Randy LeGrant

Randy is the Executive Director of the GeoVisions Foundation. He has spent the last 44 years managing organizations that send people abroad on cultural and educational exchanges.

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When You Volunteer Abroad Set Expecations To Meet Reality

When you get your ducks all in a row, good things can happen. Last Tuesday here at GeoVisions, Alexandra (she takes care of all of our social media) wrote a post entitled Volunteering and Traveling Abroad Reality Check. It's a great piece and has...

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Price Or Program When Shopping For Volunteer Abroad?

I haven't written a post for our Blog in a long time. I have a plethora of topics, and a scant amount of time. I depart Monday for Brussels for a...

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In Voluntourism It's What You Do With What You Do

Over at Social Edge, Saul Garlick wrote a Blog post entitled The Voluntourism Debate. It's a great post. And so are the comments, which I highly...

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Feynan Eco Lodge in Jordan: 2 Conversation Partners Needed Each Month

Filed under shameless self-promotion: We need to staff 2 tutor positions at Feynan Eco Lodge in Jordan each month. Um, starting NOW.

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Volunteering Abroad Didn't Work Out: How Do You Do The Right Thing?

I watched a TED talk today by Barry Schwartz. I was so taken with Mr. Schwartz and the subject of "doing the right thing" that I'm embedding the...

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You Don't Have To Volunteer Abroad To Imagine Life In Peace

Happy Holidays from GeoVisions. We'd like to close our office later today with this Blog post about John Lennon's vision of living life in peace....

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