The Global Fund has announced an extra round of funding for 2008. Intimidated by the 68-pages of instructions? Don’t be. The Wisdom of Whores Automatic Proposal Generator (TM) is here to help. Just press the “Give me money!” button as often as you need to, and copy the phrases into your Global Fund proposal.
function Go(){return}
var max1 = 58; var max2 = 70; var max3 = 67;
index1 = Math.round(Math.random() * max1); index2 = Math.round(Math.random() * max2); index3 = Math.round(Math.random() * max3);
array1 = new Array("align", "aggregate", "assess", "benchmark", "build", "cultivate", "deliver", "deploy", "disaggregate", "disintermediate", "drive", "embrace", "empower", "enable", "engage", "engineer", "enhance", "envision", "evaluate", "evolve", "expedite", "exploit", "extend", "facilitate", "generate", "grow", "harness", "harmonize", "implement", "innovate", "integrate", "iterate", "leverage", "mainstream", "maximize", "mesh", "mobilize", "monitor", "optimize", "orchestrate", "promote", "protect", "recontextualize", "repurpose", "revolutionize" ,"scale up ", "seize", "strategize", "streamline", "synergize", "synthesize", "target", "transform", "transition", "triangulate", "unleash", "utilize", "visualize", "utilize", "visualize");
array2 = new Array("authentic", "blue skies", "bottom-up", "child-centered", "civil-society led", "collaborative", "collegial", "community-based", "compelling", "constructive", "consultative", "cooperative", "country-led", "critical", "cross-cultural", "culturally appropriate", "discipline-based", "district-led", "dynamic", "efficient", "equitable", "evidence-based", "faith-based", "gender-sensitive", "global", "group-based", "hands-on", "high-level", "holistic", "impactful", "innovative", "integrated", "interactive", "interdisciplinary", "intuitive", "meaning-centered", "mission-critical", "multicultural", "multidisciplinary", "multisectoral", "objective", "open-ended", "outcome-based", "over-arching", "peer-led", "performance-based", "performance-driven", "person-centred", "proactive", "problem-based", "process-based", "public-private", "quality", "real-time", "real-world", "research-based", "revolutionary", "rights-based", "scaled-up", "shared", "site-based", "standards-based", "strategic", "sustainable", "synergistic", "thematic", "visionary", "woman-centred", "youth-friendly");
array3 = new Array("accountability", "action plans", "action-items", "advocacy", "alignment", "applications", "articulation", "assessment", "business partnerships", "cohorts", "commitment", "communities", "competencies", "consensus", "content", "convergence", "coverage", "capacity-building", "curriculum", "decision-making ", "dialogue", "diversity", "education", "enrichment", "experiences", "facilitators", "feminisation", "frameworks ", "functionalities", "gender norms ", "goals", "human resources ", "implementation", "indicators", "infrastructures", "initiatives", "instruction ", "interfaces", "leadership", "learning ", "methodologies", "models", "networks", "niches", "objectives", "outcomes", "ownership", "paradigms", "partnerships", "problem-solving", "processes", "reccomendations", "relationships", "reproductive health ", "sexual health", "solutions", "staff development", "stakeholders", "strategies ", "styles", "synergies", "systems", "teaching", "technologies", "units ", "universal access", "vulnerability");
function getResult() { index1 = Math.round(Math.random() * max1); index2 = Math.round(Math.random() * max2); index3 = Math.round(Math.random() * max3);
document.frmTest.txtTest.value = array1[index1] + " " + array2[index2] + " " + array3[index3];
}
You don’t actually have to show that you’re preventing the spread of HIV, but don’t forget to include the affected, the infected, the public, the private, the faithful and the activist on your team. Don’t forget to use some of the money to pay for workshops; then you can use the same words to make up your cards for Bullshit Bingo!
Here are the “hot button” words The Wisdom of Whores has chosen for your profit. If you think there are any crucial ones that are missing, let me know and I’ll add them to the Generator. Remember, though, to tell me if they are nouns or verbs — in our verbose business you never can tell.
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aggregate build drive empower enhance extend implement maximize promote seize transform
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collaborative cooperative district-led gender-sensitive holistic intuitive objective performance-driven quality rights-based scaled-up synergistic
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articulation business partnerships competencies curriculum decision-making dialogue enrichment experiences frameworks functionalities higher-order thinking indicators infrastructures interfaces methodologies models networks outcomes partnerships pedagogy processes relationships sexual health strategies styles synergies systems
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I ripped the code for this fine tool off from Sciencegeek, who in turn ripped it off from Dack.com’s Web Economy BS Generator, Thanks, ladies and gentlemen, you’re doing great things for global health.

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Comment by Aretha, 11/06/08, 04:12:
Absolutely brilliant.
Comment by Jill, 22/06/08, 02:29:
Sounds about right to me. Ms. Pisani you’ve got your finger right on the button, can’t you please just hit destroy?…LOL..
Comment by ted, 23/06/08, 05:25:
I’m going to empower bottom-up convergence and disintermediate shared teaching.
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