I have been writing my blog
entries outside of the blog while I figured out how to set this up. Now I
am ready to post the earlier versions. So here goes.
August 2014 – We are now meeting
regularly as a team. Information is
coming at us fast. There is weekly prep.
work to be done. It still seems so far
off and even though I do the work recommended each week it is still hard to
imagine myself in Turkey for a month. I
think it will become more real once we know what type of project we will be
working on.
July 2014 – It is now
official. I have been invited to
participate in the Turkey 11 team of the IBM Corporate Service Corps. What a wonderful opportunity! #ibmcsc turkey
About the IBM Corporate Service Corps
The Corporate Service Corps was launched in 2008
to help provide IBMers with high quality leadership development while
delivering high quality problem solving for communities and organizations in
emerging markets. The program empowers IBM employees as global citizens by
sending groups of 10 - 15 individuals from different countries with a range of
skills to an emerging market for four week community-based assignments. During
the assignment, participants perform community-driven economic development
projects working at the intersection of business, technology, and society.
This program increases IBM's understanding and
appreciation of growth markets while creating global leaders who are culturally
aware and possess advanced teaching skills. The Corporate Service Corps offers
a triple benefit: leadership development for the IBMers, leadership training
and development for the communities, and greater knowledge and enhanced
reputation in the growth markets for IBM.
Since its launch in 2008, the Corporate
Service Corps has had a positive impact of the lives of more the 140,000 people
through skills transfer and capacity building. Many thousands more have been
positively impacted through the services of the organizations the Corporate
Service Corps has supported. The Corporate Service Corps program has sent over
2400 participants on over 200 teams to more than 30 countries around the world.
The participants come from over 50 countries and have served communities in
Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana,
India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan , Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru,
The Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka,
Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam, UAE and Ukraine . The
program continues to expand to new locations each year.
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