tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34919037339135031262024-02-07T05:17:39.901-08:00Quayyum's QuoteAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05784693048251953875noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491903733913503126.post-7173257756866452722013-09-16T17:59:00.001-07:002013-09-17T16:58:13.014-07:00First week of Mosaic International Leadership Program <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Well I appear to have fallen in love
with <a href="http://www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk/en_gb/portal/international-leadership-programme" target="_blank">Mosaic</a> after finishing the 1<sup>st</sup> week of the program at the
University of Greenwich. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The eventful week, that brought 80
young delegates from 16 countries together, was kicked off on 9 September with the
welcoming remarks by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mrjonathanfreeman?fref=ts">Jonathan Freeman</a>,
Mosaic International Director, “</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m delighted and
excited to see all the young participants across the globe, gathered together
for 2 weeks to share their ideas and experiences with one another which makes
this program so powerful.”</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jonathan Freeman</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/deema-bibi/6/1a2/528">Deema Bibi,</a> CEO of <a href="http://www.injaz.org.jo/">INJAZ</a>, a leading Jordanian youth organization
was the first speaker who stimulated the audiences by saying, “Life begins at
the end of your comfort zone.” Emphasizing on teamwork she said, ”To go fast,
go alone, but to go far go together.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://sayeedawarsi.com/">Baroness
Warsi,</a> a lawyer, a businesswoman, a campaigner and a cabinet minister but
best known for being the first Muslim to serve in a British cabinet, is a
daughter of a former mill-worker and bus driver. Her story of personal
leadership journey moved all the participants. Mother of five children, Warsi
set an example of work-life balance. “Leadership is about creating leader,” she
said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> Later that day, participants
experienced how individuals could contribute to a team when they painted small
pieces of paper, which ended up with beautiful MOSAIC. Thanks to the School of
Traditional Arts who made us painters for at least an hour. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The MOSAIC</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Being attached with media for so
many years, I was so excited when I saw the name of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/staff/aaqil_ahmed.shtml">Aaqil
Ahmed, Commissioning Editor, BBC</a> on the list of speakers. Second day started
with the session on “Bringing Communities Together,” where Aaqil said, “News is
not a friend, news is a business.” The session was also addressed by <a href="http://www.petersanders.co.uk/">Peter Sanders</a> photographer and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/mar/25/muslim-women-bushra-nasir">Bushra
Nasir</a>, the first Muslim woman to become a head teacher of a state school.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Bringing Communities Together” was
followed by “Empowering Young People” facilitated by <a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnccmay">John May</a>, Secretary General, <a href="http://www.intaward.org/">Duke of Edinburg’s International Award.</a> His
charismatic delivery was not only very entertaining but also gave a clear direction
about leadership. “Believe in yourself and others will believe in you too,”
John said about the quality of a leader. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">11 September in the morning <a href="http://www.bitc.org.uk/our-network/biography/stephen-howard">Stephen
Howard</a>, Chief Executive of Business in the Community stressed the
importance of entrepreneurship. He shared how he was inspired by the
conversation with Mother Teresa, who he bumped into accidentally. “No matter who
you are, matter is what you have done for your country,” Mother Teresa talking
with Sephen. <a href="http://www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk/en_gb/portal/our-board">Khawar
Mann,</a> Chairman of Mosaic and <a href="http://www.dralanknight.com/">Dr Alan
Knight</a>, Environmental Sustainability Director, Business in the Community,
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when we all got the chance to meet HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH Princess
Badiya bint El Hassan, founder Chairman of Mosaic, at Prince’s London
residence, Clarence House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks to
Mosaic for this opportunity and hats off to the Price for hosting the event. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">News published on <a href="http://www.bartabangla.com/english/bangladesh-team-meets-hrh-the-prince-of-wales/" target="_blank">Bangla Barta,</a> one of the popular online newspapers in Bangladesh. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05784693048251953875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491903733913503126.post-33589406440869323562013-09-06T20:48:00.000-07:002013-09-06T20:48:23.455-07:00Bangladesh team gearing up for The Mosaic International Leadership Programme 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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for the first time before getting on-board. Thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hirokbc">Nazmul Haque</a>, one of the group
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The tea meeting not only gave us the chance to say hello to
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when the hidden talents of everyone were coming out. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reema.islam1?fref=ts" target="_blank">Reema Islam</a>, one of the delegates, loves cooking and she promised us to cook her special recipe for us. :-)</div>
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We can sit back and relax as we are lucky to have <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/shawon2340?fref=ts" target="_blank">Md. Shajedur Rahman Shawon</a>, who is</span></span> a doctor in our group. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nusratmajlish?fref=ts" target="_blank">Nusrat Khan Majlish,</a> another delegate, will make sure no one is sleeping on the flight, as she will keep talking and talking! :). <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DishaTheMosha?fref=ts" target="_blank">Mehnaz Morshed Disha</a> with her Tomboyish look will teach us how to play soccer well. </div>
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We have also an Assistant Editor with us, who will make sure our team is featured on his daily New Age. Yes <a href="https://www.facebook.com/saadhammadi" target="_blank">Saad Hammadi</a> is taking that responsibility. That's not the end! Who doesn't know the Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus? And what a privilege for us to have some one named <a href="https://www.facebook.com/md.robayt.khondoker" target="_blank"><span class="fcg"><span class="fwb" data-ft="{"tn":";"}">Robayt Khondoker, </span></span></a><span class="fcg"><span class="fwb" data-ft="{"tn":";"}">who is closely working with Muhammad Yunus.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05784693048251953875noreply@blogger.com0Dhaka Division, Bangladesh23.322080011378429 90.2416992187521.459354511378429 87.65991221875 25.184805511378428 92.82348621875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491903733913503126.post-2725301217433285172013-08-27T04:14:00.000-07:002013-08-27T05:02:58.206-07:00And the countdown begins!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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