Dear Jessie, Many congratulations!
It's been a pleasure interacting and working with you. Best wishes for the new adventure. Sounds exciting! See you around. Cheers, Vishnu On Friday, 19 September 2014, rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi Jessie, a big +1 to what the others already mentioned. if your influence > makes the path out of poverty, copyrighted with all rights reserved, in > future a cc-by-sa path i d be even more delighted. > > rupert > Am 19.09.2014 00:35 schrieb "Jessie Wild" <jw...@wikimedia.org>: > >> Thanks so much to everyone! It has been such an honor to join this >> movement, and the things we have experimented with and done have been >> exciting and fruitful. I know we spend a lot of time talking about our >> problems welcoming in newbies, but I felt so supported by so many of you >> from my first day four years ago when I was brand new. Thank you for your >> openness, your innovative ideas, your challenges to my thinking, and your >> partnership in building things together. >> >> One point of clarification: I'll actually be working with IDEO.org >> <http://ideo.org/>, which is a spin-off of IDEO (and yes, Jane, that is >> the >> Wikipedia article for IDEO) It is a separate organization focused on >> partnering with people in need to design paths out of poverty. I'm very >> humbled for this opportunity, and look forward to sharing learning! I'm >> pasting some info below with the announcement. >> >> Obviously, stay in touch. I will be around :) >> >> We’ve had an action-packed spring at IDEO.org >> with lots of travel, a decision on our next class of >> Global Fellows, and a very exciting project from >> the archive heading to market. Here’s what we’ve >> been up to this spring and summer.WELCOME 2015 GLOBAL FELLOWSAfter >> reviewing 656 applications—all of which inspired and excited us—we’ve >> chosen the 2015 class of Global Fellows! They hail from Malawi, Ireland, >> Indiana, and the UK. They are doctors, inventors, entrepreneurs, and global >> connectors, all with a dedication to elevating the poor through design. Let >> us introduce William Kamkwamba, Rebecca Hope, Jessie Wild, and John >> Collery! We can’t wait to see what change they'll make, what good they’ll >> do. >> >> >> >> *Copyright © 2014 IDEO.org, All rights reserved.* >> >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < >> t...@okfn.org.br> >> wrote: >> >> > Congratulations, Jessie! >> > >> > It is super cool that you will bring your talent to other places! It was >> a >> > pleasure to know and work with you! Thanks for everything you did for the >> > Wikimedia movement and that you taught me whilst I had the opportunity to >> > work together! You rock! >> > >> > P. S. We need create a page about IDEO in Portuguese, then I'll keep >> > supporting you to learn our language. :P (could be a start!) >> > >> > Abraços! >> > >> > Tom >> > >> > 2014-09-18 14:30 GMT-03:00 Anasuya Sengupta <asengu...@wikimedia.org>: >> > >> > Dear friends and colleagues, >> >> >> >> Many of who have already heard from Jessie in multiple ways, but for >> those >> >> who haven't: Jessie Wild, who currently heads the Learning and >> Evaluation >> >> team in the Grantmaking department at WMF, is leaving for a year's >> >> fellowship with Ideo.[1] Her last day at the Foundation is tomorrow. >> >> >> >> >> >> We are going to miss her. Jessie has been an extraordinary and integral >> >> part of WMF for the last four years, and demonstrated her initiative, >> >> insight and leadership in each of the positions she’s ably held here. >> For >> >> many of you, you may remember Jessie's first role was part of the >> >> consultant team working on the 5 year strategy. Most recently and >> >> importantly, she’s led the Learning and Evaluation team in the past year >> >> to >> >> do some significant baseline research and impact analyses of our grants >> >> and >> >> programs across the movement. This is work that lays the foundation for >> a >> >> great deal of our strategic vision and direction going forward. Thank >> you >> >> so much, Jessie, for all your strategic leadership, but even more: thank >> >> you for who you are, and the heart you’ve always brought to your team, >> WMF >> >> and the communities we support. >> >> >> >> We are hoping that Jessie will rejoin us when she’s completed this >> >> brilliant opportunity at IDEO (she’s one of four chosen from over 450 >> >> applicants!). However, the work we are doing with all of you on impact >> and >> >> strategic outcomes for the movement is urgent and will need to be ramped >> >> up >> >> even further over this year. We will be opening up this position to lead >> >> the L&E team soon, and keep you posted on it. >> >> >> >> Jessie, thank you again for all your manifold contributions. >> >> >> >> Warmly, >> >> >> >> Anasuya >> >> >> >> [1] http://www.ideo.org/fellows >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* >> >> >> >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >> >> the sum of all knowledge. 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