Learning from Life in War Torn Countries, Staying Sane Under a Curfew and Other Lessons
We've done it! Now 50 episodes in the making! To celebrate this milestone, the next two episodes feature my husband Shannon and myself as we talk about our combined 32 years' experience in the aid w...
25 Mars 201932min
Simple Ways to Network for Better Job Security
Today’s episode is something that is SO important and so simple and yet many of us are not taking the time to do properly. And that is networking in a way that will ensure your future job security. ...
4 Mars 201935min
Unconventional Ways to Make Your Weekly Team Meetings More Effective
Today I am sharing six proven and unconventional ways to make your weekly team meetings more effective, and more interesting! They are proven because they are things I tried and found made my meeting...
24 Feb 201916min
How to Get the Most Out of Your Time Spent in Meetings
This is one of the things I enjoyed the least about aid work--- the number of ridiculous meetings we have to attend. Of course some meetings can be very productive, but let's face it, most of them are...
17 Feb 201915min
Overcoming Complacency in Aid Work
Sometimes we need to look again at the assumptions we make when working in difficult environments. Are the obstacles we perceive really impossible to overcome, or are we in the habit of not thinking ...
10 Feb 20199min
Simple Ways to Reduce Stress and Prevent Burnout in Humanitarian Work
Let's face it--- in international development we are faced with a lot of stress in our day to day work. This stress is only compounded when we go home and the generator is broken, there is a curfew f...
11 Jan 201936min
What Ten Days of Silence Taught Me About Leadership and Aid Work
I have always wanted to do a ten-day silent retreat and hadn’t thought through all of the challenges involved. Sitting for 100 hours? Not talking for 10 days? My goal: to have a clearer mind, perhap...
16 Dec 201816min
Running a Zero Budget Program
In today’s episode Virginia da Graca and her colleague Nuno Delicado share a tremendous challenge they faced which we all fear--- that is, having less funding for programming. But in this case, their...
2 Dec 201830min
