Lunch and Learn
Lunch & Learn “Utilizing the Enneagram for Development of Self and Team” with Jayson Morris
ZoomGreat leaders surround themselves with talent and then figure out how to empower others. They build high-performing teams that have the knowledge and skills needed to leverage one another’s strengths and navigate challenges. The Enneagram provides a powerful map to learn about individual and collective strengths and to navigate interpersonal tensions so that individuals and…
GlobalPDX Lunch & Learn: Civic Ecology: A Framework for Sustainable Community Development
Lewis & Clark College 615 S Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR, United StatesThis presentation will describe Civic Ecology -- a stakeholder-driven, whole-systems framework for sustainable community planning -- developed by SERA Architects in Portland, Oregon. The framework focuses on empowering citizens of all ages, cultures, and abilities to envision, create, and manage their community’s unique “software” – the integrated energy, nutrient, water, waste, material, and food…
GlobalPDX Lunch & Learn “Creative Approaches to Communication and Conflict Resolution” with Michelle Helman
Creative Approaches to Communication and Conflict Resolution: how to alleviate friction amidst challenge and change. ABOUT Navigating conflict and change can be challenging, period. Effective communication for global development organizations is essential to ensure values align with actions and impact. Challenges, change, and conflict often arise when we are working within complex contexts, and…
Lunch & Learn “The Coming SEC Revolution in Human Rights” with Aaron Pina (of Anthropolicy Culture Brokers)
ZoomSuccessful international profit and nonprofit organizations center equity in their policies and operations; yet, the absence of uniform de&i standards adds confusion to an already dizzying and controversial landscape. For the past several years, the Security and Exchange Commision has attempted, with mixed results, to embed de&i within their domestic and international economic policies. The…
Inside the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Chidi Blyden
One World Trade CenterWhat is the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)? With a singular mission to reduce global poverty through economic growth, the MCC (created by U.S. Congress 2004 with strong bipartisan support), delivers foreign assistance and works with the world’s poorest countries that are committed to just and democratic governance, economic freedom, and investment in their citizens. Working…