Congratulations to our 2020 Cohort of Gratitude Fellows! Fellow Name Organization Elekwachi Chimezie Lekwas African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect Nigerian Chapter Thinh Nguyen Better Life Vietnam Dr. Selina Hasan Clinic5 (School Health Initiative) Joseph Osuigwe Devatop Centre for Africa Development Gideon A. Asaah Educate a Child in Africa […]
A friend and Gratitude Ambassador recently introduced me to Second Mountain (a book by David Brooks) and I loved the book…and the metaphor that we all start out on our “first mountain” but at some point begin to travel up a “second mountain” in life – one that brings us more joy and satisfaction. The […]
Nationally, only 17% of low-income 4th graders are reading proficiently; not coincidentally, only 9% earn a college degree. Springboard Collaborative closes the literacy gap by coaching families and teachers. Click here to read more.
In the last newsletter, I wrote to you about a productivity killer called email, which is a wonderful tool when it’s not being abused left, right, and center. This time I’m going to continue along the same path with something that affects people in every industry I face meetings that drain away our lives without […]
We are happy to be profiling one of our newer and more active Expert Advisors, Vishal Gandhi. Most recently, he joined our October Gratitude Peer Call and led a presentation on Measuring Success for our Fellows. In that talk, we covered multiple ways to approach viewing the success of a social impact organization by looking […]
By Vicki Daughtry This month’s spotlight is on Wilbur Herrington, who is coaching for Gratitude for the first time this year and right off the bat, he took on two fellows! Both of his 2019 fellows started with similar issues around capacity; he is coaching them on not taking on more than they should, on […]
The Gratitude Team looks forward to the Leadership Summit – those three days are truly our favorite of the year. The in-person gathering of our fellows annually is an important part of the Fellowship year for the Fellows, the Coaches AND the Expert Advisors, as well as the Team and our Ambassadors. For three days […]
Former Gratitude Network Fellow Ubongo, a Tanzanian-based company which creates fun, localized and multi-platform educational media that reaches millions of African families through television and the webs, has won the Next Billion Edtech Prize, an award launched by The Varkey Foundation to recognize innovative technology that can have an impact on education in low income […]
Congratulations on this honor to Tarun Cherkuri from Indus Action (2018 Fellow) and Mario Fedelin from Changeist (2019 Fellow) The second-ever class of Obama Foundation Fellows are a diverse set of leaders who model the powerful truth that each of us has a role to play in civic life. They’re building cultures of entrepreneurship in […]
CHICAGO —Brian Hill lives an audacious mission: He’s out to save 2.3 million people from “The Jerry Springer Show.” That’s the population now held in America’s prisons and jails. And for Hill, the tawdry slapstick of Springer’s shout show exemplifies what’s wrong with prison: Prisoners have so much time on their hands that they fill […]
