{"id":205,"date":"2011-05-03T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyoteblog.posterous.com\/talking-to-reps-from-ngos-other-orgs-from-all"},"modified":"2017-05-16T19:58:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T02:58:35","slug":"talking-to-reps-from-ngos-other-orgs-from-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2011\/05\/talking-to-reps-from-ngos-other-orgs-from-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking to Reps from NGOs & other orgs from all over the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting to a “class” of the US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program<\/a>. This was the third time I’ve presented to such a group since the mid 1990s – and this time, I got to spend more time with them than ever before!<\/p>\n

These visitors represent NGOs and government agencies from all over the world, and are invited to the USA by arrangement of the Institute of International Education (IIE)<\/a>. The focus of the visit this year was how different organizations in the USA engage with volunteers, and I joined colleagues here in Portland to do a workshop on using social media to recruit and engage with volunteers (a very shortened version of the webinar for TechSoup, which is still available online<\/a>). I was joined by Erin Barnhart<\/a> and Martin Cowling<\/a> (who just happened to be visiting from Australia!).<\/p>\n

As you can see from this photo<\/a>, I was thrilled to find an Afghan amid the group – Mr. Khir Mohammad Pazhwok of Ghori, the Program Officer with Integrity Watch Afghanistan<\/a>. He seemed happy to meet someone who has been to his country (he was impressed that I still knew the Dari words for “Right”, “Left,” “Forward,” “Why not?” and “Thank you!”).<\/p>\n

I presented to the 2010 group last year, leading an all-to-brief 30-minute panel of Portland agencies to talk about different models of volunteer engagement (long-term, episodic, diversity-focused, etc.). I presented to the group for the first time back in the 1990s in Austin, Texas – another all-too-brief talk about online volunteering (got into some trouble at that one when I started talking about Austin’s famous live music scene, which the group realized their State Department hosts would not<\/em> be showing to them at all during the visit).<\/p>\n

These representatives are highly<\/em> focused on gathering as much knowledge as possible to take back to their respective countries. And they ask some of the best questions of any group I present to. What I love about presenting to this group is that they are ready to experiment<\/em> – they do not<\/em> fear new practices. They also never say what I hear too often by audiences in North America, Europe and even Australia: that’s not how we do things; I’m not sure we can change<\/em>. If they hear a good idea, they are going to run with it!<\/p>\n

I’m ready to do a workshop for YOU<\/a>. I can also do workshops online<\/a>. My schedule fills up quickly, so contact me soon with your idea!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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