June 25, 2012 – Peace Corps Worldwide

Dial Up Your Next Novel

Jun 25 2012

Reading a recent article by Chuck Martin, author of The Third Screen: Marketing to Your Customers in a World Gone Mobile (he is the Director of the Center for Media Research at MediaPost Communications) I was struck at what he had to say about the future of books in a world gone mobile. The focus of his short piece was the recent (a few weeks ago) BookExpo America (BEA), which is, I think, the largest book industry event in North America and one of the largest gatherings of publishers in the world. It was held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. At the same time, and on another floor of the Center, was the BlogWorld and New Media Expo, which promotes itself as the largest conference in the world geared to bloggers, podcasters, Web TV content creators, social media enthusiasts and new media content creators. Over 3,000 attending the . . .

Heather Andersen (Lesotho 2001-03) Wins Indie Excellence Book Award

Jun 25 2012

I Never Intended to Be Brave: A Woman’s Bicycle Journey Through Southern Africa by Heather Andersen (Lesotho 2001-03) and published by Windy City Publishers has won the Adventure category in the sixth annual National Indie Excellence Book Awards. Heather’s book was reviewed on our site. Check it out at: https://peacecorpsworldwide.org/review-i-never/ The competition is judged by independent book industry publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters. They selected award winners and finalists based on overall excellence of presentation.

Download the Final Evaluation Report on the Five Year Rule

Jun 25 2012

The Office of the Inspector General of the Peace Corps spent a year evaluating the impact of the Five Year Rule. This is the first public report that I could find that references the original memo from Dr. Robert Textor in 1961. That memo became the founding document for Peace Corps Five Year Rule. In this evaluation, the evaluators begin with the original memo and show that the intent was to link limited tenure and the employment of former Peace Corps Volunteers. It also emphasizes that Dr. Textor never recommended that tenure be limited to five years. He recommended perhaps eight years. The report describes both positive and negative impacts of the rule and makes recommendations to Director Williams to formulate polices and procedures to correct the negative impact. It is vital that the Peace Corps community become knowledgeable about this report and it possible implications for policy and law. . . .

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