Fifty Years Fly By

Fifty Years Fly By

February 2018
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ABSTRACT

Ada Jo Mann was Director of The GEM Initiative, a multimillion- dollar grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve the leadership and organizational capacity of nongovernmental organizations in all regions of the world. She was the co-creator and first director of the Small Project Assistance Program (SPA), a grant program for Peace Corps volunteers funded by USAID which began in 1983 and is still ongoing.

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Author: Ada Jo Mann

Ada Jo Mann began her career in international development as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Jane Watkins encouraged her to meet David Cooperrider and a partnership developed that resulted in the Global Excellence in Management (GEM) initiative which for seven years spread Appreciative Inquiry throughout the world. In her retirement she has become a poet and recently published Words Create Worlds, available on Amazon.

Contact: adajomann@gmail.com 

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