Comments on: The Leadership Summit 2009: My Thoughts http://www.markblevis.com/the-leadership-summit-2009-my-thoughts/ sound connections Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:38:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TimothyPilgrim http://www.markblevis.com/the-leadership-summit-2009-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-139262 TimothyPilgrim Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:06:50 +0000 http://www.markblevis.com/?p=882#comment-139262 Speaker Andrew Rugasira regarding trade in Africa to reduce poverty reminds me of the recent <a href="http://Ted.com" rel="nofollow">Ted.com</a> talk I watched. It was given by Paul Romer and the topic was Charter Cities, where he said the British administration of Hong Kong did more to better life there than any world aid has ever done. Then he described an incredible scenario where Guantanamo, Cuba could be the next Hong Kong if it was administered by Canada. Wild stuff. Speaker Andrew Rugasira regarding trade in Africa to reduce poverty reminds me of the recent Ted.com talk I watched. It was given by Paul Romer and the topic was Charter Cities, where he said the British administration of Hong Kong did more to better life there than any world aid has ever done. Then he described an incredible scenario where Guantanamo, Cuba could be the next Hong Kong if it was administered by Canada. Wild stuff.

]]> By: TimothyPilgrim http://www.markblevis.com/the-leadership-summit-2009-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-126873 TimothyPilgrim Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:34:49 +0000 http://www.markblevis.com/?p=882#comment-126873 Speaker Andrew Rugasira regarding trade in Africa to reduce poverty reminds me of the recent Ted.com talk I watched. It was given by Paul Romer and the topic was Charter Cities, where he said the British administration of Hong Kong did more to better life there than any world aid has ever done. Then he described an incredible scenario where Guantanamo, Cuba could be the next Hong Kong if it was administered by Canada. Wild stuff. Speaker Andrew Rugasira regarding trade in Africa to reduce poverty reminds me of the recent Ted.com talk I watched. It was given by Paul Romer and the topic was Charter Cities, where he said the British administration of Hong Kong did more to better life there than any world aid has ever done. Then he described an incredible scenario where Guantanamo, Cuba could be the next Hong Kong if it was administered by Canada. Wild stuff.

]]> By: Bryan Person http://www.markblevis.com/the-leadership-summit-2009-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-124221 Bryan Person Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:32:09 +0000 http://www.markblevis.com/?p=882#comment-124221 Mark: Your post is yet another reminder of the value of attending conferences/events that are outside of our traditional comfort zone, where we'll learn new ideas and concepts and connect with people we never thought we had a thing in common with. This is something I need to do more of--thank you for the reminder. Mark:

Your post is yet another reminder of the value of attending conferences/events that are outside of our traditional comfort zone, where we’ll learn new ideas and concepts and connect with people we never thought we had a thing in common with. This is something I need to do more of–thank you for the reminder.

]]> By: Sage Tyrtle http://www.markblevis.com/the-leadership-summit-2009-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-124218 Sage Tyrtle Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:14:29 +0000 http://www.markblevis.com/?p=882#comment-124218 Really excellent advice in the last paragraph, Mark. Thank you. Really excellent advice in the last paragraph, Mark. Thank you.

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