I was trying to think of a good way to explain the Corporate Service Corps (CSC) for those who are not familiar with it, when I saw an excellent blog post by Prasad Raghunandhanan, who went to Ghana in 2009. As he simply puts it, "IBM Corporate Service Corps program is part of the Global Citizen’s Portfolio initiative announced by CEO Sam Palmisano in 2008, to develop leadership skills while addressing socio-economic challenges in emerging markets." The CSC experience spans six months: three months of virtual preparatory teamwork, one month overseas and two months post service. IBM has deployed over 1000 employees from ~47 different countries.
Our team includes 11 people from various functions (consulting, IT, finance, marketing, sales). We will be meeting for the first time on May 7th in Beijing, and then traveling together to Shijiazhuang, China to meet our clients. 1-2 IBMers have been assigned to each client, however we will be living and working together as a team. We look forward to the projects and experiences, which we have only heard about these past few months.
We would also like to show our appreciation to IBM's partner organization, the Australian Business Volunteers (ABV), for organizing our program.
-Andrea
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