"ORGANIZING" THE 21st CENTURY WORLD: Below is the list of 25 important intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and non-governmental organizations. We'll have you each take one of these and spend a few minutes figuring out what they are about. (I recommend Wikipedia and/or the group's website.)
For "your" organization, we COULD have you do it like this:
I'm talking less than a minute on each of these. Of course, since we're on your next to last day here, some of you may be up for a "different" challenge.
- Give us a brief overview of what your organization does.
- Give us at least one way in which you see the organization playing a role in the 21st century world.
I'd encourage you to do any of the following in conveying your information.
We'll go through these in a way that might make more sense than simply alphabetical... And, since I have them, I'll give you the quiz I usually give on these to you and let you complete it as we learn about them.
- Rap (or any other style of singing)
- Interpretive Dance
- Pantomime
- Other ideas?
Feel free to incorporate other people as necessary...
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Security Council
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
European Union (EU)
Group of 8 (G8)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Mercosur
African Union (AU)
League of Arab States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Organization of Islamic Conferences
Commonwealth of Independent States
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Food Program (WFP)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
21st Century "Job Fair" - I thought these were kind of neat. Joyce Gioia and Roger Herman both used to write for The Futurist magazine,
and they composed a list of some jobs they expect to see emerging early
in this century. We'll hand out the slips and you can check them out.
We won't do this next exercise in class, but you're obviously welcome to take a look at it if you would like.
The 21st Century Workplace
is the testimony of economist Jared Bernstein before a 2005 US Senate
committee. It's quite a bit to process in class, but I'd like you to
take ten minutes and browse through it before we share some impressions.
I'd like you to identify four things:
- one statistic, fact or prediction that really surprises you
- one conclusion, inference or question you draw from the graphs and/or tables
- one of his conclusions or arguments with which you strongly agree (or disagree)
-
one policy recommendation (his or yours) that follows from the data and/or text
I'll try to have all the grading up to date by your arrival on Friday. That way, we can make sure everything looks accurate, and you'd also know exactly what was missing.
Remember that the two "21st Century Take-Home" Essays are due Friday, May 27th. (You can also do a third for extra credit if you would like.)
As I've mentioned, I'm fine with receiving work up through the end of Memorial Day weekend (That's 11:59:59 PM on Monday, May 30th, I suppose.), but I'll only give you credit for things received after that as far as needed to give you passing credit. (Talk to me IN ADVANCE if you think there's a reason why you should be an exception to that policy.)
