Posted in Board, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Dillon, employee handbooks, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, Inna Zaltsman, inter-community communication, Interns, Lillian, Month in Review, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review, tagged Board, Dillon, employee handbooks, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Inna Zaltsman, Internships, Lillian, Month in Review, Naren, press release, Pro-bono project, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review on September 16, 2012|
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
- Finished writing and published “Week in Review: July 9-15, 2012”
- Received inquiry from Obadiah Abimiku (Nigeria) about our office locations
- Exchanged emails with Lillian (Board) about board meeting minutes
Monday, July 23, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Inna (Attorney at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP) about the FGCNP Employee Handbook
- Exchanged emails with Obadiah Abimiku (Nigeria) about our office locations and provision of peace-building support literature
- Emailed Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) about our up-coming UHC and monthly progress meeting
- Started writing June’s Month in Review
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Posted in BBC Radio, cross-cultural collaboration, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, inter-community communication, Interns, More or Less, Naren, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review, tagged BBC Radio, Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Internships, More or Less, Naren, press release, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review on September 5, 2012|
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
- Continued to edit and publish UHCs from Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer)
- Had UHC meeting with Dillon and Naren
- Emailed Dillon and Naren BBC Radio program More or Less’s episode on body language
- Exchanged emails with Dillon about Psychology UHC entries
Sunday, July 15, 2012
- Wrote and published “Week in Review: July 2-8, 2012”
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Posted in Board, cross-cultural collaboration, Dillon, El-Hibri Peace Education Prize, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Funding, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Lillian, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace NGOs, peaceful conflict resolution, Prizes, Pro-bono project, Reference Center, Steve, Todd Hambidge, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, tagged Board, Dillon, El-Hibri Peace Education Prize, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Funding, Internships, IP, Lillian, Naren, Peace NGOs, Pro-bono project, Steve, Todd Hambidge, universal human commonalities, Volunteers on September 2, 2012|
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the Foundation’s IP
- Exchanged messages with Lillian (Board) about board meeting minutes
- Edited the UHC and Peace NGOs page
- Edited and published UHCs from Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer)
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
- Continued to edit and publish UHCs from Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer)
- Exchanged emails with Dillon and Naren to postpone the UHC meeting until Thursday and asked Dillon to upload new UHCs
- Received feedback from Andrei (Donor) about the 2012 El-Hibri Peace Education Prize and sent Steve (Board) the nomination information
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Posted in Austin, Board, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Funding, Fundraising, Global Collaboration, global peace building, GoodSearch, HR, inter-community communication, Interns, James W. Pennebaker, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Science-art Project, Steve, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, University of Texas, Volunteers, Week in Review, tagged Board, Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Funding, Fundraising, GoodSearch, Internships, James W. Pennebaker, Naren, Science-art project, Steve, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review on August 29, 2012|
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
- Emailed Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) to reschedule our UHC meeting for next week
- Exchanged emails with Naren, who confirmed for our UHC meeting next week
- Replied to Timothy, who emailed to inquire about interning for FGCNP
- Exchanged messages with Helena (an artist friend of Steve, our Board Member) about the postponement of our appointment to meet up and chat about the FGCNP science-art education program
Saturday, July 7, 2012
- Exchanged messages with Helena (an artist friend of Steve, our Board Member) about the postponement of our appointment to meet up and chat about the FGCNP science-art education program
- Noticed the disappearance of the FGCNP logo from the GoodSearch toolbar and emailed GoodSearch about latest donations and FGCNP supporters
- Continued reading The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker
- Began writing “Week in Review: June 25-July 1, 2012”
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Posted in Austin, 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, James W. Pennebaker, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, UNA-USA, Under Fire: Journalists in Combat, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, University of Texas, Volunteers, tagged Dewilka, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Internships, James W. Pennebaker, Naren, SPARK, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, UNA-USA, Under Fire: Journalists in Combat, universal human commonalities, Volunteers on August 26, 2012|
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
- Continued reading The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
- Emailed Dewilka (former Peace NGO Research Intern) to request that she stop spamming FGCNP, which began on 6/17
- Exchanged emails with Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) about the rescheduling of our UHC meeting
- Registered for UNA-NY screening of Under Fire: Journalists in Combat
- Learned about SPARK and registered with them to become a partner
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Posted in "Being Human", "In search of Peace" Research Conference, Conferences, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Dillon, equality, European Science Foundation, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, inter-community communication, Interns, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace Conference, peaceful conflict resolution, Science-art Project, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, tagged "In search of Peace" Research Conference, Board, Dillon, European Science Foundation, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Internships, Naren, Science-art project, Steve, universal human commonalities, Volunteers on August 23, 2012|
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Saturday, June 30, 2012
- Applied to attend and speak at European Science Foundation’s 2012 “In search of Peace” Research Conference
- Helena (an artist friend of Steve, our Board Member), wrote to inquire about volunteering for FGCNP and we exchanged messages about the science-art education program information I sent her and meeting up for a chat
Monday, July 2, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) to reschedule our UHC meeting due to conflict with US Independence Day
- Exchanged messages with Helena (an artist friend of Steve, our Board Member) about our appointment to meet up and chat about the FGCNP science-art education program
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Posted in Austin, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, inter-community communication, Interns, James W. Pennebaker, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, University of Texas, Volunteers, Week in Review, tagged Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Internships, James W. Pennebaker, Naren, press release, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review on August 18, 2012|
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
- Continued reading The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker
- Had progress meeting with Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer)
- Edited and published UHCs from Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren
- Wrote feedback for both Dillon and Naren
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
- Edited and published UHCs from Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer)
- Wrote feedback for both Dillon and Naren
- Began writing “Week in Review: June 18-24, 2012”
- Had UHC meeting with Dillon and Naren
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Posted in Austin, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, inter-community communication, Interns, James W. Pennebaker, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, University of Texas, Volunteers, Week in Review, tagged Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Internships, James W. Pennebaker, Naren, press release, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review on August 14, 2012|
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
- Continued reading The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker
- Finished writing and published “Week in Review: June 11-17, 2012”
Monday, June 25, 2012
- Edited and published UHCs from Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer)
- Emailed Dillon feedback for the Psychology UHC entries
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Posted in Advisory Committee, Austin, Communications, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Dillon, England, equality, FAQs, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, inter-community communication, Intern Sources, Interns, James W. Pennebaker, Month in Review, Naren, Oxford University, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Schools, Seyi, Skype, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, University of Texas, US Department of Labor, Volunteers, White House Summer Jobs+ Initiative, tagged Advisory Committee, Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Internships, James W. Pennebaker, Month in Review, Naren, Oxford University, press release, Seyi, Skype, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, universal human commonalities, US Department of Labor, Volunteers, White House Summer Jobs+ Initiative on August 4, 2012|
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Irina (Oxford student) about interning at FGCNP
- Emailed Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) to set up UHC meeting for next week
- Listened to conference call with DOL Secretary Solis and Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Mark Zuckerman about the Summer Jobs+ initiative
- Continued reading The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker
- Continued writing May’s Month in Review
Thursday, June 21, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) about our UHC meeting for next week
- Continued writing May’s Month in Review
- Skyped with Seyi (Advisory Committee) about meeting
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Posted in Austin, “Habibi”, “The Invisible War”, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Film Festival, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, Human Rights Watch, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, James W. Pennebaker, Month in Review, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Schools, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, Todd Hambidge, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, University of Texas, US, Volunteers, Women PeaceMakers Residency, tagged "Habibi", “The Invisible War”, Dillon, Film Festival, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Human Rights Watch, Internships, IP, James W. Pennebaker, Month in Review, Naren, press release, Pro-bono project, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us, Todd Hambidge, universal human commonalities, UT Austin, Volunteers, Women PeaceMakers Residency on August 1, 2012|
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Monday, June 18, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the Foundation’s IP
- Attended the Human Rights Watch New York Film Festival screening of “Habibi” and “The Invisible War”
- Received feedback for the Women PeaceMakers Residency at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
- Had progress meeting with Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern)
- Sent Fulbright fees for Foundation’s IP application and emailed Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) to let him know I’ve wired the fees
- Exchanged emails with Dillon about the linguistic topic list he sent as well as his email to Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) and myself
- Began writing May’s Month in Review
- Began reading The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker
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