Grants:TPS/Christophe.Koza/2016 Preparing Global Leaders Summit (23-29 August 2016)

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Travel & Participation Support

2016 Preparing Global Leaders Summit (23-29 August 2016)

summaryI am going to participate in an intensive five days leadership training that will introduce the study of effective leadership practices through issues of psychology, sociology, politics, philosophy, entrepreneurship and I will explore the cognitive biases that drive persuasion, political advertising, communication messages and public approval, interest group strategy, and the impact of new communication technologies, as well as a simulation to writing an Op-Ed.

event locationMoscow, Russia

event websitehttp://russia.pglf.org/

event date(s)23 August 2016 to 29 August 2016

amount requestedUSD$ 2289.16

home countryJohannesburg, South Africa

creator• Christophe.Koza

submitted on18:11, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed participation

I founded a non-profit organization, namely Predestined Future Global Leaders to expand livelihood opportunities for poor rural households, to transform and improve the quality of South Africa and Africa’s basic, secondary and higher education for social justice, through the offering of free quality education to almost a thousand students via our online platform, http://www.predestinedfglacademy-32.webself.net . It is for this purpose that I was selected by Preparing Global Leaders and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, awarded 40% scholarship based on competition to attend the 23–29 August 2016 summit. Preparing Global Leaders presents an opportunity for networking, collaboration, further development,and expansion of my non-profit organization's free educational project, by establishing ambassadors globally.

Goal and expected impact

My participation in the 2016 Preparing Future Global Leaders’ Summit will ensure an increase and expansion of Wikimedia and Wikipedia usage and editing, by advocating its importance and benefits to peers at and during the summit. My goal is to write blogs and share contents on the following courses which I stand to benefit by attending the Summit:

• Effective Negotiation
• Charisma and Public Speaking
• Strategic and Creative Thinking
• Persuasive Presentations
• Speech-writing
• Marketing/Branding/Advertising,

thus empowering and engaging my colleagues to give their own perspective on the leadership program, current and past in Wikimedia, and this is in line with the mission of the Wikimedia Foundation. That is, to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.

Budget breakdown

• Travel ( Return Trip from Johannesburg, South Africa to Moscow, Russia: USD 1299.16
• Visa Fees: USD 130
• Outstanding Summit Fees: USD 720
• Accommodation and Meals x 5 nights: covered by Preparing Global Leaders
• Incidental cost: USD 140

Other instructions

• I would like flights booked for me, and Summit participation fees paid for me as well.