Last month KnowledgeWell welcomed the China Ministry of Transportation delegation to our BIM for Transportation Sessions at the NC Department of Transportation in downtown Raleigh.
In this newsletter learn more about:

- China Ministry of Transportation Delegation Event

- From out newly published website- Entrepreneurship, Climate Change Risk Mitigation and Agriculture

-"Where are they now?"
  • over a decade of service later, volunteer highlight- Jerry Knight RLS
  • our NC trained Palauan Students currently on Guam and next student project
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Be sure to watch for our annual newsletter and unpublished website scheduled to be released after the first of the year. In addition to events, this year our team has dedicated many hours meeting with stakeholders on future ENI/Infrastructure BIM, Climate Change Risk Mitigation Technology and Strategy events as well as Entrepreneurship and Agriculture learning experiences.

Thanks to your donated time and financial gifts, KnowledgeWell is able to deliver value to deserving communities and individuals in the most remote locations on earth.

Sincerely,
 
Lisa McFarland CPA MBA
Executive Director





Thank you for your support as KnowledgeWell celebrates over a decade of Projects & Events which have delivered needed expertise. Donate $17 for 2017 Student Project

China Ministry of Transportation Delegation- KnowledgeWell BIM for Transportation @ NC DOT
At the request of the NC Department of Transportation, KnowledgeWell delivered its BIM for Transportation sessions for the visiting China Ministry of Transportation delegation.  KnowledgeWell delivers these sessions to communities globally. These sessions include how community and national leaders can set BIM Strategy, Policy, Manage the Model and learn about the newest technologies that make 3D aerial data collection management affordable and "in-house."



(L-R) NC DOT Operations Manager Delbert Roddenberry PE, KnowledgeWell Executive Director Lisa McFarland CPA MBA, China Ministry of Transportation Delegation Head Mr. Zhang DongQing, North Carolina Transportation Secretary Tennyson ahead of delegation entering NC DOT Building for KnowledgeWell BIM for Transportation Seminars.

North Carolina Transportation Secretary Tennyson Addresses Delegation at KnowledgeWell BIM for Transportation Event in NC DOT Boardroom.
(L-R) NC DOT Operations Manager Delbert Roddenberry, China Ministry of Transportation Head Mr. Zhang DongQing, KnowledgeWell Executive Director Lisa McFarland and Volunteer BIM Technology Expert George Hatch.


For over a decade KnowledgeWell has delivered learning experiences related to technologies for ENI/AEC professionals. In 2009, KnowledgeWell volunteers created the first infrastructure 3D model for the Federated States of Micronesia which was featured in an article "Clearing the Air" in POB- US National Trade Magazine.

Contact us for an event for stakeholders in your community or nation- info@KnowledgeWell.org.  BIM for Transportation/Infrastructure series includes sessions on latest technologies to capture 3D data, management of data throughout lifecycle and BIM strategies for the project's owner.
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Email us regarding BIM Sessions for Your Community

Sneak Peak-  for the Next Decade
Preview of New Initiatives from Unpublished KnowledgeWell Website
New Learning for the Next Decade

For the next decade, KnowledgeWell will continue to respond to expertise requests for volunteers and deliver BIM and other Technology Events. Additionally, KnowledgeWell plans to launch new learning initiatives in the areas of Climate Change Risk Mitigation Technology,  Entrepreneurship & Community-based Agriculture.

KnowledgeWell Website

Where are they now?
Decade+ Volunteer Jerry Knight in Palau
2016- Jerry & Calista Knight Outside Beachfront Home in Palau
Surveyor and Pacific Islands Cultural Expert Jerry Knight Began Sharing Expertise with KnowledgeWell Over a Decade Ago

2006- Jerry Knight (R) shares expertise @ KnowledgeWell Pacific Leadership Forum in Palau
Jerry Knight along with Jon Abrams and Ron Perry served as KnowledgeWell's prelaunch advisors in 2005. In 2006, Knight participated in KnowledgeWell's first Pacific Leadership Forum in Palau where he affirmed that delivering expertise to the Pacific created more value than giving money.

In 2016, KnowledgeWell volunteers looked up Jerry and his wife Calista while in Palau. The Knights are retired at their ocean front home which features views most can only imagine. Knight works hard battling the shoreline erosion by moving wheelbarrow loads of sand back to the beach. The picture of good health, his motto is "you have to keep moving."

Knight began his survey career in 1958 with USGS, then worked for BLM in 1959 until retirement in 1994. He began working in Chuuk FSM on a 6-month detail from BLM in 1970. From then until retirement he consulted in Palau on behalf of BLM and has been a registered Land Surveyor in Arizona since 1979. In addition to his volunteer work with KnowledgeWell, Knight continues to work in Palau and Pohnpei as a paid consultant and as a volunteer. He continues consulting on water and lake boundaries issues in the USA.
Knights Beachfront Yard _ View
Front yard with view- an experience most can only imagine!


Where are they now?
Guam: GPS- Great Palauan Students 4 Years Later
The "GPS" with Perry Paul-  All Trained in North Carolina
Students that studied in NC in 2012

The GPS (Great Palauan Students- 14 hour days M-Sat with no absences) studied in North Carolina under a transportation technologies "boot camp" program created by KnoweldgeWell and supported by CSR partner McKim & Creed and GSR (Governemnt Social Responsibility) partner NC DOT in 2012. KnowledgeWell oversaw the initiative which took 5 unemployed college grads and delivered new careers following their learning experience in NC.  At the conclusion, Suzan Rideb stated,  "I trusted KnowledgeWell with my life, literally, and now I have a career I could not have dreamed of before."  Furthermore, the trained students went on to deliver over $5M in economic development returns and increased the quality of life for citizens of Guam during their first set of projects on the (FHWA) funded highway initiative on Guam.

Now, four years later, all in above photo are still working and living on Guam- 80% still in the private sector Transportation (ENI) careers KnowledgeWell delivered.
   
2017 marks the next KnowledgeWell Student learning experience for Pacific Islanders in the mainland.

Link to Donate $17 for 2017 Today!

Thank you for your support which makes these opportunities possible.  Look for our annual Newsletter in the next few days.

Sincerely,

Lisa McFarland, CPA MBA
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