Kickoff

The Kickoff

Monday was the first official day of working with our Clients.  We all got dressed up and drove to the Qingdao Volunteer Service College which is one of the 4 Clients we are representing.  The atmosphere in the auditorium was electric.  The 4 organizations were selected from many applicants and all 4 really need te services our teams will be providing.

There were speakers from the Government, IBM, our NGO Partner Plyxera as well as each of the 4 organizations.

The group picture of all of the whole team and our clients.

This is the team I am honored to be working with is Qingdao Link Startup Community.   It is run by a very energetic gentleman named Kevin.  The organization provided a nurturing environment for young entrepreneurs by providing shared spaced as well as services to help make them successful.  The business is very young and there is a great need in Qingdao.  Kevin just started the business a year ago and has done an incredible job getting to this point.  He is asking for our assistance to create a development plan to take him to the next level.  We are bring tools such as Design thinking and Agile to help us accomplish this.

Our neighborhood

We are very fortunate to be staying a a fabulous hotel right in the heart of the city center.  It is walking distance to the harbor and boardwalk.  The area is quite safe and very vibrant.  Here are a few pictures of the May 4th Square I took on a morning walk before we got started for the day. The sun is up at about 4:30 and so am I.

Ok this is all for now.  More in a few days!!