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My Career Case Study - presented at the Learn/Share Lab for co-creative impact and innovation

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. . View the presentation Soon to be online at Ci2i Global , I've written about the work I've been doing for the past several years as a case study. Click the image above to see the presentation I gave about it. The text below appeared in a booklet of case study background information which participants at Ci2i Global's  Learn/Share Lab for Co-creative Impact and Innovation  also received earlier this month.  -------- Career case: designing frameworks for co-creative international development Presenter: Christina Jordan @christinasworld Learn more :    Lifeinafrica2.org | Evolutionize.it | ci2iglobal.com | pigletsforprogress.org   Ci2i Global Founder Christina Jordan’s career as a serial social entrepreneur in international development has spanned several continents, online spaces, container organizations and initiatives to impact globally marginalized local communities since 1999. She is also a passionate activist for collaborative professi

A multi-family road-trip - to Mae Sot, with a mission!

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Last weekend some of my closest friends here in Chiang Mai came along to the Mae Sot trash dump, to help survey 50 recipients of new piglets to raise through the Piglets for Progress initiative. My friend Gillian Caldwell has written about our trip on her blog. Some salient results from our survey are discussed on the Piglets Blog . Along with us were my 9 year old son and 2 other children, 8 and 12. While it was interesting to expose them to the concept of life in such extreme poverty conditions, they had a hard time breaking through the language barrier. Note to self: next time my son comes along, pay more attention to nurturing a connection with some of the children there. Some toys might help!