William Sparks designs and implements capacity building activities. He is currently Vice President at ACDI/VOCA (www.acdivoca.org), an international consulting firm that expands social and economic opportunities in over 40 of the least developed countries. His creations include the Sell More For More farmer development program used by the UN World Food Program in Rwanda, and the AchieVe staff performance management program with workshops delivered worldwide. He is also actively involved in building capacity within his home community by facilitating a Community Conversation initiative to identify and implement quality of life activities. William earned his Master’s of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University.

 

 

Articles by William Sparks

Clicking, Learning, Telling: Audience Response System Use in Remote Locations

(8/8/11)
Do you enjoy a challenge? The author had to determine if specific harvest skills had been transferred from a workshop to lead farmers and then on to individual farmers in remote villages in Rwanda. The key to his success was the “clicker”: an audience response system. Not working in Rwanda? His tips will help you use clickers to lead focus groups in the corporate world, too.