Conference as Catalyst: CGI Promotes Connections, Compels Action

I was at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting last week and as I reflected on my time there, two experiences stand out. One is the power of the event itself. CGI brings together people from corporate life, from government, from … Continue reading

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Intel at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting 2009

This week I’m here in New York participating with the Intel team at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. It’s my third year here and each time I am thrilled to see the high wattage gathering of government leaders, private … Continue reading

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Intel Education Service Corps – Teaching in Ho Chi Minh City

After our week in Quang Tri, it was time to return to Ho Chi Minh City, which most people still call Saigon. The Mercedes passenger van that took us from Hue to the little village was ready to take us … Continue reading

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IESC: Ho Chi Minh City

We are back in Saigon, a city of more 7 million people. Where as Quang Tri is a small sleepy town, Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City is like a modern day western metropolitan area. Like big cities everywhere, there … Continue reading

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IESC: My last days in Quang Tri

From Thi Kim Ly, a volunteer at Intel: Time is flying quickly, just a blink of an eye and here we are; on the last day of training in Quang Tri. We’re all set to conduct the last training session … Continue reading

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$100 million invested. 34 billion gallons saved. What’s next?

Conserving natural resources – including water – is something that we’ve focused on Intel at for many years now. While we’ve achieved significant savings in water through investments in conservation activities over the past decade, we know we need to … Continue reading

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Intel Education Service Corp: Last night in Quang Tri

This was our last night in the city of Quang Tri. The city is very much alive as I write this story at 11pm local time. For tonight the city is celebrating Autumn festival. I’m sitting in the lobby writing … Continue reading

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Intel Education Service Corp: Days 3-6 Quang Tri Summary

Quang Tri Province, Thursday September 10 I awoke to a warm sunrise at 5:45 AM on Thursday, and soon after, the sound of truck horns blasting on the main highway through town permeated the air. A quick breakfast of Pho, … Continue reading

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Intel Education Service Corps: Day 2

Things have been busy since my last blog, where you will recall, I had just arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. It was late, and I was ready for sleeping off some jet lag. The plan was to meet for … Continue reading

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IESC: My first day teaching at Quang Tri orphanage

Hello everyone, I just had my first day teaching kids at Quang Tri orphanage here in Vietnam, and what a memorable day it has been for me! I’m very excited to tell you about my experience, as this is also … Continue reading

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