Voices of Visionaries: Audrey

“Getting real world experience has been transformational in my life and will help me throughout college and my future career.”

In one word, what do you feel now you have been part of GV?

“PASSIONATE”

When I first heard about Global Visionaries (GV), I was impressed by its philosophy. GV sees the potential that we have as youth and empowers us to change the world. The scope of its projects also really attracted me. There are opportunities to work in the hospital, build schools, work on coffee farms, or help with reforestation efforts. I knew being part of GV was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  I feel like I’m making a real impact on people lives—from guiding the first-year participants to working at the hospital

in Antigua. Even the real-world experience I’ve gotten from working in the office has been transformational.I think what excites me the most is being able to work with the first-year participants. I want them to be able to experience a little piece of what I did. Coming to GV’s Culture Nights helped me have a safe place to just be myself and let down my defenses that I had in high school. I had a difficult time finding a core group of friends at school, but with the other GV students, I found we were all going through the same things and we really connected. So now as a gap year student, I can help recreate that environment. And I’ll get to see Guatemala through their eyes, as they have the same opportunities that I did, from their homestays and cultural immersion to working at the hospital and learning Spanish.

There are plenty of stereotypes about teenagers being lazy and apathetic. But GV gives youth the tools and vocabulary to impact the world, big or small, from Guatemala to Seattle. I love working, being on-the-go. Working with GV reminds me to give back to my community, and shows me that volunteering makes a real positive impact on people’s lives.

I thank the donors with all my heart, as I did receive a scholarship, without which I wouldn’t have been able to participate in the program. This little organization has transformed me. I’ll look back at this experience twenty years from now and be so grateful that I took this opportunity. It’s been an amazing experience.

2012-13 First Year Leadership Program
2013-14 Youth Board
2014-15 Gap Year

Upcoming in the GV/SU 2012 Authors Series – April 26, 2012

William Crano

The Rules of Influence

April 26, 2012 | 5:30pm-7:30pm
 Boeing Room | Lemieux Library | Seattle University
901 12^th Avenue | Seattle, WA 98122

Seattle University and Global Visionaries brings social influence expert, William Crano, to Seattle to discuss his book, The Rules of Influence: Winning When You’re in the Minority.  Crano is a recognized leader of applied research on persuasion and minority-group influence and his latest work is being praised as a manual for informed social action.

The Rules of Influence addresses the question:  How can you use the science of persuasion to win people over even when you are vastly outnumbered and outmatched?

ADMISSION IS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, but registration is required.

Reserve your spot via Brown Paper Tickets today!

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By applying the science of persuasion Dr. William Crano has discovered proven strategies to use when an issue becomes so important that it compels you go up against the status quo.  He has distilled these strategies, such as working from the inside and changing the game from subjective preferences to objective decisions, into an extraordinary collection of rules that radically affect the likelihood of successfully taking on the majority.

Praise for The Rules of Influence from Daniel Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness: ” Look out, Goliath—David has a training manual!  In this smart and engaging book, Crano uses cutting-edge scientific research to show us how the few can influence the many, and how the weak can beat the strong.  One of the best books on social psychology ever written.”

Crano is a professor of psychology at Claremont Graduate University, an American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science fellow, a former NATO senior scientist and former Fulbright fellow.  He has contributed to national and international policy as an advisor to the United Nations, the Surgeon General, the National Institutes of Health, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the European Union, and the U.S. Department of Energy.  Crano’s basic research is concerned with social influence, attitude change, and behavior change, especially the impact of minorities on the beliefs and actions of the majority, and on the effects of self-interest on attitudes and actions.  His applied research is concerned with the development of persuasive and instructional information to promote positive behaviors and prevent negative outcomes such as the spread of HIV/AIDS, and to prevent drug abuse in children and adolescents.  He received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and his B.S. from Princeton University.

• Learn more about William Crano and The Rules of Influence at: www.therulesofinfluence.com

Global Visionaries thanks the Office of the Associate Provost for Academic Achievement at Seattle University for sponsoring the April Author Series event.

Fiesta de Guatemala 2012

Going ONCE…going TWICE…SOLD!!

May 12, 2012 is quickly approaching and that means the Fiesta de Guatemala, GV’s annual gala auction, is only two months away!  Featuring live and silent auctions, entertainment, complimentary beer and wine and a gourmet dinner catered by the School of Culinary Arts of South Seattle Community College, the evening will surely be one to remember.

Event Details:

Saturday, May 12, 2012
The Brockey Center, South Seattle Community College
6000 16th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA 98106
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

This year our goal is to raise $140,000.00 and you can help!!! 

Procurement – An additional $67,000 in goods and services. 

• Can you go out and procure ONE item or service for us??

Dessert Dash – 20 more delicious desserts for our Dessert Dash. 

• Do you love to bake?  Do you know a baker?  Do you have a favorite bakery?  Can you get us ONE delicious dessert?

Sponsorship –$20,000 in sponsorship. 

• We have a variety of appealing levels for you to enter at from $500 clear up to $20,000.  We’d love to promote your business at our event and in our catalog.  Can you help us?

Here are some exciting items available to bid on this year:

• Seattle Mariners Package
• Experience Guatemala for 2
• Soft Sailboat Cruise
• One Week in a Provence Villa
• Classic Red Wine Package

The annual gala auction is our most enjoyable and successful fundraiser of the year. This event attracts over 300 of GV’s supporters, parents, teachers and professional leaders who unite with a passion to raise funds in order to extend GV’s opportunities to a broad range of program participants, many of whom do not have the means to access these invaluable opportunities on their own.

Proceeds from the auction will fund program scholarships for U.S. low-income youth, help students in Guatemala purchase cement and cinder blocks to build an additional classroom and acquire trees for reforestation projects.

If you can help, please call Kristin Anderson at (206)322-9448 or email her at kristinanderson@global-visionaries.org.

We are also looking for event volunteers!