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2012 Starfish Community Expo

Kyle Adams
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Posted 4 weeks ago
This is a preliminary announcement about the 2012 Expo. Venue and agenda are yet to be determined, but the dates will be October 16-18, 2012 and it will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The organizing team is open to any suggestions or recommendations for the format and agenda.

Expo Community Development Panel

Kyle Adams
76 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 311 Views
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago
Hi everyone- Some of you have asked for Chris Ampadu's presentation on worldview from the 2010 Starfish Community Expo. It is attached to this post. If you have questions or comments about the material, post them here. thanks!

Transforming the Way People Think About Aid

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Debbie Rankin
26 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 227 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago
Tim Cross provides some excellent commentary on the history of international aid. In the attached video, he briefly shares the importance of transforming the way people think about disaster relief to enable change and bring communities together.

Community Restoration

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Debbie Rankin
26 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 320 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago
In the interview below, Jim Yost talks about his experience with adopting a community outside of Padang after the earthquakes that took place in Indonesia during the fall of 2009. His goal was to not just go in and help as many people as he could, but to see a

Best Practices: Agriculture Breakout Session

David Chung
8 Posts
3 Votes 3 Replies 346 Views
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago, updated 2 years, 6 months ago
The agriculture breakout session had a great discussion on some of the main issues facing the agriculture sector in developing nations. The following is a summary of the discussion and anyone is invited to add to the discussion or ask questions. List of Ag Resources ECHO echonet.org - Provides training ...

Opportunities in Southeast Asia

Blake H
1 Post
2 Votes 1 Reply 370 Views
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago, updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Indonesia Prostitution restoration- $500 to pay off debt of prostitute; skill training for women coming out of prostitution ($1500 for setting up cottage industry) Vision Centers- set up a internet cafe which provides computer training, English classes, home school co-op, etc. Cost $8,000 Papua- Arts and Sports. Raise up ...

Cross-polination of sectors is very valuable

Charlene Jennings
3 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 213 Views
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago
This week has been an opportunity to bring training amongst various sectors within the private sector. This has proven very valuable and created options to benefit from one another as ideas are exchanged in both IDR and Community Development training.

Training/Disaster Response & Community Development

Charlene Jennings
3 Posts
0 Votes 3 Replies 261 Views
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago, updated 2 years, 7 months ago
For your training needs in the area of disaster response or community development, please contact me.

Final LIVE Broadcasting Tests Completed!

Matt Wallace
76 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 246 Views
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago, updated 2 years, 7 months ago
During the Starfish EXPO, we are hopeful that we can broadcast much of the meeting - especially the presentation portions of the EXPO. Here's the direct link... http://www.starfishcommunity.net/pages/expo-live/ This evening, we were able to test various configurations, trying to set levels and make the signals ...

Development not Job Placement

Kyle Adams
76 Posts
2 Votes 5 Replies 251 Views
Posted 2 years, 9 months ago, updated 2 years, 7 months ago
I had a conversation this morning with someone who emphasized that HISG's purpose is not to find jobs for people in poor communities, but to help people create sustainable businesses that will help the whole community.