North Star Alliance Road Show hit the road again! This time at the Headquarters of one of our founding partners, The World Food Programme (WFP), in Rome. During our three-day visit, we had the opportunity to talk to over 140 visitors from all areas of the WFP, including WFP’s new Executive Director Ertharin Cousin. While…
Last March, we kicked off a campaign with TNT Express focused on bringing the North Star Alliance Roadside Wellness Centre to conferences, special events, and North Star partners across Europe. Since then, we’ve been busy on the road with more than 40 stops in 6 countries showcasing the simple, yet innovative healthcare solution that North…
Last week, the North Star Alliance – TNT Express Roadshow stopped in the Hague to attend the “TNT Express Convention 2011 – A Global Team, working together”. While TNT has been a core partner of North Star since its inception, this convention was particularly exciting as it saw representatives from every country TNT works in…
This photo was taken during the road show at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MiBuZa) in September 2011 and shows TNT/North Star Alliance Project Manager Rosanne Bonanno explaining the mission of North Star to visitors. To date, the road show has travelled to five countries – Belgium, France, Italy, The Netherlands and Switzerland –…
While we typically do our best to pick one photo each week that highlights an exciting North Star Alliance initiative somewhere in the world, this week we’ve been bombarded with an influx of images from the TNT-North Star Alliance Roadshow in France. We’ve received so many in fact, that we couldn’t select just one. As…
The following post was written by Gerard Steehouder, a Technical Project Leader for TNT Express, and voluntary COMETS Implementation Manager for North Star Alliance. I’m Gerard Steehouder, 50 years of age, and working for TNT Express Benelux as a Technical Project Leader within the ICS department in Houten, running diverse IT-related projects. Implementing and training…
Over the past month, North Star Alliance and TNT have hit the road, visiting truck stops, conferences, and office blocks across Europe to raise awareness about health, mobility, and the important role North Star Alliance’s network of Roadside Wellness Centers is playing across East, West, and Southern Africa.
This is the second post written by Rosanne Bonanno, Senior Communication Manager at TNT, and Project Manager for the TNT/North Star Alliance Road Show Willem was 20 years old when he started working for TNT as a long-haul truck driver in the Netherlands. Now 62 and semi-retired, he looks back nostalgically on 40 years spent…
The following post was written by Rosanne Bonanno, Senior Communication Manager at TNT, and Project Manager for the TNT/North Star Alliance Road Show It started on a dreary January day at the Dutch Port of Rotterdam. Shielded in a car from the driving rain, I waited impatiently while a 40-foot truck container was offloaded from…
