by Carlos Alvarez | Dec 10, 2018 | Volunteering voices
A Reflection on Technology, Collaboration, and Shared Visions for the Future ‘The Future is Now’, is the tag line for the International Federation Red Cross, Red Crescent (IFRC) movement when considering the next strategic direction, and thus implementation of the...
by Carlos Alvarez | Dec 5, 2018 | Contributuions
Rethinking the future of volunteering? Globally the Red Cross and Red Crescent have some 11-12 million volunteers. This number fluctuates somewhat depending on what disasters and crises may emerge on any given year, but regardless it is still a significant number of...
by Carlos Alvarez | Dec 4, 2018 | Volunteering voices
The backbone and the brain Is it time to rethink the metaphors used to describe volunteers? An article from the Red Cross Red Crescent magazine Volunteers are often called the ‘heart’ or the ‘backbone’ of the Movement because they have passion and they do most of...
by Carlos Alvarez | Nov 22, 2018 | Strategic insights
Future Organizational Model and Culture The Tension Participants in the consultation have expressed concerns that the organisation can be overly bureaucratic, slow to change and not as efficient as it could be. The fast changing world requires greater focus on...
by Carlos Alvarez | Nov 22, 2018 | Strategic insights
A digitally transformed network The Tension As an unprecedented digital and technological revolution unfolds around us, transformative opportunities are emerging in all aspects of our work, including; the potential for data to open up new insights for our programs and...
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