Tuesday, April 19, 2022
6:30 pm
Busboys and Poets Takoma
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012
Nurturing Minds and SEGA Co-Founder Polly Dolan will speak with Author and long-time NM and SEGA supporter Susan E. Gibson about her new book, How To Be An Amazing Volunteer Overseas. The discussion will be followed by a brief Q&A, book signing, and refreshments.
How To Be An Amazing Volunteer Overseas Synopsis:
Do you want to travel and make a positive impact on the world? This book is for you.
In just over 200 action-packed pages, How To Be An Amazing Volunteer Overseas covers an enormous amount of ground in four key parts: 1) deciding to go on a volunteer trip, 2) preparing to travel, 3) adapting to a new country, and 4) readjusting to life back home. In a frank, authoritative and friendly voice, author Susan E. Gibson – a philanthropist who has been involved in the non-profit sector for more than 35 years and has worked and volunteered in 70 countries – guides readers through the unglamorous realities and gratifying rewards of volunteering and working abroad, balancing pragmatic information with personal anecdotes from her experiences.
Endorsed by leaders in the international development community including Grameen Bank founder and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus (who contributed the foreword), How To Be An Amazing Volunteer Overseas is an essential arrival to the travel non-fiction market as borders open up post-pandemic and purpose-driven people around the world look to broaden their horizons while making a positive impact.
Author Bio:
Susan E. Gibson has been involved in the non-profit sector for more than 35 years. She has worked and volunteered in 70 countries.
In 1992, Susan went to Bangladesh where she got her training in microfinance at Grameen Bank from Professor Muhammad Yunus. From 1992-2001, Susan was a consultant providing technical assistance and conducting workshops in team building, communications and microfinance principles for NGOs, UN agencies and donor governments.
Currently she is a philanthropist actively engaged with NGOs in the areas of refugees, human rights and education for girls.
Susan has served on the board of the Thomson Reuters Foundation 2018-21, the International Rescue Committee (IRC-UK) 2012-18 and remains involved in refugee issues. She was Vice-Chair on the Carter Center UK board 2010-14 and was Co-Chair of the Human Rights Watch London Committee 2006-10.
Susan was born and raised in Toronto, Canada and was based in New York in the 90s for her career in the development sector. For the last 20 years, she has lived in London, UK with her husband and teenage son. In July 2021, she and her family started a new chapter in Washington, DC. How To Be An Amazing Volunteer Overseas is her first book, released on October 19, 2021 with Barlow Books.
Connect with Susan on Instagram @amazingvolunteer and her website, www.AmazingVolunteer.com