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DFE: FROM EPG TO A GREATER WORLD
A Personal Experience of Perceiving and
Embracing Challenges
Ngoc Anh Cao
EPG Cohort 11 - Berea College ’16
September 23, 2015
AGENDA
• Introduction
• How EPG experiences prepared me for my internship
• Challenges and how I overcame them
• Insights
• Future plans
Source: Google Images
AND ME
• Recognizing opportunities
• Mobilizing resources
• Engaging complexity and uncertainty
• Advocating changes
THINK LIKE AN EDUCATOR
ACT LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR
Challenges = Opportunities to Grow
CHALLENGE: INTERNSHIP HUNTING
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CHALLENGE: EXPANDING COMFORT ZONE
Source: Google Images
HOW I EMBRACED MY CHALLENGES
Source: backsidelearningcenter.org
SUCCESS: WORKED AS A STAFF, NOT AN INTERN
INSIGHT 1: CHALLENGE FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Source: effectivephilanthropy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/NonprofitChallenges.pdf
INSIGHT 2: CHALLENGE FOR SOCIAL EQUALITY
Source: Google Images
INSIGHT 3: CHALLENGE FOR SOCIAL EQUALITY
Source: Google Images
BIGGEST LESSON: IF YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING
THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE, BUILD IT!
Source: Google Images
BIGGEST MOTIVATION: PAY IT FORWARD
THANK YOU!

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