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Dr. Is In Session: David Wu (PATH) and Peter Drury (Splash)

Motivating individual donors: Building a loyal base of donors

By Anna Jensen-Clem

This afternoon’s wide-ranging discussion of fundraising came down to two basic (and opposing) points: a donor’s experience can be transactional or transformational. [Read more]

May 8th Global Social: Latin America

By Anna Jensen-Clem

Tonight marked Global Washington’s third Global Social event, hosted by the HUB Seattle; the focus this time was Latin America. The three speakers focused primarily on development programs in Latin America and detailed their respective work across different sectors in the region. [Read more]

General Petraeus returns – strongly supports USAID, state funding

By Anna Jensen-Clem

In an editorial published in Politico on Tuesday, General David Petraeus and Michael O’Hanlon make a strong case for maintaining current levels of foreign aid spending. General Petraeus argues that aid and development assistance, still only 0.19% of the United States’ GDP, “need not break the bank,” but would provide for long-term, effective projects across the globe. [Read more]

Dr Is In: Everything You Want To Know About Social Media

By Giang Nguyen

With Social Media as a hot topic, Global WA invited a senior digital communications professional to hold the “Dr Is In” session on Thursday April 25. Tyler Schnaidt, currently with Edelman Digital, spent lunch with Global WA members discussing the importance of storytelling, different platforms for Social Media, and even sent our members off with a challenge to take their communication to a more engaging level. [Read more]

World Malaria Day at PATH: “We’ve learned what works.”

By Anna Jensen-Clem

On April 25th  more than 40 people from a wide array of global health nonprofits gathered to celebrate World Malaria Day at PATH’s headquarters in South Lake Union. [Read more]

Dr. Is In! Developing your case and messaging: Stand out for what you stand for!

By Zahra Emrani

The third Global Washington’s 2013 capacity-building workshop was held on April 24 with a session on “Developing your case and messaging.” The lunchtime presentation was lead corporately by Sean Dimond director of External Relations at Pilgrim Africa and Joy Portella president of Minerva Strategies. [Read more]

Global Social: Vietnam and Southeast Asia

Last week’s Global Social networking event focused the conversation on Vietnam and Southeast Asia; speakers from Peace Trees Vietnam and Partners Asia gave brief presentations on their work and opened the floor for questions

Michael Auch, Executive Director of Peace Trees Vietnam, discussed his organization’s goals and outlined five ongoing projects: mine risk education and de-mining; survivor assistance; citizen diplomacy trips, during which US citizens visit parts of Vietnam; building libraries and kindergartens; and microlending programs. [Read more]

Global Socials: Mingling With Purpose

By Nicole Neroulias Gupte

Dozens of representatives of Seattle-area nonprofits, businesses and academic/research institutions working in global development have mixed and mingled at Global Washington’s first two Global Socials of 2013. [Read more]

Dr. Is In! GlobalWA launches capacity-building workshops for members

By Nicole Neroulias Gupte

Global Washington’s 2013 capacity-building workshops kicked off on April 3 with a session on “Developing a Communications Plan.” The lunchtime presentation, lead by My Le Thi Goel, vice president of marketing and communications for Global Partnerships, included practical examples and worksheets to help organizations get started on effective outreach campaigns. [Read more]

Invest in America Act Introduced to Cut Foreign Aid and Spending

By Juliana Thong

On February 6, 2013, Congressman Larry Bucshon of Indiana’s 8^th district introduced the Invest in America First Act, H.R. 528. This bill will prohibit foreign aid from being given to countries with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over $1.5 trillion. [Read more]

Presidential Memorandum to Strengthen Our Work to Advance Gender Equality Globally

By Juliana Thong

Many steps have been taken during the Obama administration to elevate the issues of global gender equality. Perhaps the most critical thus far occurred on January 30, 2013, when President Obama signed a presidential memorandum focusing on these issues. [Read more]

Kerry’s Confirmation Hearing: “Foreign Policy is Economic Policy”

By Anna Jensen-Clem

Senator John Kerry spoke of a broad-based US foreign policy in his Senate confirmation hearings on Wednesday. In his opening remarks, Kerry, a 28-year veteran of the Senate and longtime chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, advocated for a continued policy of economic development and humanitarian aid, often in place of military intervention. [Read more]