Thunderbird School of Global Management and Bluedrop Learning Networks Deliver on Commitment for Clinton Global Initiative
02 July 2014 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Thunderbird School of Global Management announced today the
successful completion of its joint project with Bluedrop Learning
Networks to develop and launch an online learning platform to
assist Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) commitment-makers as they
develop their CGI Commitments to Action. Established in 2005 by
President Bill Clinton, CGI convenes global leaders to make
“Commitments to Action” — new, specific, and measurable projects
that address significant global challenges.
“Many of the most powerful Commitments to Action are the result
of partnerships, with CGI members combining efforts to expand their
impact,” said Kellie Kreiser, Executive Director, Thunderbird for
Good. “We were able to leverage our world-class business curriculum
with Bluedrop’s expertise in online learning to create this
powerful tool that we hope will help other Clinton Global
Initiative Members to create their own successful
partnerships.”
Thunderbird and Bluedrop designed and launched a scalable online
training resource to help CGI commitment-makers create and enact
those commitments for the betterment of their communities. The
online learning platform is designed to provide support to CGI
members through the process required to create effective,
meaningful, and measurable plans for their CGI Commitments to
Action.
“CGI members are passionate about the challenges that face the
world today, but it’s not always clear how to translate that
passion into a game plan that delivers measurable results,” said
Emad Rizkalla, founder and CEO of Bluedrop Learning Networks.
“Together with Thunderbird School of Global Management, Bluedrop
developed and launched an online skills training program that
supports our fellow CGI members to transform their passion for
change into real results in improving people’s lives for the
better.”
Thunderbird and Bluedrop have collaborated on CGI commitments in
the past, first taking the stage at the Annual Meeting in 2011 when
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. announced their commitment
to develop an online Spanish-language business training and
certification program called DreamBuilder. Thunderbird for Good,
the school’s social-impact initiative, leverages the school’s
expertise in global business with the help of its world-class
faculty to create the curriculum. Charged with implementing the
DreamBuilder program, Thunderbird for Good relies on its experience
training over 105,000 women from 25 countries. In 2013, the team
joined former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on stage at CGI
America when she announced Freeport-McMoRan’s newest commitment to
develop an English version of DreamBuilder for North America.
Thunderbird for Good and Bluedrop are working toward a fall launch
of the newest version of DreamBuilder.
For more information, visit www.thunderbird.edu and
follow Thunderbird on Twitter and Facebook.
About Thunderbird School of Global Management
Thunderbird is the world’s No.1-ranked school of international
business with nearly 70 years' experience developing leaders with
the global mindset, business skills and social responsibility
necessary to create real, sustainable value for their
organizations, communities and the world. Thunderbird was the
first graduate business school to adopt a Professional Oath of
Honor and boasts a global alumni network of 40,000 graduates in 148
nations worldwide. The school is sought out by students,
professionals and companies seeking to gain the skills necessary
for success in today’s global economy. For more about Thunderbird,
visit http://www.thunderbird.edu. Visit
http://t4g.thunderbird.edu for more on Thunderbird for Good
or www.dreambuilder.org for details on DreamBuilder.
About Bluedrop
Bluedrop Performance Learning (TSX-V: BPL) is an innovator in
workplace training for individuals, corporations, military
personnel and the public sector. Bluedrop recently created Bluedrop
Learning Networks to offer simple, scalable training delivery.
Launched in 2004, with six offices and over 190 employees, Bluedrop
is transforming the workplace by designing, developing and
delivering practical, actionable and affordable training content
that improves individual and overall performance of organizations.
For more information, visit www.bluedrop.com.
About the Clinton Global Initiative
Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the Clinton
Global Initiative (CGI), an initiative of the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation, convenes global leaders to create and
implement solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI
Annual Meetings have brought together more than 150 heads of state,
20 Nobel Prize laureates, and hundreds of leading CEOs, heads of
foundations and NGOs, major philanthropists, and members of the
media. To date, members of the CGI community have made more than
2,800 Commitments to Action, which are already improving the lives
of more than 430 million people in over 180 countries. When fully
funded and implemented, these commitments will be valued at $103
billion.
CGI also convenes CGI America, a meeting focused on
collaborative solutions to economic recovery in the United States,
and CGI University (CGI U), which brings together undergraduate and
graduate students to address pressing challenges in their
communities and around the world. For more information,
visit clintonglobalinitiative.org and follow us on
Twitter @ClintonGlobal and Facebook
at facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative.
Thunderbird School of Global ManagementBill Jenkins, +1
602-315-5566news@thunderbird.edu
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