Archive for the ‘Good Ideas’ Category

September 1st, 2010 - 7:24 am § in Careers, Good Ideas, Looking for Opportunity, Nonprofit Spotlight, Tips & Resources

You Have to Walk Before You Can Run Away

The excerpt presents a highly self-analytical question to the internationally mobile population of dreamers and do-gooders: Are you running from or toward something? Only the delusional would argue that there is nothing personal about their flight. Just looking to make the world a better place by gi[...]

August 19th, 2010 - 7:49 am § in Around Town, Culture, Good Ideas, Guatemala, In the Field, Volunteer

Lessons in Purchasing Power and Investment

I have tried my hardest over the past few years to bury the key concepts and bold lettering that were force fed in business school, a process heavily aided by the acquisition of two new languages and ether-like Chinese rice wine. Last week, however, I was reminded of the purchasing power of American[...]

August 11th, 2010 - 9:00 am § in Argentina, Around Town, Culture, Good Ideas, News

Gay Marriage in Latin America: Is Argentina Ahead of the Curve?

Just last week, two men got married in Buenos Aires, Argentina after 34 years together as partners. The coolest part about this? The official crossed out “man and woman” on the license and instead wrote “contracting parties.” They were able to get married because Argentina just recently pass[...]

August 6th, 2010 - 8:00 pm § in Around Town, Culture, Day in the Life, Good Ideas, Peru, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

Day in the Life: Hiking The Colca Canyon

Last week, a couple of us headed down to Arequipa to hike the Colca Canyon. After riding in a bus for nine hours with a broken bathroom and a broken window, we arrived at 7:00 in the morning absolutely frozen. Our luck continued when we found out that there were no buses back to Cusco. Figuring [...[...]

July 27th, 2010 - 10:36 am § in Around Town, Good Ideas, Guatemala, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

Marketing Techniques

How do you interest someone in becoming a sponsor for a child in your program? How do you make your program more interesting to this potential sponsor than the tens of hundreds of other child-sponsor programs? How do you convince someone that the needs of your kids are great enough to warrant thei[...]

July 23rd, 2010 - 10:48 am § in Around Town, Country, Culture, Day in the Life, Good Ideas, In the Field, Peru, Social Entrepreneurship, Volunteer

Being Inspired

My experience in Peru has been everything I could have wanted. It will be one of those, “When I was your age” stories that I will tell my children. My only real responsibilities are to Skype my parents on their birthdays and to not get arrested. The people I am meeting and interacting with are [[...]

July 22nd, 2010 - 10:14 am § in Day in the Life, Good Ideas, Uruguay

Recycling in Montevideo: The Human Element

Usually I’m somewhat compulsive, if not entirely efficient, when it comes to recycling. But I also have a small apartment in Montevideo, and it gradually became overrun with papers, bottles, and plastic bags because I didn’t know where to bring all my recyclable goods at first. A Google [...]

July 21st, 2010 - 11:01 am § in Around Town, Costa Rica, Country, Good Ideas, Guatemala, Panama, Tips & Resources

Getting Schooled in Spanish Schools

Well, I’ve done this all backward. More than six months after coming to Central America, I’m finally taking a long-term shot at Spanish school. I decided on the school I’m at – Sol Latino in in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala – after hearing good feedback from some travelers I met. B[...]

July 13th, 2010 - 9:58 am § in Event, Good Ideas, Guatemala, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

When it Comes to Fundraising, Be Persistent

I have been volunteering with the preschool classrooms at San Pablo la Laguna for two years, and with the Ayudame a Pintar Mi Futuro (APMF) project in San Pedro for over a year now. Every six months, I buy a lot of the work of local artisans and weavers and take it to my [...][...]

July 7th, 2010 - 9:35 am § in Around Town, Good Ideas, Guatemala, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

Location, Location, Location

As my Introduction to Marketing professor told us on the first day, it’s all about location, a rule that spreads well beyond the world of advertising and real estate. Too often in life, people allow their to geographical position to define them.  Tyler seems trapped by the repetition of Chicago a[...]





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