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Undercover Boss, WA Style (Part II)

15 Mar

[Another email from Bruce Smith in Jos, Nigeria, on Thursday, March 10, nearing the end of the CSTF team’s journey deploying B-TAKs (Bible Translation Acceleration Kits) for The Seed Company’s translation projects there, in collaboration with the NBTT (Nigerian Bible Translation Trust).]

There has been a few days delay in sending this email due to the completion of our installations and training. We left our last BGAN unit with the Maya translation team on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday we made the long drive back to Jos. Thursday has been a day of meetings with leaders of our partner organizations in Jos. Friday I begin the return trip to the U.S., arriving Saturday.

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Posted by on March 15, 2011 in Partner Organization, Wycliffe Associates

 

Undercover Boss, WA Style

14 Mar

Have you ever seen CBS’ Undercover Boss on Sunday evenings? It’s about corporate CEOs that go undercover and work at various roles within their organization to observe how things REALLY work outside of office headquarters. What they discover often changes their perception of their organization and their employees in a very positive way.

Recently, Bruce Smith, Wycliffe Associates‘ leader, did the same except he went to Nigeria to see first hand how we are accelerating Bible translation through satellite phone installations. Like Undercover Bosses, what he experienced was life changing.

Blog posts are supposed to be short and sweet, immediately catching the reader’s attention. Bruce’s observations are not like that at all. They are lengthy but I encourage you to continue reading to see what I mean. Bruce’s perspective is truly refreshing. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on March 14, 2011 in Wycliffe Associates

 
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