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. Their partnership resulted in the Global Excellence in Management (GEM) initiative which spread Appreciative Inquiry throughout the world. In her retirement she has become a poet and published Words Create Worlds. Her next collection, High Hopes, will be published later this year.

Contact: adajomann@gmail.com

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