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 analytics, “Fire in Our Hearts”, Communications, 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, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Skype, UNA-USA, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Website, tagged analytics, “Fire in Our Hearts”, Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Internships, Naren, Skype, UNA-USA, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, website on July 15, 2012|
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Monday, June 4, 2012
- Skyped with Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) to answer his questions about uploading the UHC entries he has been working on with Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer)
- Registered with UNA-NY for the film screening of “Fire in Our Hearts”
- Edited and published UHCs from Dillon and Naren
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
- Skyped editing information to Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer)
- Edited and published UHCs from Dillon and Naren
- Looked through website analytics
- Relayed Skype message to Dillon and Naren, which did not get through earlier
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Posted in Board, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace NGOs, peaceful conflict resolution, Pro-bono project, Reference Center, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Todd Hambidge, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, web design, Website, tagged Board, Dewilka, Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Internships, IP, Naren, Peace NGOs, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Skype, Todd Hambidge, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, website design on July 5, 2012|
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
- Skyped Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) about a Skype conference next week
- Skyped Dillon about his hours
- Exchanged emails with Naren about edits to the shared UHC file and his work log
- Exchanged emails with Dillon about his hours
- Emailed both Dillon and Naren about edits to the shared UHC file and our Skype conference appointment
- Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern) replied to my email follow-up about obtaining a note from the laptop repair shop about the condition of her laptop
Friday, May 25, 2012
- Edited Board Member requirements in the volunteers Careers section
- Emailed Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern) about obtaining a note from the laptop repair shop about the condition of her laptop
- Exchanged emails with Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) about edits to the shared UHC file
- Spoke with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Spoke with Carmella at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Centennial Department to inquire the designer of the Centennial website
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Posted in cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Google Fellowship, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Mara Rogers, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Personal Democracy Forum 2012: The Internet's New Political Power, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Todd Hambidge, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, web design, Website, Week in Review, tagged Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Google Fellowship, Internships, IP, Mara Rogers, Naren, Personal Democracy Forum 2012: The Internet's New Political Power, press release, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Skype, Todd Hambidge, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, website design, Week in Review on July 3, 2012|
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) about his bio, schedule and what to expect from me
- Check on Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) work progress
- Skyped with Dillon about the possibility of a conference call to introduce Naren
- Received feedback from Google Fellowship for Personal Democracy Forum 2012: The Internet’s New Political Power
- Exchanged emails with Mara and Todd (Attorneys at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) to schedule call for talking over the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Began writing “Week in Review: May 14-20, 2012”
- Set up work email for Naren
- Shared UHC and work log files with him
- Emailed him email and work instructions
- Introduced Dillon and Naren to each other and emailed them to set up a Skype conference for next week
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) to confirm appoint for talking over the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) began researching UHC topics
- He mailed follow-up questions about my work instructions
- Skyped with Naren to answer his questions
- Finished writing and published “Week in Review: May 14-20, 2012”
- Exchanged emails with Naren to give him feedback for his work and proposed schedule
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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, Communications, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, 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, Skype, Steve, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Website, Week in Review, tagged Board, confidentiality agreement, Dewilka, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Internships, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Naren, Peace NGOs, press release, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Skype, Steve, Volunteers, website, Week in Review on June 23, 2012|
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Friday, May 11, 2012
- Continued to review Dewilka’s (Peace NGO Research Intern) Peace NGO entries and work logs and sent her feedback
- Skype with Dewilka to let her know that I sent feedback to her work email
- Saw and replied to Steve’s (Board) email about recommendation
- Emailed Simon (friend in London) about recommendation
- Exchanged emails with Lillian and Steve (Board) about our next Board Meeting
- Spoke with Dewilka to ask her to read and respond to my feedback
- Checked on the progress of Dewilka’s work
- Exchanged emails with Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Exchanged emails with Dewilka about her reply to my feedback and the quality of her work
- Spoke with Kirwin (Dewilka’s professor and administrator of her internship for academic credit program) about Dewilka’s performance and went over the review process the internship for academic credit program
- Began writing “Week in Review: April 30-May 6, 2012”
Saturday, May 12, 2012
- Naren (Volunteer applicant from Coventry) sent the signature page of the Confidentiality Agreement
- Exchanged emails 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 “Hiring and Managing a Prospect Development Team”, “Makers: Women Who Make America”, “Nonprofit Financial Health: New Tools for Analysis”, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Communications, 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, Interns, Jon Thorsen, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Penn State University, Press, Press Releases, Professor Betsy West, Rutgers University, Schools, Skype, The Nature Conservancy, UC Berkeley, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, Volunteers, Week in Review, tagged “Hiring and Managing a Prospect Development Team”, “Makers: Women Who Make America”, “Nonprofit Financial Health: New Tools for Analysis”, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Dewilka, Dillon, Foundation Center, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), GuideStar, Internships, Jon Thorsen, Naren, Penn State University, press release, Professor Betsy West, Rutgers University, Skype, The Nature Conservancy, timeline, UC Berkeley, Volunteers, Week in Review on June 1, 2012|
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Angela (student at UC Berkeley) and Dillon (student at Rutgers University) to set up preliminary interview
- Attended “Makers: Women Who Make America” talk with Professor Betsy West at Columbia Journalism School
- One of Naren’s (Volunteer applicant from Coventry) references emailed to reschedule our chat
- Dewilka (Intern applicant from Penn State University) emailed with her availability
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
- Registered for “Nonprofit Financial Health: New Tools for Analysis” with GuideStar
- Exchanged emails with Jonathan (Volunteer applicant from Bedfordshire) about his updated references
- Emailed Dillon (student at Rutgers University) to confirm our preliminary interview
- Spoke with one of Naren’s (Volunteer applicant from Coventry) references
- Purchased Skype credit
- Emailed another one of Naren’s references to confirm our chat appointment
- Confirmed 2nd interview appointment with Dewilka (Intern applicant from Penn State University)
- Emailed Jonathan’s references to schedule time for chat
- Confirmed appointment with one of Jonathan’s references
- Spoke with one of Anna’s (Volunteer applicant from New York) references
- Emailed Anna about her references
- Interviewed Angela (student at UC Berkeley)
- Emailed Angela’s references to schedule time for chat
- Registered for the “Hiring and Managing a Prospect Development Team” talk with Jon Thorsen (director of Advancement Services at The Nature Conservancy) at the Foundation Center
- Exchanged emails with one of Angela’s references regarding his availability
- Began writing “Week in Review: April 16-22, 2012”
- Updated “Week in Review: April 2-8, 2012” and Timeline page
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Posted in Communications, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Global Collaboration, global peace building, inter-community communication, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Skype, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review, tagged Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, press release, Skype, Volunteers, Week in Review on January 23, 2012|
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
- Received email from Amirsan with holiday wishes for the Foundation
Friday, December 23, 2011
- Exchanged emails with Sarah (friend in New York) about the Skype appointment we were supposed to have the day before to chat about her volunteering for the Foundation
- Began writing “Week in Review: December 12-18“
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Posted in Alexandria Education Convention for Intercultural and Democratic Citizenship, Board, Board Consent, bylaws, Commercial Bank Account, Communications, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Earl Zimmerman, Egypt, equality, Foundation administration, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Funding, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Heidi Kim, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Investment, IP Transfer Agreement, Lagos, Legal, Lillian, Mara Rogers, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Participatory Peace, Payment tools, Paypal, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Pro-bono project, Promissory Note, Seyi, Skype, Steve, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, universal human commonalities, tagged Alexandria Education Convention for Intercultural and Democratic Citizenship, Board, Board Consent, commercial bank account, Earl Zimmerman, Egypt, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Funding, Heidi Kim, HR, Intellectual Property, Investment, IP, Lagos, Lillian, Mara Rogers, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Paypal, Pro-bono project, Promissory Note, Seyi, Skype, Steve, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge on October 15, 2011|
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Monday, September 12, 2011
- Seyi (investor from Lagos) emailed his signed Promissory Note with the latest updates I sent him on Friday
- Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) emailed me new corporate documents including the feedback I sent her and I sent her a follow-up question
- Exchanged emails with Mara regarding the Board Consent document package she sent me and signature requirements
- Updated the Board Consent document package with the latest documents Mara and Seyi sent me
- Read over and signed the IP documents Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP)
- Emailed Todd the signed documents with my feedback
- Exchanged emails with Heidi from NYLPI, who matched the Foundation with Earl Zimmerman of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP for our HR inquiries, to set up a meeting for next week
- Emailed Steve and Lillian (Board Directors) the Board Consent document package and instructions and asked them about the deadline and if they would like to Skype or meet in person to discuss the documents
- Exchanged emails with Lillian regarding document signing deadline
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
- Exchanged emails with Steve (Board) about dates for signing the Board Consent documents
- Applied to attend the Alexandria Education Convention for Intercultural and Democratic Citizenship in Egypt
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the signed IP documents I emailed him and processing fees
- Transferred money from the Foundation’s PayPal to the commercial bank account
- Mail the original signed IP documents to Todd
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