First post. Accomplishment.

So why the blog? It has been highly recommended that I maintain a blog to refer back to about my month in Vietnam. I had purchased this domain name (like a geek) a while ago and just hadn’t figured out what to do with it yet. Sometimes I get excited about trying to start a blog, other times, the thought of keeping up and writing every day sounds daunting… Regardless, what better way to begin than using this trip as a springboard?

Vietnam 10 – IBM Corporate Service Corps (CSC)- What is it?

“The Corporate Service Corps was launched in 2008 to help provide IBMers with high quality leadership development while delivering high quality problem solving for communities and organizations in emerging markets. The program empowers IBM employees as global citizens by sending groups of 10 – 15 individuals from different countries with a range of skills to an emerging market for four week community-based assignments. During the assignment, participants perform community-driven economic development projects working at the intersection of business, technology, and society.”

As part of this program, I will be joining the Vietnam 10 trip in Huế during May 2013. More info to come on the details of our project…in the meantime, more info is available at this link: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/corporateservicecorps/wwa_vietnam.html

~R