My quick intro blog

Karl Hedstrom posted on January 18, 2007 - 6:10pm no comments

My name is Karl Hedstrom and I've been working with NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network) in San Francisco since Ocotober.  I just missed the previous PSO in September so am just now finally getting properly oriented as a CTC VISTA..

Before joining NTEN and the CTC VISTA Project, I served for 27 months in Niger, West Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer.  My focus there was on community development, but I also delved into several other fields including AIDS awareness, environmental education and small income generation.  This experience allowed me to see first hand the huge impact of technology in the development industry.

I graduated from Pomona College in 2002 with a BA in Physics, and while this was of little use during my time in Niger, the technical skills I picked up nicely complement my development experience as I transition into my role here at NTEN.

Outside of work I'm a big outdoors enthusiast and often follow the "spur-of-the-moment weekend trip" model to fulfill that need.

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Karl Hedstrom's Recent Field Reports

The NTC, a Bike Ride, and a Discovered Website

Karl Hedstrom posted on March 21, 2007 - 1:48pm 1 comment

Everything’s going quite well here at NTEN as we’re of course very busy tying up all the loose ends before the NTC. As far as what's new and exciting in my work, I finally managed to make a breakthrough in using our sometimes unwieldy CMS (netFORUM) to design a searchable member database for our website. That project had been on my plate since the beginning of January (and until yesterday I’d made very little progress), so it was nice to finally make some real headway there - and it should soon be up on our website and ready for use. …read more

My quick intro blog

Karl Hedstrom posted on January 18, 2007 - 6:10pm no comments

My name is Karl Hedstrom and I've been working with NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network) in San Francisco since Ocotober.  I just missed the previous PSO in September so am just now finally getting properly oriented as a CTC VISTA.. Before joining NTEN and the CTC VISTA Project, I served for 27 months in Niger, West Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer.  My focus there was on community development, but I also delved into several other fields including AIDS awareness, environmental education and small income generation.  This experience allowed me to see first hand the huge impact of technology in the development industry. …read more

My First Blog!

Karl Hedstrom posted on January 18, 2007 - 5:39pm no comments

I'm at PSO and we're leaning how to Blog!  It's very exciting.  However, it's not as excitting as the prospect of candlepin bowling ... which is apparently our outing tonight.  I'm not sure what exaclty Candlepin Bowling is, but if you follow that link you can learn more ... that's where I'm going right now!

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