Colin Wynter is the central figure in the Dancing Man viral video taken at the Sasquatch music festival in 2009.<ref name"CBC2009"/><ref name"dkellerm2009"/> At first, the video depicts Wynter, a lone dancer behind a festive audience seated on a grassy bank, listening to a performance of "Unstoppable" (a song from ). Then a follower joins in. In quick succession, the crowd "tips" from being passive and seated to being active and dancing too.
The video was the topic of a TED conference talk in 2010 by Derek Sivers, who suggested the phenomenon was a microcosm of leadership, with emphasis on the importance of the leader attracting and then embracing his first follower.<ref name"Sivers2010"/> However Wynter himself later said, "I didn't know that I did anything special really; all I did was self-express… " and "I guess I just thought everybody was silly, sitting there just chillin', so ... I started yellin' at them to get off their lazy asses."<ref name"Catania2010"/>
The video was the topic of a TED conference talk in 2010 by Derek Sivers, who suggested the phenomenon was a microcosm of leadership, with emphasis on the importance of the leader attracting and then embracing his first follower.<ref name"Sivers2010"/> However Wynter himself later said, "I didn't know that I did anything special really; all I did was self-express… " and "I guess I just thought everybody was silly, sitting there just chillin', so ... I started yellin' at them to get off their lazy asses."<ref name"Catania2010"/>
Frank "Flowers" Ferragine (born March 4, 1972) is a Canadian television personality. He is the "weather specialist" on City's morning show Breakfast Television in Toronto, Ontario. Ferragine is also a regular guest expert on .
Career
Originally a fill-in for Nalini Sharma (on maternity leaving during the summer of 2005), he returned to the show when Sharma was re-assigned to later time spots.
Ferragine's family runs Bradford Greenhouses and is a director of the annual Canada Blooms flower show. He has also been host at the Alliston Garden Tour "What's New in Horticulture" and "Get Growing" on Barrie, Ontario radio station CKBB.
Personal life
Ferragine attended Bradford High, in Bradford, Ontario. He then went on to achieve his Bachelor's Degree at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
Ferragine is married to Laurie and has a son Gavin who was born in 2006, and son Matheson, who was born March 24, 2009.
Career
Originally a fill-in for Nalini Sharma (on maternity leaving during the summer of 2005), he returned to the show when Sharma was re-assigned to later time spots.
Ferragine's family runs Bradford Greenhouses and is a director of the annual Canada Blooms flower show. He has also been host at the Alliston Garden Tour "What's New in Horticulture" and "Get Growing" on Barrie, Ontario radio station CKBB.
Personal life
Ferragine attended Bradford High, in Bradford, Ontario. He then went on to achieve his Bachelor's Degree at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
Ferragine is married to Laurie and has a son Gavin who was born in 2006, and son Matheson, who was born March 24, 2009.
Elizabeth Mays (born 1959) is American economist, best known for her books on credit scoring.
Career
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mays worked as a government economist in Washington specializing financial institutions, first at the Government Accountability Office, and later at the Office of Thrift Supervision. There she was part of a team of economists who built the first industry model to evaluate the interest rate risk profile of S&Ls in reaction to the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. During this time Mays also published, with Anthony G. Cornyn, Interest Rate Risk Models: Theory and Practice (1997) a collection of articles on interest rate risk measurement and management.
In 1996, Mays became involved with credit risk modeling when she went to work for Freddie Mac. In 1998 she published Credit Risk Modeling: Design and Application, and in 2001, the Handbook of Credit Scoring. Since 1998, Mays has been a banking economist, running modeling and analytics organizations first for Citi, then JP Morgan Chase. Her 2004 book, Credit Scoring for Risk Managers is a widely used reference book in the credit scoring arena.
Publications
* 'A Profit-Maximizing Model of Federal Home Loan Bank Behavior', Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2:331-347 (1989).
* 'The Demand for Federal Home Loan. Bank Advances by Thrift Institutions: Some Recent Evidence' Elizabeth Mays and Edward DeMarco, Real Estate Economics, volume 17, Issue 3. pp. 363-379.
* 'Interest-Rate Risk Models Used by Depository Institutions', The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities, Frank Fabozzi, ed, pp. 751-761 (1997).
* 'The Estimation of the Duration of Nonmaturity Deposits', Controlling & Managing Interest-Rate Risk, Anthony G. Cornyn ed., (1997) pp. 70-87.
* Anthony G Cornyn and Elizabeth Mays (1997) "Interest Rate Risk Models: Theory and Practice". Glenlake Publishing Company.
* Elizabeth Mays (1998) "Credit Risk Modeling: Design and Application". Dearborn Publishers.
* Elizabeth Mays (2001). Handbook of Credit Scoring". Glenlake Publishing.
* 'Using statistical models to counter consumer correlations conundrum', The RMA Journal, June 2002.
* 'The role of credit scores in consumer lending today', The RMA Journal, October 2003.
* Elizabeth Mays (2004). Credit Scoring for Risk Managers: The Handbook for Lenders". Southwestern.
* 'In Turbulent Times, Custom Scorecards Can Offer Great Advantages', Mays, Elizabeth; Zhao, Feng; Ma, Guozhong, The RMA Journal, v90n8, 20-22, May 2008
* 'Scenario Analysis for Board Risk Management', The Corporate Board, pp. 17-21, July/August 2009.
Career
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mays worked as a government economist in Washington specializing financial institutions, first at the Government Accountability Office, and later at the Office of Thrift Supervision. There she was part of a team of economists who built the first industry model to evaluate the interest rate risk profile of S&Ls in reaction to the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. During this time Mays also published, with Anthony G. Cornyn, Interest Rate Risk Models: Theory and Practice (1997) a collection of articles on interest rate risk measurement and management.
In 1996, Mays became involved with credit risk modeling when she went to work for Freddie Mac. In 1998 she published Credit Risk Modeling: Design and Application, and in 2001, the Handbook of Credit Scoring. Since 1998, Mays has been a banking economist, running modeling and analytics organizations first for Citi, then JP Morgan Chase. Her 2004 book, Credit Scoring for Risk Managers is a widely used reference book in the credit scoring arena.
Publications
* 'A Profit-Maximizing Model of Federal Home Loan Bank Behavior', Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2:331-347 (1989).
* 'The Demand for Federal Home Loan. Bank Advances by Thrift Institutions: Some Recent Evidence' Elizabeth Mays and Edward DeMarco, Real Estate Economics, volume 17, Issue 3. pp. 363-379.
* 'Interest-Rate Risk Models Used by Depository Institutions', The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities, Frank Fabozzi, ed, pp. 751-761 (1997).
* 'The Estimation of the Duration of Nonmaturity Deposits', Controlling & Managing Interest-Rate Risk, Anthony G. Cornyn ed., (1997) pp. 70-87.
* Anthony G Cornyn and Elizabeth Mays (1997) "Interest Rate Risk Models: Theory and Practice". Glenlake Publishing Company.
* Elizabeth Mays (1998) "Credit Risk Modeling: Design and Application". Dearborn Publishers.
* Elizabeth Mays (2001). Handbook of Credit Scoring". Glenlake Publishing.
* 'Using statistical models to counter consumer correlations conundrum', The RMA Journal, June 2002.
* 'The role of credit scores in consumer lending today', The RMA Journal, October 2003.
* Elizabeth Mays (2004). Credit Scoring for Risk Managers: The Handbook for Lenders". Southwestern.
* 'In Turbulent Times, Custom Scorecards Can Offer Great Advantages', Mays, Elizabeth; Zhao, Feng; Ma, Guozhong, The RMA Journal, v90n8, 20-22, May 2008
* 'Scenario Analysis for Board Risk Management', The Corporate Board, pp. 17-21, July/August 2009.
Good Neighbors is an international humanitarian and development non-governmental organization in General Consultative Status with the , and one of the largest in South Korea. Established in 1991, the organization currently conducts missions around the world to improve quality of life and educational standards, as well as to provide aid in areas of civil unrest or natural disasters. It has fundraising offices in the US, Korea, and Japan, and an International Cooperation Office in Geneva.
Currently, more than 2,000 professional staff and 20,000 volunteers—ranging from doctors and nurses to engineers and professors—support approximately 16.8 million people, including 9.6 million children. GNI projects include building clean water wells in Africa, providing new cook-stoves for families in Guatemala, and sponsoring children in Chad, Guatemala, Malawi, and Nepal. It raises funds and network with other organizations through offices in the US, Korea, Japan, and Switzerland. GNI also partner with local governments, international donor agencies, and local communities to raise public awareness about development problems and solutions, and advocate for change. In 1996, Good Neighbors received the prestigious General Consultative Status with the United Nations and in 2007, it was awarded the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Award in recognition of its contribution in achieving the goals .
Good Neighbors USA opened its Los Angeles office in 2007, which currently handles fundraising, donor management, volunteer programs, and marketing campaigns for all major projects. In December 2010, a Washington, D.C. office was established to network and partner with other organizations, as well as obtain grants from U.S. government agencies and foundations.
History
Good Neighbors is a humanitarian and development organization from Seoul, Korea that originated as a non-profit, non-governmental organization in 1991. Funded projects concentrated mainly on equity of life, primarily by supporting orphanages, handicapped children programs, living arrangements for disadvantaged widows, rural community development and the assistance of disadvantaged families of tuberculosis patients in Korea.
The organization has since been reorganized in 1996 and now supports projects in 35 countries. The majority of those programs focus on ultimately enabling the young and poor to become self-reliant through education and nutrition. In August 1996, Good Neighbors was granted General Consultative Status, the highest status level for an NGO, with the UN ECOSOC. In 2007, Good Neighbors was recognized by the UN with a Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Award for their achievements in Universal Primary Education.
Good Neighbors currently operates projects in 26 field countries, with more than 120 project sites in third world countries, 26 project sites in North Korea, and in 40 field offices consisting of 70 project sites in South Korea, and with USA, Japan and Switzerland as supporting countries, with the annual budget of 2009 at approximately $48M, with 1,500 employees worldwide, a total of 12,000 volunteers, and 350,000 individual donors.
Organizational structure
Good Neighbors is headquartered in South Korea and maintains a number of field offices in the countries where projects are supported. The majority of funds are raised from South Korea, the United States, Japan, and Europe. In 2009, Good Neighbors raised over $48 million in support funds, drawn mainly from sponsorship dues, government subsidies, and donations.
Good Neighbors maintains field offices in Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania Eastern and Western Chapters, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Guatemala, Paraguay, Haiti, Chile, and the Dominican Republic. Each field office is run by a director and employs both local and expatriate staff members; additionally, each field office determines the specific need of the region and how the funds raised can be disbursed.
Programs
Good Neighbors International embraces the concepts of both community development and child sponsorship, and often will determine which program to support based on the needs of the nearby region.
* Child Development Projects
For the cost of little over a dollar a day ($35 a month), donors can support the monthly cost for a child's educational or nutritional necessities in a developing country.
* Community Development Projects
Depending on the needs of the nearby region, community development projects may vary from country to country. For instance, in Chad, water supplies are dire, and thus the main projects supported in Chad focus mainly on increasing the supply of potable water. Projects can vary from construction of infrastructure to micro-finance, each with an emphasis on long-term sustainability.
* Health and Sanitation
The provision of medical services and health-related education helps reduce the mortality rate in Third World countries. Good Neighbors also strives to improve the public health status of the poor through prophylactic means: for example, clean water development and the construction of sewage systems to help reduce the incidence of infectious diseases.
* Advocacy
Good Neighbors provides awareness and education programs, as well as vocational training through partnerships with local governments and organizations.
* Emergency Relief
In 1994, Good Neighbors began emergency relief operations in response to the desperate conditions resulting from the civil war in Rwanda. Since then, Good Neighbors has been a presence in disaster zones: for instance, the earthquake in Pakistan, India and Turkey, the Afghanistan war, the tsunami in South Asia, the devastating earthquake in Haiti and in China.
Currently, more than 2,000 professional staff and 20,000 volunteers—ranging from doctors and nurses to engineers and professors—support approximately 16.8 million people, including 9.6 million children. GNI projects include building clean water wells in Africa, providing new cook-stoves for families in Guatemala, and sponsoring children in Chad, Guatemala, Malawi, and Nepal. It raises funds and network with other organizations through offices in the US, Korea, Japan, and Switzerland. GNI also partner with local governments, international donor agencies, and local communities to raise public awareness about development problems and solutions, and advocate for change. In 1996, Good Neighbors received the prestigious General Consultative Status with the United Nations and in 2007, it was awarded the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Award in recognition of its contribution in achieving the goals .
Good Neighbors USA opened its Los Angeles office in 2007, which currently handles fundraising, donor management, volunteer programs, and marketing campaigns for all major projects. In December 2010, a Washington, D.C. office was established to network and partner with other organizations, as well as obtain grants from U.S. government agencies and foundations.
History
Good Neighbors is a humanitarian and development organization from Seoul, Korea that originated as a non-profit, non-governmental organization in 1991. Funded projects concentrated mainly on equity of life, primarily by supporting orphanages, handicapped children programs, living arrangements for disadvantaged widows, rural community development and the assistance of disadvantaged families of tuberculosis patients in Korea.
The organization has since been reorganized in 1996 and now supports projects in 35 countries. The majority of those programs focus on ultimately enabling the young and poor to become self-reliant through education and nutrition. In August 1996, Good Neighbors was granted General Consultative Status, the highest status level for an NGO, with the UN ECOSOC. In 2007, Good Neighbors was recognized by the UN with a Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Award for their achievements in Universal Primary Education.
Good Neighbors currently operates projects in 26 field countries, with more than 120 project sites in third world countries, 26 project sites in North Korea, and in 40 field offices consisting of 70 project sites in South Korea, and with USA, Japan and Switzerland as supporting countries, with the annual budget of 2009 at approximately $48M, with 1,500 employees worldwide, a total of 12,000 volunteers, and 350,000 individual donors.
Organizational structure
Good Neighbors is headquartered in South Korea and maintains a number of field offices in the countries where projects are supported. The majority of funds are raised from South Korea, the United States, Japan, and Europe. In 2009, Good Neighbors raised over $48 million in support funds, drawn mainly from sponsorship dues, government subsidies, and donations.
Good Neighbors maintains field offices in Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania Eastern and Western Chapters, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Guatemala, Paraguay, Haiti, Chile, and the Dominican Republic. Each field office is run by a director and employs both local and expatriate staff members; additionally, each field office determines the specific need of the region and how the funds raised can be disbursed.
Programs
Good Neighbors International embraces the concepts of both community development and child sponsorship, and often will determine which program to support based on the needs of the nearby region.
* Child Development Projects
For the cost of little over a dollar a day ($35 a month), donors can support the monthly cost for a child's educational or nutritional necessities in a developing country.
* Community Development Projects
Depending on the needs of the nearby region, community development projects may vary from country to country. For instance, in Chad, water supplies are dire, and thus the main projects supported in Chad focus mainly on increasing the supply of potable water. Projects can vary from construction of infrastructure to micro-finance, each with an emphasis on long-term sustainability.
* Health and Sanitation
The provision of medical services and health-related education helps reduce the mortality rate in Third World countries. Good Neighbors also strives to improve the public health status of the poor through prophylactic means: for example, clean water development and the construction of sewage systems to help reduce the incidence of infectious diseases.
* Advocacy
Good Neighbors provides awareness and education programs, as well as vocational training through partnerships with local governments and organizations.
* Emergency Relief
In 1994, Good Neighbors began emergency relief operations in response to the desperate conditions resulting from the civil war in Rwanda. Since then, Good Neighbors has been a presence in disaster zones: for instance, the earthquake in Pakistan, India and Turkey, the Afghanistan war, the tsunami in South Asia, the devastating earthquake in Haiti and in China.