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Hear from senior leaders from Oxfam, Catholic Relief Services, and Mercy Ships as they shared transformative insights into managing distributed teams that drive social impact. Moderated by Rob Jordan of Idealist Consulting, this webinar explored how organizations achieve effective virtual team management while expanding global reach, as this has become critical for NGOs working across complex, often remote environments.
This webinar dove deep into the unique challenges faced by humanitarian organizations in creating cohesive, resilient virtual teams. Panelists explored essential strategies for topics like:
Drawing from the experiences of humanitarian leaders, this session distilled critical insights into virtual team management, offering pragmatic strategies that address the unique challenges of leading mission-driven teams across global contexts.
Rob Jordan: Rob Jordan is the CEO and Founder of Idealist Consulting, a tech firm dedicated to humanitarian organizations around the globe. He left his corporate job in 1998 to join the Peace Corps in Ukraine, a decision that would lead to a lifelong commitment to ethical business. Rob started Idealist Consulting with the goal to bridge the technological chasm between nonprofits and the corporate sector. Today, this vision is realized through Idealist Consulting’s unique people-first culture which has helped over 2000 nonprofits advance their mission.
Diane Onyango: A technology and operations specialist with 10 years of experience, dedicated to enhancing efficiency through digital solutions. Currently, as the Business Engagement Lead for Oxfam’s digital workplace, Diane focuses on creating strategies that drive user engagement and technology adoption across global teams. She is passionate about collaboration and using technology to empower teams and foster positive outcomes in the nonprofit sector.
Karl Lowe: Karl Lowe joined Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in 2016 as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He provides leadership for CRS’ ICT organization and council to CRS executives and board members. Karl is passionate about leveraging technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of CRS operations, donor engagement and administrative functions. Karl also functions as CRS’ Chief Supply Chain Officer.
Allison Holiski: Allison currently serves as the Director of Applications at Mercy Ships and has more than 15 years of talent acquisition, information technology, and program administration experience with government agencies and international nonprofits. She pursues intellectually interesting and cross-disciplinary work that gives her the opportunity to explore new ideas while building and optimizing programs. She is happiest when learning and traveling.
