The Opening Gate
Here is my first official post for SLC and it is on the Opening Session. Since this is my first SLC I do not know what to expect. So walking into the room and hearing Shakira on the loud speaker, well it shattered any idea that this will be stuffy event. Then the dancers in the beginning great way to open!
Kudos to Bill on all the work he began with creating Day of Caring. It made me think of how far an idea can go. Especially since United Way Ghana had their first Day of Caring last year. I wonder if Bill thought his idea would spread the waters? That is the "Audacity to Hope" as he stated.
During Brian's speech he said a few quick things that really stuck out to me. First, "resources under you management," I love that phrase. It will be added to my United Way vocabulary. He mentioned United Way's great progress but how we need to move at a faster rate. I concur, I am sure everyone here is ready for this challenge. Another issue which I have coincidentally been in conversations about a lot lately is America's graduation rate. How it is not as positive as the statistics first made it seem. Of course once he spoke of United Way International (UWI) I became excited (yay for the UWI team). I hope his words encouraged all UW staff to broaden their scope of community impact, since America's communities/corporations have a global face.
Time for lunch so till next time.
Kudos to Bill on all the work he began with creating Day of Caring. It made me think of how far an idea can go. Especially since United Way Ghana had their first Day of Caring last year. I wonder if Bill thought his idea would spread the waters? That is the "Audacity to Hope" as he stated.
During Brian's speech he said a few quick things that really stuck out to me. First, "resources under you management," I love that phrase. It will be added to my United Way vocabulary. He mentioned United Way's great progress but how we need to move at a faster rate. I concur, I am sure everyone here is ready for this challenge. Another issue which I have coincidentally been in conversations about a lot lately is America's graduation rate. How it is not as positive as the statistics first made it seem. Of course once he spoke of United Way International (UWI) I became excited (yay for the UWI team). I hope his words encouraged all UW staff to broaden their scope of community impact, since America's communities/corporations have a global face.
Time for lunch so till next time.
Labels: international
Look out; the rest of the world is right next door!
Must say I'm really excited that the SLC will host the greatest number of international United Way colleagues ever! Please keep your eyes open for
Peter Darvas
Executive Director
Erofforas United Way Hungary
Titania Fernandez
High Net Worth Manager
Community Chest of the Western Cape, South Africa
Maureen Grant Hayes
Director, Strategic Giving and Major Individual Giving
United Way of Calgary and Area, Canada
Maria del Rosario Sintes
Executive Director
Dividendo por Colombia
Shibani Sachdeva
Executive Director
United Way of Mumbai, India
Bev Stewart
Director, Major Gifts
United Way of Jamaica
Tatiana Zadirako
Executive Director
United Way Moscow, Russia
Not to mention a number of UW International staffers, including our Europe and Middle East Regional Director, Agnieszka Naumiuk from Poland.
Learn more about UWI and the members around the world by visiting our web site
Labels: canada, colombia, hungary, india, international, jamaica, russia, south africa
