Posted in Communications, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, inter-community communication, Interns, Month in Review, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace NGOs, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Skype, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, tagged confidentiality agreement, Dewilka, Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Internships, Month in Review, Naren, Peace NGOs, press release, Skype, universal human commonalities, Volunteers on July 1, 2012|
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
- Finished writing and published April’s Month in Review
- Updated a UHC topic
- Created work email for Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern)
- Created UHC and work log files and shared them with Dillon
- Emailed him email and work instructions
Monday, May 21, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer), who sent me the signed and witnessed Confidentiality Agreement, about next steps and start date of his volunteer work
- Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) began his internship editing UHC topics
- He emailed follow-up questions to my work instructions
- Skyped with Dillon to answer his questions
- Emailed follow-up message to Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern) about obtaining a note from the laptop repair shop about the condition of her laptop
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Posted in Board, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, inter-community communication, Interns, Lillian, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace NGOs, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Reference Center, Steve, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review, tagged Board, confidentiality agreement, Dewilka, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Internships, Lillian, Naren, Peace NGOs, press release, Steve, Volunteers, Week in Review on June 25, 2012|
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
- Finished writing and published “Week in Review: April 30-May 6, 2012”
- Emailed Naren (Volunteer applicant from Coventry) to request for signature in front of a public notary and entire copy of Confidentiality Agreement
- Exchanged emails with Lillian (Board) about our board meeting
Monday, May 14, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern) about her work
- Exchanged emails with Lillian (Board) about our board meeting
- Exchanged emails with Simon (friend in London) about his recommendation letter
- Skyped with Steve (Board) about his recommendation letter
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Posted in Advisory Committee, Board, Communications, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Genocide Watch, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Google Docs, Gregory H. Stanton, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace NGOs, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Rutgers University, Schools, Seyi, Skype, Steve, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, Volunteers, web design, Website, Women PeaceMakers Residency, tagged Advisory Committee, Board, confidentiality agreement, Dewilka, Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Genocide Watch, Google Docs, Gregory H. Stanton, Internships, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Naren, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Peace NGOs, press release, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Rutgers University, Seyi, Skype, Steve, Susan Rice, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Volunteers, website, Women PeaceMakers Residency on June 20, 2012|
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
- Met with Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern) to sign the Confidentiality Agreement
- Ran into Sabine (friend in NY) who told me about two acquaintances who might be interested in volunteering for FGCNP
- Emailed Sabine volunteer information for FGCNP
- Sent in questions to join NY Times Nicholas Kristof’s interview with Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- Emailed Naren (Volunteer applicant from Coventry) the signed FGCNP Confidentiality Agreement for him to countersign
- Emailed Dillon (internship applicant from Rutgers University) to confirm our 2nd interview
- Skyped Seyi (Advisory Committee) about our chat
- Skyped with Steve (Board) about the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Spoke with Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Dewilka sent her bio
Thursday, May 10, 2012
- Began filling out the application for the Women PeaceMakers Residency at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego
- Wrote to Lillian and Steve (Board) to request recommendations from them for my application for the Women PeaceMakers Residency
- Created work email for Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern)
- Edited our Peace NGO page
- Created Peace NGO and work log files and shared them with Dewilka
- Emailed her email and work instructions
- Exchanged emails with and called Dewilka to go over her work email access
- Managed FGCNP news update subscriptions
- Exchanged emails with Lillian about my request for recommendation
- Skyped with Dewilka to work out kinks with access to Google Docs
- Exchanged emails with Gregory (GenocideWatch/Advisory Committee) about recommendation letter for the Women PeaceMakers Residency
- Had 2nd interview with Dillon
- Sent Dillon (internship applicant from Rutgers University) the signed FGCNP Confidentiality Agreement for him to countersign and the description to two of the UHC intern positions
- Skyped Seyi (Advisory Committee) about our chat
- Dewilka uploaded Peace NGO entries
- I reviewed her entries
- Steve replied about my request for recommendation and we exchanged emails about our next Board Meeting
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Posted in "The Three Pillars of Sustainable Development: Social Economic & Environmental", 501(c)(3), Advisory Committee, Bauer College of Business, Board, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, Dillon, England, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Gil Allon, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, IRS, Jackie Feffer, King’s College London, Lagos, Mara Rogers, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Penn State University, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Rockwell Career Center, Rutgers University, Schools, Seyi, Steve, UN Women, Underlying Principles, United States National Committee, universal human commonalities, University of Houston, US, Volunteers, Website, tagged "The Three Pillars of Sustainable Development: Social Economic & Environmental", 501(c)(3), Advisory Committee, Bauer College of Business, Board, confidentiality agreement, Dewilka, Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Gil Allon, Internships, IP, IRS, Jackie Feffer, King’s College London, Mara Rogers, Naren, Penn State University, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Rockwell Career Center, Rutgers University, Seyi, Steve, UN Women, United States National Committee, Volunteers, website on June 18, 2012|
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Monday, May 07, 2012
- Replied to Otto (student at King’s College London) about our preliminary interview
- Replied to Jonathan (Volunteer applicant from Bedfordshire) about his references
- Replied to Dillon (internship applicant from Rutgers University) about his new reference
- Emailed Gil Allon (Recruiting Manager, Rockwell Career Center, Bauer College of Business) with feedback to volunteer applications we’ve received from Bauer
- Exchanged emails with Dillon’s new reference to schedule time for chat
- Exchanged messages with Seyi (Advisory Committee) to schedule appointment for chat
- Received IRS letter with update to the FGCNP tax-exempt application
- Exchanged emails Jackie and Mara (Attorneys at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the IRS letter
- Spoke with Dillon’s reference
- Emailed Dillon to schedule a 2nd interview
- Received Skype message from Dewilka (Intern applicant from Penn State University) from May 4th and exchanged messages with her to confirm our appointment to sign the Confidentiality Agreement
- Registered for the UN Women United States National Committee’s “The Three Pillars of Sustainable Development: Social, Economic & Environmental” panel discussion
- Discovered that the Rockefeller Foundation’s Centennial website is using very similar web design to the FGCNP website
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
- Had 2nd interview with Naren (Volunteer applicant from Coventry)
- Interviewed Otto (Internship applicant from King’s College London)
- Emailed Todd and Mara (Attorneys at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Skype Steve (Board) about the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Otto emailed writing samples and I sent him the description for the Grant Research-Writer Internship
- Called Dewilka (Intern applicant from Penn State University) to change date of our meeting due to personal emergency
- Dillon (internship applicant from Rutgers University) emailed his availability for our 2nd interview
- Attended the UN Women United States National Committee’s “The Three Pillars of Sustainable Development: Social, Economic & Environmental” panel discussion
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Posted in “Hiring and Managing a Prospect Development Team”, “Nonprofit Financial Health: New Tools for Analysis”, Canada, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation Center, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, GuideStar, HR, inter-community communication, Intern Sources, Interns, Jon Thorsen, McGill University, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Penn State University, Rutgers University, Schools, The Nature Conservancy, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, US Department of Labor, White House Summer Jobs+ Initiative, tagged “Hiring and Managing a Prospect Development Team”, “Nonprofit Financial Health: New Tools for Analysis”, confidentiality agreement, Dewilka, Dillon, Foundation Center, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), GuideStar, Internships, Jon Thorsen, McGill University, Penn State University, Rutgers University, The Nature Conservancy, White House Summer Jobs+ Initiative on June 12, 2012|
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
- Emailed Dillon’s (Intern applicant from Rutgers University) reference (Karen) to confirm our chat
- Dewilka (Intern applicant from Penn State University) emailed her school’s internship form and confirmed our meeting date to sign the Confidentiality Agreement
- Emailed Kathy (White House Domestic Policy Council, Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation) to let her know about our plans to tag our volunteer notices for the Summer Jobs+ Bank
- Spoke with PSU’s Career Services about the internship form Dewilka sent
- Filled out the PSU Internship form
- Spoke with Dillon’s (Intern applicant from Rutgers University) references
- Emailed Dillon about his references
- Attended “Nonprofit Financial Health: New Tools for Analysis” with GuideStar
- Emailed filled internship form to PSU’s Career Services
- Attended “Hiring and Managing a Prospect Development Team” talk with Jon Thorsen (director of Advancement Services at The Nature Conservancy) at the Foundation Center
- Checked mail
Friday, May 04, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Annie (Intern applicant from McGill University), who would be taking summer courses instead of interning
- Emailed Dewilka (Intern applicant from Penn State University) to change our meeting date to sign the Confidentiality Agreement
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Posted in Callie, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Global Collaboration, global peace building, inter-community communication, Interns, Kunzang, Month in Review, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press Releases, universal human commonalities, tagged Callie, confidentiality agreement, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Internships, Kunzang, Month in Review on August 25, 2011|
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
- Emailed Kunzang (Science Research Writer Intern) with my feedback for her updates and work progress
- Wrote and edited June’s Month in Review
Thursday, July 7, 2011
- Finalized and published June’s Month in Review
- Began writing July’s Month in Review
- Met with Callie (Student/University Liaison Intern) to sign the Confidentiality Agreement and spoke with her about initial strategies for her internship
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Posted in Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Global Collaboration, global peace building, inter-community communication, Interns, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, Odxel LLC, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Schools, universal human commonalities, University of Central Florida, US, Volunteers, web design, Web Development, Website, website checklist, tagged confidentiality agreement, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Internships, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, universal human commonalities, University of Central Florida, Volunteers, Web development, website checklist, website design on July 12, 2011|
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
- Went over updates Lira (Web Development Volunteer) input on our website checklist
- Meet with Kunzang (Science Research Writer Intern) to sign the Confidentiality Agreement
- Compiled the list of Universal Human Commonalities and wrote notes for Kunzang
- Continued to go through the new website and make edits and notes for Lira
- Hayley (internship applicant from the University of Central Florida) emailed about the Confidentiality Agreement
Sunday, May 29, 2011
- Sent the list of Universal Human Commonalities to Kunzang (Science Liaison Intern)
- Created new web design elements for Lira (Web Development Volunteer)
- Continued to create and edit content for the new website
- Updated the mockup web pages file
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Posted in Board, Business Plan Writing, Communications, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Design, Diary, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, IP Transfer Agreement, Jackie Feffer, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, Mara Rogers, Masayo, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Odxel LLC, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Pro-bono project, Rice University, Schools, Skype, Steve, universal human commonalities, University of Central Florida, US, Volunteers, web design, Web Development, Website, tagged Board, business plan, confidentiality agreement, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Internships, IP Transfer Agreement, Jackie Feffer, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, logo design, Mara Rogers, Masayo, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Pro-bono project, Rice University, Skype, Steve, University of Central Florida, Volunteers, Web development, website design on July 8, 2011|
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
- Continued to create and edit elements for the new website
- Sent Lira (Web Development Volunteer) updated file on the website and responded to her email from the earlier
- Spoke with Lira about progress of new site construction and items we need from each other
- Continued to test the site and record edits needed from both Lira and myself
- Skyped Steve (Board) and asked him to print out Confidentiality Agreements for Kunzang (internship applicants from the New Jersey Institute of Technology) and Hayley (internship applicant from the University of Central Florida)
- Steve gave me the Confidentiality Agreements
- I showed Steve our new website and received feedback
Friday, May 27, 2011
- Continued to create and edit elements for the new website
- Sent Lira (Web Development Volunteer) updated file on the website
- Amol (internship applicant from Rice University) emailed to withdraw his internship application
- Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) and asked if we can talk about Foundation financial administration
- Spoke with Mara about formalizing terms of financial transactions, about which she will send me her list of questions and l agreed to send her the Foundation’s business plan, which I did later during the day
- Met with Kunzang (internship applicants from the New Jersey Institute of Technology) to sign the Confidentiality Agreement, but we had to postpone to the next day due to a glitch
- Sent Mara and Jackie the new logo I created (as I had not heard back from Masayo since we talked about signing a Confidentiality Agreement and IP Transfer Agreement for the logo) so their colleague can draw up an IP Transfer Agreement
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Posted in bylaws, Columbia University, Commercial Bank Account, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Donate, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, inter-community communication, Interns, Jackie Feffer, Joerg, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, Mara Rogers, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Odxel LLC, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Pro-bono project, Schools, Store, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, University of Central Florida, US, Volunteers, Volunteers and Interns, Web Development, Zazzle, tagged blog, bylaws, Columbia University, commercial bank account, confidentiality agreement, Donate, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation store, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Internships, Jackie Feffer, Joerg, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, Mara Rogers, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Central Florida, Volunteers, Web development, website design, Zazzle on July 7, 2011|
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
- Created and edited content for the new website
- Began conceptualizing the registration form for the new website
- Updated submenus and embed codes for the new website and sent them to Lira (Web Development Volunteer)
- Asked Lira about edits to our url nomenclature and submenu functionality on the home control panel
- Answered blog user comment
- Called bank and asked them to email me the authorization letter I gave them when we opened our account, which I received later
- Texted Kunzang’s (internship applicants from the New Jersey Institute of Technology) about our meeting to sign the Confidentiality Agreement
- Emailed bank authorization letter and donation/loan terms to Mara and Jackie (Attorneys at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP)
- Shared with Lira a sample of mapping by activity type
- Sent Joerg (classmate from b-school) our donation links
- Began creating products for the Foundation store
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
- Continued creating products for the Foundation store and sent embed codes to Lira (Web Development Volunteer)
- Exchanged emails with Zazzle about functions to our store and embed codes
- Continued creating site content for new site
- Received notification of donation from Joerg (NY classmate from b-school)
- Exchanged emails with Joerg about the donation
- Exchanged messages with Kunzang’s (internship applicants from the New Jersey Institute of Technology) about our meeting to sign the Confidentiality Agreement
- Looked through the website and reported to Lira things that need to be fixed and edits
- Exchanged emails with Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about language in the By-laws
- Exchanged emails with Hayley (internship applicant from the University of Central Florida) about her agreement to sign the Confidentiality Agreement and procedures for doing so
- Received and replied to internship application from Callie (student from Columbia University)
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Posted in bylaws, Carnegie Mellon, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Design, Diary, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Jackie Feffer, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, Mara Rogers, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Odxel LLC, Payment tools, Paypal, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Pro-bono project, Schools, universal human commonalities, US, Volunteers, web design, Web Development, Website, tagged bylaws, Carnegie Mellon, confidentiality agreement, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Internships, IP, Jackie Feffer, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, logo design, Mara Rogers, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Paypal, Pro-bono project, Volunteers, Web development, website design on July 3, 2011|
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
- Kunzang’s (internship applicants from the New Jersey Institute of Technology) replied with her availability for the second interview
- Exchanged emails with Said (friend in New York) about the Foundation’s contact information for the potential intern applicant he brought to my attention
- Continued creating and collecting various embed codes and writing submenus for the new website
Monday, May 23, 2011
- Continued creating and collecting various embed codes and writing sub menus for and noting glitches on the new website
- Sent the latest website information I collected to Lira (Web Development Volunteer) for incorporation
- Replied to Rupesh (internship applicant from Carnegie Mellon) about our preliminary chat
- Replied to Kunzang’s (internship applicants from the New Jersey Institute of Technology) about our second interview
- Spoke with Rupesh about interning for the Foundation
- Lira emailed with instructions to edit our PayPal account
- Spoke with Lira about the PayPal changes, sub menu edits and new website progress
- Spoke with Kunzang about interning for the Foundation and next steps
- Edited the Confidentiality Agreement and sent it to Kunzang
- Exchanged messages with Kunzang to set up an appointment to meet
- Exchanged emails with Mara and Jackie (Attorneys at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about documents for the logo IP transfer, the By-laws, and signatures
- Created a new design element for the website and sent it to Lira
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