UN – United Nations

Mobile phones, social media and other technologies are changing the way humans connect to each other; they’re also changing how we support one another.  Today, the United Nations Foundation is launching the Global Good Challenge – an innovative digital initiative that asks people to “donate their voices” by taking action and engaging their online networks to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems, from malaria to child marriage to child mortality. And did […]

Sometimes you don’t have to eavesdrop to hear what’s going on in conversations around you.  In fact, sometimes you are invited in.  This took place both online and offline today during Social Good Summit Day 2, and I am grateful I got the chance to hear, and engage, in some great exchanges. Here are a few of the gems I heard, overheard, and helped expand during conversations today: *   A tool by any other name… 

As recent events unfolded in the Middle East and across the globe, it gave me pause to think about the thousands of citizens who serve our country in the Foreign Service at home and abroad. These individuals play a vital role in the diplomacy efforts of the United States, yet their contributions go largely unnoticed and unrecognized…unless something extraordinary, or in this month’s instance tragic, happens. The loss of American life is always a reminder

While a lot of important news has been coming out of the United Nations General Assembly lately, there is one story that may not make the front pages, but should be at the front of our minds: the health of women and children around the world. Why?  Most importantly, women and children everywhere deserve quality health care.  If we can land a rover on Mars and map out the genes of the human body, we

With the Social Good Summit in full swing last week I was in awe of all the people that made their way through the registration table. I was even more surprised to hear many of those same registrants ask for me by name. In the weeks leading up to the Social Good Summit we realized that it would be a missed opportunity if we didn’t engage the wealth of university students in the area. By

Six Awesome Moments from the Social Good Summit I’ve been lucky enough to be part of the Social Good Summit over the past three years. Every year, I’m more excited than the last, including walking around the office humming, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” before this year’s Summit. No matter how much work is put into planning, and how many hours are spent running around in high heels on the week of,