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IBM Team of 18 coming from 9 different countries converging on Chandigarh, India March 2019
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All work and no play? No Way. Becoming fast friends touring Northern India.
All work and no play? No Way. Becoming fast friends touring Northern India.
Our India 42 team was packed full of enthusiasm, brains, and strong and very entertaining personalities. After the first week, it felt…
Alison Dalby
Apr 26, 2019
Celebrating one of the biggest Indian festivals
Celebrating one of the biggest Indian festivals
Continuing the theme of our team being so fortunate with the experiences we’ve been able to take part in, we were lucky enough to be able…
Alison Dalby
Apr 3, 2019
Bringing IBM Design Thinking to NITTTR
Bringing IBM Design Thinking to NITTTR
Time to give an update on what we’ve been accomplishing on the work front with National Institute of Technical Teachers Training &…
Alison Dalby
Apr 2, 2019
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Although my team’s host organization was a government entity, we were fortunate to be able to spend time with one of the local NGOs, Don…
Alison Dalby
Apr 2, 2019
Viva Vivaah … the ultimate Indian experience!
Viva Vivaah … the ultimate Indian experience!
Getting to celebrate a vivaah (a wedding) in India is an experience I’ll surely never forget. Calling this a festive occasion is an…
Alison Dalby
Apr 2, 2019
IBM CSC — Midway Point
IBM CSC — Midway Point
I have spend the last two weeks embracing a new culture and a wonderful people! It takes me awhile to process everything so I will…
Kathleen Prince-Sayward
Mar 24, 2019
Holi @ RCED
Holi @ RCED
This week India celebrated Holi. Holi is the festival of doing and color. People celebrate it by putting colorful powder on each other and…
Carolyn Marsh
Mar 23, 2019
Holi @ NITTTR
Holi @ NITTTR
This week the entire IBM CSC team had the opportunity to celebrate the Indian festival Holi. It’s also called “Festival of Colours” and…
Dagmar von Ehren
Mar 23, 2019
Holi: the festival of colours
Holi: the festival of colours
It was a happy coincidence when we found out that our IBM Corporate Service Corps assignment would be during the same month as the Indian…
Bridget King
Mar 22, 2019
Namaste! First days in India
Namaste! First days in India
I know it’s been over two weeks since I arrived in India I but I’m a bit delayed with blogging, so I will try to cover the first few days…
Ignacio Bautista
Mar 21, 2019
About our client — Society for Services to Volunteer Agencies (SOSVA)
About our client — Society for Services to Volunteer Agencies (SOSVA)
Our client is designated as a “mother” NGO by the Government of Punjab and the Government of India. SOSVA promotes and strengthens the…
Troy Pariag
Mar 19, 2019
New Life, New Hope
New Life, New Hope
After a bumpy ride to Chandigarh, we settled in to our first week of work which involved two-days of orientation with our partner agency…
Bridget King
Mar 17, 2019
Understanding our client, their challenges and thinking big.
Understanding our client, their challenges and thinking big.
Early Tuesday morning (March 5), my team had our first day at the client. To quickly re-cap from one of my initial blogs, the National…
Alison Dalby
Mar 17, 2019
Resumes, LinkedIn, Professional Networking and Interviewing workshop at RCED
Resumes, LinkedIn, Professional Networking and Interviewing workshop at RCED
Last week our wonderful client at RCED asked if we would give a seminar to their students on the best practices of getting a job in 2019…
Carolyn Marsh
Mar 17, 2019
International Day of the Woman at RCED
International Day of the Woman at RCED
Last Friday March 8 we celebrated International Day of the woman with our NGO hosts RCED. The students gave speeches and played local…
Carolyn Marsh
Mar 17, 2019
Our stories converging in Chandigarh for one CSC mission
Our stories converging in Chandigarh for one CSC mission
On March 2nd and 3rd, we had our official Corporate Service Corps (CSC) kick-off event. I was filled with excitement to finally be…
Alison Dalby
Mar 16, 2019
Exploring Chandigarh … our home for the next 4 weeks
Exploring Chandigarh … our home for the next 4 weeks
My journey to India started with an emotional send-off by my guys at the Sacramento airport early in the morning on February 27. There…
Alison Dalby
Mar 16, 2019
Sightseeing before real work
Sightseeing before real work
After a “don’t want to count” hours of travel by plane, finally reached the hotel in Delhi. It was interesting to see how easy it was to…
Joao Vlasman
Mar 8, 2019
Women’s Day in Chandigarh
Women’s Day in Chandigarh
Today we had the opportunity to join our colleagues from the Don Bosco team for a visit to celebrate Women’s Day with the children they…
Dagmar von Ehren
Mar 8, 2019
The making of Masala Tea
The making of Masala Tea
I had my first taste of Masala Tea, or Chai, this Sunday. The tea is made of milk, black tea leaves, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. All…
Aline Mian Soares
Mar 3, 2019
Planes, Trains & Automobiles — The Journey to Chandigarh
Planes, Trains & Automobiles — The Journey to Chandigarh
I can’t even begin writing this blog without laughing, because when just about everything goes wrong, all you can do is laugh! That’s the…
Bridget King
Mar 3, 2019
Today is the day the adventure, CSC India 42 begins.
The last two days have been full of goodbyes and well wishes from family, friends and work colleagues. I feel one I am taking a little bit…
Carolyn Marsh
Feb 27, 2019
Pre-work and details of assignment
Pre-work and details of assignment
Now we already have all the definitions of our tasks.
Joao Vlasman
Feb 26, 2019
“Changing Lives One Meal at a Time.”
“Changing Lives One Meal at a Time.”
This is not a phrase I came up with, but the mission of Light House Bistro in Annapolis, MD. I share this story here, as I reflect and…
Kevin McAveeney
Feb 25, 2019
The journey from India to India and back again…
The journey from India to India and back again…
It’s Monday evening, and in less than 48 hours, I’ll be starting my journey back to India for a second time. My journey started years ago…
Kevin McAveeney
Feb 25, 2019
Una nueva aventura: IBM Corporate Service Corps
Una nueva aventura: IBM Corporate Service Corps
Dentro de un par de días comienza una nueva aventura en mi vida, el miércoles 27 de febrero cogeré un avión con destino a la India para…
Ignacio Bautista
Feb 25, 2019
It is actually true, and just 3 days away
In last July, I have been slected to a IBM program that does volunteering activities in many countries around the globe. I have made my…
Joao Vlasman
Feb 25, 2019
Send offs and expanding experiences
Send offs and expanding experiences
It just hit me. I'm actually going to be in India for 40 days. I know I've known for 4 months this was going to happen, and I've travel on…
Aline Mian Soares
Feb 25, 2019
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