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|
Leave a Comment »
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
Read Full Post »
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|
Leave a Comment »
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
Read Full Post »
Posted in Callie, Columbia University, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, inter-community communication, Interns, Lira Kamat, live forum policy, Mara Rogers, Odxel LLC, Participatory Peace, Paypal, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, privacy policy, Pro-bono project, Schools, Skype, Sue Ross, universal human commonalities, US, Volunteers, Volunteers and Interns, web design, Web Development, Website, website checklist, website launch, website terms and conditions, tagged Callie, Columbia University, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Internships, Lira Kamat, live forum policy, Mara Rogers, Paypal, privacy policy, Pro-bono project, Skype, Sue Ross, Volunteers, Web development, website design, website terms and conditions on August 2, 2011|
Leave a Comment »
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
- Continued to make edits to the new website
- Replied to Mara’s (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) email to give her some updates about my schedule and asked if I can call her colleague Sue about the website terms and conditions she sent me
- Callie (internship applicant from Columbia University) emailed with her availability for first interview
- Sent Lira (Web Development Volunteer) an updated website editing tasks list
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
- Edited website images and updated the website editing tasks list
- Sent Lira (Web Development Volunteer) the updated image files and website editing tasks list and emailed her to ask about PayPal
- Exchanged emails with Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP), who told me that I can get in contact with her colleague Sue about the website terms and conditions she sent me
- Exchanged emails and voicemails with Sue (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) to schedule time to go over questions about the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Live Forum Guidelines she put together for the Foundation
- Emailed Callie (internship applicant from Columbia University) to confirmed the time for first interview and asked for her Skype contact details, which she sent later during the day
Read Full Post »
Posted in Board, cookies, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Engagement Letter, equality, EU legislation, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, inter-community communication, Investment, Jackie Feffer, Lagos, Lillian, Lira Kamat, live forum policy, Mara Rogers, Odxel LLC, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, privacy policy, Pro-bono project, Promissory Note, Seyi, Steve, Sue Ross, UK privacy legislation and compliance, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, web design, Web Development, Website, website checklist, website terms and conditions, YouTube, tagged Board, cookies, Engagement Letter, EU legislation, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Investment, Jackie Feffer, Lagos, Lillian, Lira Kamat, live forum policy, Mara Rogers, privacy policy, Promissory Note, Seyi, Steve, Sue Ross, UK privacy legislation and compliance, Volunteers, Web development, website checklist, website design, website terms and conditions, YouTube on July 16, 2011|
Leave a Comment »
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
- Sent the list of website edits to Lira (Web Development Volunteer)
- Exchanged emails with Steve and Lillian (Board) about website development
- Lira emailed to have a call in the afternoon
- Spoke with Lira about the progress of the new website and the launch date
- Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) replied to my email about website terms and conditions and introduced me to her colleague Sue Ross, with whom I made an appointment to chat later during the day
- Created and edited website design elements and sent them to Lira
- Spoke with Sue about terms and conditions appropriate for the Foundation’s site. She told me about the latest EU legislation regarding cookies and will provide us with some guidelines for the live-discussions section of the site
- Exchanged emails with Sue about two documents she sent me regarding UK privacy legislation and compliance and items she will be working on for the Foundation
- Exchanged emails with Mara about the promissory note forms she sent me
- Continued to update the list of website edits
Thursday, June 2, 2011
- Sent the list of website edits to Lira (Web Development Volunteer)
- Exchanged emails with Seyi (Investor from Lagos) about his investment in the Foundation and becoming a board member
Scheduled a chat with Seyi
- Exchanged emails with Sue, Mara and Jackie (Attorneys at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the website terms and conditions, privacy policy and live forum policy she sent and the jurisdiction of the Engagement Letter with Fulbright
- Began reading and commenting on the website terms and conditions, privacy policy and live forum policy Sue sent
- Finished creating and editing registration forms for the new website
- Researched YouTube channel embedding options and emailed her the information
- Lira sent me updates to the website and some to-dos for me
- Began going through the updates and to-dos list and edited the website and list of website edits accordingly
Read Full Post »
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|
Leave a Comment »
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
Read Full Post »
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|
Leave a Comment »
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
Read Full Post »
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|
Leave a Comment »
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)
Read Full Post »
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|
Leave a Comment »
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
Read Full Post »
Posted in bylaws, Carnegie Mellon, conlict of interest policy, cross-cultural collaboration, Design, Diary, equality, Ethnic Profiling in the European Union, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Justice Initiative, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, Mara Rogers, Masayo, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Odxel LLC, Open Society Institute, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Pro-bono project, Schools, universal human commonalities, US, Volunteers, Web Development, tagged bylaws, Carnegie Mellon, conflict of interest policy, Ethnic Profiling in the European Union, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Internships, IP, Justice Initiative, Kunzang, Lira Kamat, Mara Rogers, Masayo, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Open Society Institute, Pro-bono project, Volunteers, Web development, website design on June 30, 2011|
Leave a Comment »
Friday, May 20, 2011
- Spoke with Lira (Web Development Volunteer) about the progress of the new website. We went over items I need to send her and gave me access to the new website to input content
- Spoke with Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the IP Transfer document I asked to draw up for Masayo’s (pro-bono graphic designer) new logo, the draft By-laws and Conflict of Interest policy
- Spoke with John, one of Kunzang’s (internship applicants from the New Jersey Institute of Technology) references
- Exchanged emails with Rupesh (internship applicant from Carnegie Mellon) to schedule a preliminary chat
- Emailed Kunzang to schedule a second interview
Saturday, May 21, 2011
- Began creating and collecting various embed codes for the new website
- Finished reading Ethnic Profiling in the European Union, Pervasive, Ineffective, and Discriminatory by the Justice Initiative at the Open Society Institute
Read Full Post »
Posted in Carnegie Mellon, Charity:Water, cross-cultural collaboration, Davidson College, Design, Diary, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Global Collaboration, global peace building, inter-community communication, Intern Sources, Lira Kamat, Masayo, Odxel LLC, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Pro-bono project, Schools, Styleta, universal human commonalities, University of Central Florida, US, Volunteers, Volunteers and Interns, web design, Web Development, web hosting, Website, tagged Carnegie Mellon, Charity:Water, Davidson College, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Internships, Lira Kamat, logo design, Masayo, Pro-bono project, Styleta, University of Central Florida, Volunteers, Web development, web hosting, website design on June 5, 2011|
Leave a Comment »
Sunday, May 01, 2011
- Attended a Styleta benefit for Charity:Water and spoke with a Styleta representative about the possibility of future collaboration
Monday, May 02, 2011
- Continued making website design elements for Lira (Web Development Volunteer)
- Emailed Hayley’s (internship applicant from the University of Central Florida) to let her know about the status of our reference checks
- Interviewed Varuni (internship applicant from Carnegie Mellon) with Lira and spoke with Varuni about the problem I was having in contacting some of her references
- Spoke with Lira about web hosting and website operational logistics
- Varuni got in touch with two of her references and asked them to get in touch with me directly
- Continued to organize and read through intern and volunteer applicants’ cover letters, CVs and writing samples
- Emailed Rachel (internship applicant from Davidson College) to schedule a preliminary chat
- Exchanged emails with Masayo (pro-bono logo designer) about whether she felt comfortable continuing to contribute to the logo redesign
- Exchanged emails with two of Varuni’s references
- Exchanged emails with Lesley, one of Hayley’s references, to schedule our chat for later this week
- Lira sent me two web hosts to consider and we exchanged emails about more website user interface logistics
Read Full Post »
Chronicles of a Non-profit: 