About

Recently resided in the Washington DC area for the last 2 1/2 years and am now with the Peace Corps in Armenia. Upon successful completion of a 2 1/2 month training there, (Update: Trained) I will be working in the Business and Community Development Program until 2010. By all literary accounts of this area – both online and in print form – this country seems to fit my personality well. Winter and summers are extreme, plenty of outdoor activity, and a good strategic location for traveling to surrounding areas.

So what exactly will I be doing? Good question, I really don’t know “exactly” what it is, but am told it will be something like:

… support local organizations to become self-sustainable and to better serve their communities through strategic planning and through participatory management and community-based revenue generation. They enable entrepreneurs to develop and grow their businesses through improved marketing, customer service, decision-making, critical thinking, financial management and other business principles that meet international standards. Volunteers collaborate with educational institutions and training centers to help students gain skills in information technology and entrepreneurship and to increase their understanding and abilities to compete in a free enterprise market.

Yeah, so that’s it.

Here’s what I’ve done in the past.