your experience/input can possibly change the education landscape here

Peace.

I will be giving a keynote speech to a big conference of business school Deans and Faculty that I wish to solicit your actual experiences by asking the basic question: What RIGHT thing did your school (Dean, Professor, Curriculum etc) implement that made a big impact on you?

hope to hear from you and will share thereafter the national change we wish to achieve.

Xavier Alpasa! SJ

Migrated to a new site: BUSINESSPROPHETS2011.posterous.com

Peace.

As I transition so will this site.  The beautiful thing about this process is that there are more learnings thus more sharings.  And this time there's better access to internet given the urban living so hope to exchange more ideas with you so we can truly help each other churn out ideas that we can act on with great spirit!

Please note that this is the last posting and this will eventually be deactivated in favor of the new posterous site:

BUSINESSPROPHETS2011.posterous.com

 

Isla CULION Hotel Maya Holy Week Retreat

Why the Isla CULION Hotel Maya Holy Week Retreat (Contemplation Package) is an extremely unique experience:

1)  There will be 2 Jesuits and 1 Salesian Director who is no less than the much sought Spiritual Director/Retreat Master/Speaker FR. ARMAND ROBLEZA, SDB.

2)  You will have a retreat not just in a retreat house but in a RETREAT ISLAND.

3)  The Easter Sunday Group Sharing will beautifully transpire in a sugary fine white sand beach.

4)  The rich liturgy of the parish will happen in a 17th century Church with a one of a kind Soledad procession that has touched/healed some wounded souls.

And there's more.  But it will be up to you discover.

Text/Call Hotel Maya hotline +63921-300-400-4 or email culion_hotelmaya@yahoo.com.


*"I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them"*


Xavier Alpasa, SJ
TED Global Fellow 2009 (http://tedfellows.posterous.com/fellows-friday-with-xavier-alpasa)
Cordes Fellow 2010 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Opportunity-Collaboration/343810532952?v=wall&filter=1)

Discover one of National Geographic's BEST TRIPS of 2011

Discover one of National Geographic’s BEST TRIPS of 2011.

 

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-trips-2011-photos/

 

or watch the video:

 

 

Then please vote for us:

 

http://marketplace.unreasonableinstitute.org/ventures/view/33/Isla-CULION-Missions

 

Thank you so much fellow TED Fellows!


"I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them"

Xavier Alpasa, SJ
TED Global Fellow 2009
Cordes Fellow 2010

Your $10 will reconnect an isolated island to the world

To all who believe that endangered species like whale sharks ought to be protected as part of ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, that underprivileged people who barely eat in a day should be helped in an impactful POVERTY ALLEVIATION program and for people who believe that email blasts can change the world like how TED Fellows use the blog to change the course of history, this email is for you (and I hope you can pass it too):
 

We are happy to let you know that the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Traveler editors have chosen the island-province of Palawan  as one of the 20 best travel destinations in the world this year, citing Culion as an emerging eco-tourism destination. (http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-trips-2011-photos/)

 

It is on this note that we are humbly soliciting for your support for Isla Culion mission's newest challenge. Isla CULION Missions is one of the 45 FINALISTS in the 2011 UNREASONABLE INSTITUTE (http://marketplace.unreasonableinstitute.org/ventures/view/33/Isla-CULION-Missions) wherein the top 25 finalists will get the chance to attend the 2011 UNREASONABLE MARKETPLACE. This is where the 2011 Unreasonable Fellows will be able to network with world-class mentors, pitch to hundreds of investors, and build sustainable relationships.

 

The world decides who gets in and You can help Isla CULION become known GLOBALLY!  Please vote for us this week and next.

 

Here's a word from the Unreasonable Institute:

 

Unreasonable Institute Challenges Its 45 Finalists to Raise $200,000 from 1 Million People in 50 Days

 

Entrepreneurs from over 60 countries vied for the 25 slots available to attend the 2011 Unreasonable Institute. After conducting over 100 interviews, the Unreasonable team has narrowed it down to 45 exceptional finalists. Now, in a true test of their entrepreneurial mettle, each of these finalists face one final challenge before becoming Unreasonable Fellows: galvanizing the globe to raise the $8,000 it costs to attend the Unreasonable Institute.

 

The first 25 finalists to raise $8,000 , for a total of $200,000, will be chosen to attend. And the decision lies in your hands. Head to the Unreasonable Institute’s Finalist Marketplace and join one million people across the globe to vote with your dollars for an entrepreneur you believe might change the course of history.

 

Help us bring Isla Culion missions to the 2011 Unreasonable Institute!

 

"I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them"
Javier Alpasa, SJ
Cordes Fellow 2010
TED Global Fellow 2009


"I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them"
Javier Alpasa, SJ

Help us make Isla CULION Missions become known GLOBALLY!

To our dear ISLA CULION MISSION Partners, Advocates, and Supporters:

First of all, we would like to thank you for the support you've given to our Isla Culion mission. The overwhelming response of people who would like to join us in our mission has been heart-warming and greatly appreciated. Your support continues to inspire us to do more for Isla Culion as it slowly emerge from its century-old isolation and depression.

We would also like to share with you that the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Traveler editors have chosen the island-province of Palawan  as one of the 20 best travel destinations in the world this year, citing Culion as an emerging eco-tourism destination. (link: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/abs/20110106/tel-palawan-among-natgeo-traveler-s-20-b-1bcbab5.html)

It is on this note that we are again humbly soliciting for your support for Isla Culion mission's newest challenge. Isla CULION Missions is one of the 45 FINALISTS in the 2011 UNREASONABLE INSTITUTE (http://marketplace.unreasonableinstitute.org/ventures/view/33/Isla-CULION-Missions) wherein the top 25 finalists will get the chance to attend the 2011 UNREASONABLE MARKETPLACE. This is where the 2011 Unreasonable Fellows will be able to network with world-class mentors, pitch to hundreds of investors, and build sustainable relationships.

The world decides who gets in and You can help Isla CULION become known GLOBALLY!

Here's a word from the Unreasonable Institute:

Thank you and we hope to see you again in Isla Culion soon!
Unreasonable Institute Challenges Its 45 Finalists to Raise $200,000 from 1 Million People in 50 Days

Entrepreneurs from over 60 countries vied for the 25 slots available to attend the 2011 Unreasonable Institute. After conducting over 100 interviews, the Unreasonable team has narrowed it down to 45 exceptional finalists. Now, in a true test of their entrepreneurial mettle, each of these finalists face one final challenge before becoming Unreasonable Fellows: galvanizing the globe to raise the $8,000 it costs to attend the Unreasonable Institute.

The first 25 finalists to raise $8,000 , for a total of $200,000, will be chosen to attend. And the decision lies in your hands. Head to the Unreasonable Institute’s Finalist Marketplace and join one million people across the globe to vote with your dollars for an entrepreneur you believe might change the course of history.

Help us bring Isla Culion missions to the 2011 Unreasonable Institute!

"I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them"
Javier Alpasa, SJ

Beelzebul

Some of the people said, “He drives out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons..
Today, we are amazed to see how Jesus is preposterously “accused” of driving out demons «by the power of Beelzebub, the chief of the demons» (Lk 11:15). It is difficult to imagine a better deed —to expel, to rid their souls of the Devil, the instigator of evil— and, at the same time, to witness the most ignoble accusation —that he is doing it, precisely, by the power of the very Devil—. It is really a gratuitous accusation, which shows and reflects a great blindness and jealousy in the Lord's accusers. Today too, without realizing it, we tend to ignore the right other people have to dissent, to be different and to have their own positions, whether different or even in direct opposition to ours.

He, who lives cloistered in a political, cultural or ideological bigotry, easily despises the dissenting one and disqualifies all his projects by denying him any proficiency and, even, any honesty. Often, the political or ideological adversary becomes a personal enemy. Confrontation degenerates into affront and aggressiveness. This climate of mutual zealotry and violent rejection may then lead us to the temptation of somehow eliminating he who appears to be our rival.

In this environment is it easy to justify any attack against people, even, murder, provided the dead one does not belong in our circle. How many people are today distressed by this atmosphere of mutual intolerance and denial, which, more often than not, is to be found in our public institutions, our places of work or in meetings and political confrontation!

We must create, amongst ourselves, a climate of tolerance and mutual respect with the conditions for steadfast and loyal confrontations, where it is possible to seek different ways of dialogue. As for us Christians, rather than hardening and wrongly consecrating our positions by manipulating God’s word and identifying him with our own attitude, we have to follow that Jesus who —when John prevented someone else from casting out demons in his name— corrected him while saying: «Do not prevent him, for whoever is not against you is for you» (Lk 9:50). Inasmuch as «the countless chorus of shepherds becomes the single body of the one and only Shepherd» (St. Augustine).

"I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them"
Fr. XAVIER "Javier/Javy/Ver" ALPASA, SJ

Hotel Maya / Loyola College / Immaculate Conception Parish
Culion, 5315 Palawan
www.islaculionhotelmaya.com / Hotline +63939-2542744

Alternate Email: javieralpasa@aol.com

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Opportunity Collaboration Oct 2010 Ixtapa, Mexico

Peace.

You might be interested to attend www.opportunitycollaboration.net:

A four-day strategic and problem-solving retreat for nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, funders and social investors. Break down the silos of unproductive competition and go beyond the boundaries of conventional poverty alleviation.

If you are, then see you there!

Blessings,

"I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them"
Fr. XAVIER "Javier/Javy/Ver" ALPASA, SJ
Cordes Fellow 2010 (www.opportunitycollaboration.net)
TED Global Fellow 2009 (www.ted.com)
President, Loyola College of Culion (www.loyolacollegeculion.com)

Hotel Maya / Loyola College / Immaculate Conception Parish
Culion, 5315 Palawan
Mobile 0920-5556617
Alternate Email: javieralpasa@aol.com

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