Leaving lodging now to sounds of music coming from every direction and vendors in full swing everywhere: how wonderful to see Liberia returning to its past vitality after enduring such a devastating war. While I know all people of this nation still are deeply traumatized, I am profoundly moved by everyone’s spirit of generosity and hope. They so believe that with the US having a new administration, there is renewed promise for their nation. We can not let them down: Liberia is a model of possibilities of post-conflict recovery, ripe with opportunity and fraught with challenges. We must encourage international support from nation-states, NGOs, the business community and the continued presence of the United Nations Mission in Liberia. We can not... more
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I am a blog virgin and this is my first! For many years, as a consultant I’ve been encouraging all my clients to learn about and utilize the many tools and platforms the Internet provides to allow them to increase their impact and many have done so to great success. As I also teach courses at graduate schools, I’ve taught my students the same, bringing in experts from the field as guest lecturers to share the latest cutting edge information. I simply familiarized myself on all this well enough to be able to describe where to look for guidance and how to begin. I always have known that I have to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, if... more
