-community tensions caused major divisions between local Christian and Muslim communities. After the Muslim population fled the Lomi District, part of the city of Berberati, the neighborhood began to suffer from an “economic and social void.” Because the Christian population wanted to ensure that the Muslims had a safe environment to return to within their neighborhood, they decided to create a new water point and invite the Muslim community to return and join them in managing it and sharing its water. “That Christian community served as an example in the rest of the city and beyond,” DeArmey said, “and it created a really positive environment in some of the darkest times of the country. So drilling a well in the Lomi District directly helped engage with peacebuilding in a very complicated setting.”
Colton Moffitt with Blockchain Partnerships and Pendulum Insight joins us to discuss how he is helping to create international partnerships in blockchain. I was on Colton's podcast as well. You can find that interview here. View this episode on our website here. *Disclaimer. None of this information is financial advice. ~ Want to learn more about cryptocurrency? Check out our blog today! ~ Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Discord, Minds.com, & Steemit today! ~ Stay up to date with the latest news in cryptocurrency by opting-in to our newsletter! You will receive daily emails (M-S) that are personalized and curated content specific to you and your interests, powered by artificial intelligence. ~ We host various events around the New Orleans area. If you are in town come out and join us! ~ Are you an accredited investor looking to invest in cryptocurrency? Check out Crescent City Capital.
This week on The Esports Moment we get one-on-one with Jack Harari, Vice President of International Partnerships at Activision Blizzard Esports Leagues. He’s in charge of making the big commercial partnerships happen beyond the US borders for all Blizzard and Activision esports franchises, including the Overwatch League, which we talk about in depth, and he’ll also be tackling the needs of Call of Duty World League as well down the track.Jack came to Activision Blizzard in mid 2018 from almost five years in global partnerships development at the NBA, so he brings some very serious traditional sports expertise into the esports domain.Jack was a really nice guy and was in Sydney to speak at a Business of Sports Summit event so it was a real treat to have Activision Blizzard make the time to sneak The Esports Moment into his schedule. His insights are really interesting so I’m sure you’ll get a lot out of this conversation about his experience so far in esports, how he sees commercial and broadcast partners fitting into the evolving landscape, and lots more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
I samarbejde med Hotel Pro Forma udgiver vi over det næste år 4 podcasts, der afdækker deres fire seminarer 'Moving Opera'. I denne fjerde podcast ser vi nærmere på, hvorfor internationale samarbejder er fremtiden for scenekunsten: Many performing arts organizations across music and theatre today are looking for new ways to realize their artistic visions. With increasingly complex conditions of the work of music and theatre producers, including lack of funding and difficulties in finding presenters and venues to connect their work with audiences, a fresh look on international partnerships and new modes of producing performing arts is much needed. The seminar will bring together producers from Denmark and abroad working with cross-disciplinary work and music theatre to share and discuss experiences and ideas of creative producing in an international context.
Today's story: In the latest example of the strong ties between the U.S. and Ukraine, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein held high-level discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart, Col-Gen. Sergii Drozdov, at the Pentagon, Nov. 8.
Hygiene - it's good for your body and it's good for your computer/network. We will explore the simplicity of cyber hygiene and the insider/outsider threats that take advantage of poor hygiene. It is all a matter of focus and attention to threat actors. In addition, we will introduce you to the Cyber Center for Education and Innovation, Home of the National Cryptologic Museum (CCEI-NCM). This is a unique national value proposition to bring together cybersecurity education and invite collaboration. CCEI-NCM's core mission is to broaden cyber threat awareness, understand cybersecurity best practices with educational outreach, and to enhance operational cybersecurity workforce development in support of our nation's critical infrastructure sectors. About the speaker: Mark S. Loepker is a master practitioner in Information Assurance (IA) and International Partnerships with over 39 years of government experience. He excels at orchestrating dissimilar groups aimed at fostering consensus to solve the toughest cybersecurity challenges. Mr. Loepker held many Executive level leadership positions throughout his career.Mr. Loepker currently serves as a Senior Advisor and Education Lead to the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation, focused on developing educational programs to be delivered from the new Cyber Center for Education & Innovation (CCEI). In this role, he focuses on ensuring that K-12/STEM initiatives are tightly aligned with national cyber curriculum standards, and that the CCEI becomes a national resource addressingworkforce development and operational training requirements targeting 13-20 grade curriculum.During his National Security Agency career, he worked closely with Congressional Members and Staff on emerging cybersecurity issues and legislation. He was the Director, National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) established between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and NSA to evaluate Information Technology (IT) product conformance to international standards. He was the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD/CIO), Defense-wide Information Assurance Program (DIAP) Director. He ensured the DoD's vital IT resources were secured and protected by unifying and integrating cybersecurity activities to achieve secure Net-Centric Global Information Grid operations. He served as the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS), Secretariat Manager and was responsible for setting National Security Systems (NSS) national-level Information Assurance policies, directives, and instructions and providing a forum for the discussion of policy issues amongst U.S. Government departments and agencies. He served as the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) Executive Subcommittee Chairman leading 27 Nations in product assurance, evaluation, supply chain risk management and managing the CCRA. He served for six years as the NATO Information Security Subcommittee National Co-Chairman and three years as the CNSS Subcommittee Chairman.Mr. Loepker, working with Dr. Melissa Dark, Purdue's Professor of Technology in Computer and Information Technology, pioneered the first-ever NSA sponsored class where graduate students used typical NSA technical challenges for their class work with mentorship from NSA TechnicalDirectors. After five years, the effort now spans 19 Universities and 12 government agencies with over 354 alumni and over 160 currently enrolled.Mr. Loepker's educational degrees include a Master in Business Administration – Quantitative Analysis, University of Missouri; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology, Purdue University; Associate in Aviation Electronic Technology, Purdue University and numerous NSA technical, executive and legislative development programs.
Ben Feder is President of International Partnerships for the U. S. for Tencent, the Chinese internet titan that owns WeChat. Previously, Ben was CEO of Take Two Interactive, publisher of Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto. He’s the author of Take Off Your Shoes: One Man’s Journey from the Boardroom to Bali and Back, a tale of his journey of self-discovery when he left corporate America, unplugged, and took his family to live in Bali for a year. Stew and Ben talk about priorities in our lives and how to keep them foremost in our minds. They talk about legacy and what that might mean for how we live our lives every day. They discuss the importance of realizing, hard as it may be to see, that we all have choices -- even if we don’t have the option to chuck it all and move to a Pacific island for a long stretch -- and that it’s essential to make conscious, deliberate decisions about what we do with our precious time on earth. Ben describes the benefits of mindfulness, yoga, and a practice of inquiry, or challenging assumptions, especially about ourselves, for freeing ourselves to live in a way that’s more closely aligned with our values. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Talking about...quitting. Quitting In order to really get started. We go on a journey with a guy who did just that. Ben Feder climbed the corporate ladder to a big career, big income and in many ways, big success. But it had a cost...his family, relationships, health...the normal stuff we reference a lot but few people do anything about it. Ben was CEO of Take Two interactive, the publisher of the smash video game hits Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto, and NBA 2K. At the top of his career. And...he walked away. Took his four kids out of school and moved his family to Bali for a year. He found himself, his family and a message he’s now sharing with the world in his new book, Take Off Your Shoes: One Man's Journey from the Boardroom to Bali and Back. But it’s interesting. Today he is President of International Partnerships for the U.S. at Tencent Games, a massive chinese conglomerate that publishes video games. You’d think he would have come back and started a farm or something, but he went back to what he knows...big corporate business. But he went back...differently. Which you’ll hear in the show. The big takeaway is the power of living deliberately. And we cover the issue of...not everyone can up and move to another country and not work for a year. But you can take a “sabbatical of the mind” and much more. You can see more from Ben at https://benfederauthor.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we’re chatting with Vargab Bakshi, an International Partnerships Lead at Shopify. Vargab joins us to share his story, how he got into commerce, what it’s been like working with Shopify, how he’s approached increasing adoption for the Shopify platform in international markets like South America and Southeast Asia, how he sees the future of commerce continuing to be localized, and a ton a more. So let’s get started!
Ask just about anyone how they’re doing, and an all-too-common answer is “busy.” Being busy—or too busy—seems like the normal state of things. Maybe that’s why mindfulness is becoming a more predominant subject in our culture as a response to the high levels of stress so many of us face in our professional lives. If we aren’t giving attention to our personal state and to our close relationships, our lives can fall apart regardless of how successful we are at work. This episode sheds light on how mindfulness meshes with high performance in the corporate world as Ben Feder talks about the difference that meditation and mindfulness have made in his life. Take a deep breath. The adventure begins. Guest - Ben Feder, President of International Partnerships, Tencent Games Prior to joining Tencent (makers of China’s super-app, WeChat), Ben served as co-founder, partner and vice chairman of ZelnickMedia Corporation/ZM, a media investment and management firm, and was also Chief Executive Officer and board member at Take Two Interactive, the publisher of hit video games like Grand Theft Auto. In 2016 he decided to step back from the boardroom and take his family to live in Bali for a year. That experience changed his life as described in his book, Take Off Your Shoes: One Man’s Journey from the Boardroom to Bali and Back. A devoted family man first and foremost, Ben now lives in New York City with his wife and four children. Host: Alex Langshur
Living out your values is important to most of us. We want to align all we do with our core beliefs. It seems complicated, but it doesn't have to be. In this episode of the Uncommon Life Project podcast we talk with Doug Shiplett, an entrepreneur, pastor and church planter who seeks to break down false divides between sacred and secular. With vision and purpose, all of life is sacred. Doug Shiplett has been involved in the Des Moines business community since 2005. Initially through investment real estate with his company Antioch Investments, and now with his son John and daughter-in-law Hannah at Eden and Gray Design and Build, a custom home remodeling company, plus an exciting network marketing venture. Doug's faith based work has been extensive as he serves currently as a visionary leader of Coleo Church network, a church planting network based in Ireland, California. Prior to that focus, Doug served as Executive Vice President and Director of International Partnerships at BILD International through 2012. And after serving as a Senior Pastor of Crossroads Bible Church in San Jose for nine years. What you'll learn about in this episode: Living out your values in your career path Aligning a faith calling with career, family, finances and everything else in life Do you have to choose between “church work” and “business?” How to move away from dividing things into “sacred” and “secular” endeavors Putting your energy into the things you value most How to course-correct when you have not thought very thoroughly about your finances Setting passive income goals whatever stage of life you are in Why network marketing could be a good secondary source of income The low barrier of entry to network marketing has an upside and a downside How to plan for the future when there's no employer providing a “golden parachute” when you retire
In March, initial results from the two open-label trials of the dapivirine vaginal ring (HOPE and DREAM) showed that adherence and efficacy improved over the earlier Phase III trials. Learn more about all these trials at https://www.avac.org/podcast/dapivirine-ring. Meanwhile, The ring is also advancing along the pathway to licensure. If approved, it will be the next major prevention option available since the US FDA approved oral PrEP in 2012. In this episode, Zeda Rosenberg of the International Partnerships for Microbicides, which developed the ring, explains the latest findings and spells out how, when, where and if the ring might become an available tool. A trial participant and community leader in Uganda, Ruth* pulls back the curtain on the ups and downs of using the ring, and a Ugandan investigator with the REACH study, Carolyne Akello of the Makere University- Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, explains the importance of this trial, the next step in testing the potential of this monthly vaginal ring for young women.
Natalie studied a master in International Relations at Melbourne University and has worked in multiple areas ranging from journalism to marketing. Her passion project quickly took up more of her time and has now transformed into something so much more. My Green World is a youth based social enterprise that focuses on raising the profile of wildlife and environmental issues. Natalie's impactful work has been mentioned in multiple international publications including Australian Geographic and The Huffington Post. Part one of this interview explores Natalie's journey and emotions from selling her car and using all of her personal savings to bootstrap My Green World. As well as her experience growing a business in an extremely crowded with members that share the same passion and values.
Internet Marketing: Insider Tips and Advice for Online Marketing
In today's episode of the Internet Marketing Podcast, Andy is joined by Fernando Angulo, Head of International Partnerships & Corporate Speaker at SEMrush to talk about their recent ranking factor studies research. On the show you'll learn about:The amount of backlinks you need from your industry in order to rank wellThe importance of natural backlinksWebsite Security and how HTTPS affects rankingsContent length and whether or not Google considers this as part of their ranking factorsHow many words you should be including in your content in order to rank betterHow website visits affect rankingsThe importance visitor behaviour once they are on your site Plus, Fernando provides his top tip/key takeaway.If you'd like to connect with Fernando you can find him on Twitter here and LinkedIn here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
we talk to Alvaro Alamillo the Head of International Partnerships at Santander Bank. Alvaro explains that the USA is the most important export market for British businesses with Americans buying £45 billion of our goods and services in 2015. But to do business in the USA you had better do your homework because competition is fierce. This episode will help you get ready for success in the USA. UKExportAdvice.co.uk
Session 6.3 - International partnerships: promoting social justice? by British Council Arts
Founding Director, Dr. Chris Stout, shares his insights from ten years of leading the Center for Global Initiatives. After receiving many requests for involvement that spread their all-volunteer board too thin, the board re-evaluated. Recognizing their strengths, the Center for Global Initiatives was able to build out their website to share resources and tools that would be useful for other nonprofits. These tools include their quarterly newsletter, their Facebook group and the excel sheet that Chris explained in detail. The excel sheet in particular is an incredible treasure trove of information that CGI has gathered over the years regarding which websites are best for different fundraising efforts, etc. Chris also spoke to the importance of creating long-standing relationships with local communities rather than "parachuting" in or assuming that we know best on how to address an issue. Sometimes this requires really listening and understanding what gaps in services actually exist. Always, it includes recognizing that we're a guest in their home. That sense of deference and respect for the local culture and professionals there was evident in Chris' attitude. For more information, please visit the shownotes: www.nonprofitoptimist.com.
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad talks with Todd Morr (Director of International Partnerships with Saturate) about the smallest and often forgotten aspect of missional community life: the individual person. Also, check out our new resource by Todd: Questions to Help a Disciple Grow.
Interview with John Kamperschroer Vice President of Marketing Opportunity International on international partnerships
On 2 June 2020, the European Commission put forward its proposal for a major recovery plan to deal with the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis, with a significant increase in funding for external action. A total of €118.2 billion is proposed for external action for the period 2021-2027, with an additional €15.5 billion to support its partners in recovery efforts in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in line with the European Union’s role of a strong global actor.On this occasion, Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World, Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, and Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, gave a joint press conference at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, on the external action finance instruments in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF).In his address to the press, Josep Borrell Fontelles explained that the modern, innovative and revamped long-term EU budget, boosted by the new emergency European Recovery Instrument, “Next Generation EU”, provides an ambitious answer to the challenges the EU is facing internal and externally.This video shows the entire joint press conference with the questions/answers session held via video conference due to the coronavirus context.
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