Communicating in a networked world
Our Project Happiness students from three continents met with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama this afternoon. We had scheduled a thirty-minute audience and in fact His Holiness was so interested in the students' questions that we ran nearly 90 … [Continue reading]
The goings-on here in Dharamsala are absolute proof that for a cross-cultural, around-the-world project to work, you have to have on-the-ground grass-roots support. Without it you go nowhere. Our three wonderful teachers (we call them coaches in the … [Continue reading]
Face-to-face (F2F) meetings are incredibly valuable for establishing context. Without them, we are just words on paper or sounds thru a pair of earbuds. Today at the Upper Tibetan Children's Village (TCV) the Project Happiness students from three … [Continue reading]
Here's an interesting story about His Holiness the Dalai Lama first coming to Dharamsala, India. By one who knows it first-hand. Tenzin N. Tethong is President of The Dalai Lama Foundation. Sky (me) and Ward Mailliard had a discussion with Tenzin … [Continue reading]
Perhaps I'm getting used to it, and since I'm not such a world-traveler I don't know how it compares with the rest of the world, but New Delhi traffic seemed light today. Four of us and a local driver took the 300+ mile trip north from Delhi to … [Continue reading]