Alicia Ness, Author at New Global Citizen

Adaptation in Real Time

Citizen Diplomacy

August 21, 2013 Alicia Ness no comments

It was 8:30pm. I sat on an old cushioned couch munching a falafel sandwich, surveying my surroundings with equal parts wonder and joy. I was one of two people in a room o...

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Looking for the Path to Global Leadership? Go Lead in an Emerging Market.

Leadership

July 3, 2013 Alicia Ness no comments

Being globally minded is no longer a professional choice. It’s a business requirement. To achieve global progress and shared value solutions to the big problems that are ...

The IFC Convenes 7th Annual Sustainability Summit to Explore Realities of “Uncertain” Future

Impact & Innovation

June 25, 2013 Alicia Ness no comments

This week, the International Finance Corporation convened its 7th Annual Sustainability Summit. The topic: Dealing With Uncertainty. Though companies are clearly making s...

Did You Know Your Company Could Change the World?

Global Pro Bono

June 14, 2013 Alicia Ness no comments

Yesterday at the State Department, Drew O’Brien took the stage for his first speech in his new role as Special Representative for Global Partnerships. Special Rep D...

Libraries + Literacy Fuel Inspiration, Open Doors to Opportunity in South Asia

Impact & Innovation

June 3, 2013 Alicia Ness no comments

Subhadra Devi Timilsena can barely write her name, but she has given her entire community the opportunity to become literate, obtain livelihood skills, access the Interne...

Convening Genius, Imagining Opportunity at #SIS13

Impact & Innovation

May 29, 2013 Alicia Ness 1 comment

Early this year, an Economist briefing heralded the end of innovation. The rate of innovation, it claimed, is either woefully slow compared to the early and mid-20th cent...

MasterCard Promotes Gender Equality Through Economic Empowerment

Enterprise Development

May 22, 2013 Alicia Ness no comments

UN Women Singapore and MasterCard have co-organized Project Inspire : 5 minutes to change the world, to promote gender equality through economic empowerment. The p...

Kids in Grass _ Malawi _ Ilhame Ouansafi

PHOTO ESSAY: Malawian children

MBAs Without Borders

May 16, 2013 Alicia Ness no comments

Ilhame Ouansafi is an Enterprise Development Advisor with MBAs Without Borders volunteering at St. Luke’s Mission Hospital in Malosa, Malawi. She is working in collabora...

ICV Spotlight: Six Months in Kenya, Changing Lives

Global Pro Bono

May 10, 2013 Alicia Ness 2 comments

Douglas Mackie, an IT Business Analyst for the past seven years at GlaxoSmithKline from Cinnaminson, NJ, was one of the winners of this year’s ICV photo contest, announce...

Three MBA Videos That Can Change the World

MBAs Without Borders

May 3, 2013 Alicia Ness no comments

GBSN’s 3rd annual MBA+ Challenge Video Contest invited business students from around the globe to submit videos showing how they are making a difference in the developing...

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Adaptation in Real Time

Citizen Diplomacy

Worth checking out

Looking for the Path to Global Leadership? Go Lead in an Emerging Market.

Leadership

The IFC Convenes 7th Annual Sustainability Summit to Explore Realities of “Uncertain” Future

Impact & Innovation

Did You Know Your Company Could Change the World?

Global Pro Bono

Libraries + Literacy Fuel Inspiration, Open Doors to Opportunity in South Asia

Impact & Innovation

MasterCard Promotes Gender Equality Through Economic Empowerment

Enterprise Development

PHOTO ESSAY: Malawian children

MBAs Without Borders

ICV Spotlight: Six Months in Kenya, Changing Lives

Global Pro Bono

Three MBA Videos That Can Change the World

MBAs Without Borders