November 21, 2012

Lessons learned – our external evaluation

Earlier this year, PEPY hired an external consultant to conduct an impact assessment of our programs. You can read a summary of the final report and […]
October 23, 2012

Changing the World on Vacation – exclusive DVD offer (PEPY in the early days!)

As you know, we believe in sharing lessons learned – and we are lucky to be able to do this through an award-winning documentary, now available […]
June 15, 2011

Redesigning Pedagogy through Creative Learning Class

View more presentations from PEPY In the first week of June, I had the remarkable opportunity of representing PEPY at Redesigning Pedagogy, a bi-annual conference held […]
October 29, 2010

REFLECTION ON 10/10/10

It seems like a lifetime ago that the communications team sat down to brainstorm ideas for the 2010 campaign to generate wider support and awareness about […]
July 20, 2010

Investing Time in People

At PEPY, we aim to be successful in our educational programs by focusing on investing time in people. We do that by working with individuals and […]
October 28, 2009

PEPY on the Impact of NGOs and Voluntourism

Adventure couple Dave and Deb have climbed, paddled, hiked, and biked their way through five continents. As they discover the world, their goal is to teach […]
May 29, 2009

Lessons Learned: Common “Metrics for Success” are not successful metrics at all

Building on the last “Lesson Learned” I wrote about with regards to partnering to make changes, this article is about is another lesson we are continuing […]
May 26, 2009

“Volunteering” or “Voluntourism”? — Who cares! It’s how you design it!

There is a discussion about volunteering/voluntourism going on here, Part 1 and here, Part 2. I decided to add my long-winded and opinionated post obviously influenced […]
May 22, 2009

Is PEPY making a good decision? Let us know your thoughts.

This post looks at some of the major questions NGOs must ask themselves: When are we getting too far from our mission?  Can you help work […]