Co-founded a nonprofit online mentoring organization for college-bound high school students with Kevin Adler in May 2009.
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Details of Work
- Co-authored the mission, vision, and values statement of the organzation
- Co-authored the by-laws and business plan
- Co-wrote applications to numerous funders and startup competitions, and even edited a video emphasizing the geographic distance between my co-founder and me (see below)
- Co-developed multiple surveys for prospective mentees and mentors, and deployed surveys online: first using hand-coded html, second using Google Forms
- Developed and manage BetterGrads.org website (WordPress), re-designed twice with modifications to html, css, and javascript in base templates
- Authored most static content on the website and several blog entries, and edited all imagery
- Developed social media strategy and oversaw BetterGrads’ social media team, curating 200+ blog posts including special series
- Recruited mentors from across the country for our pilot program
- Moderated dozens of national conference calls with mentors, mentees, and social media team members
- Co-developed mentoring program curriculum to prepare high school students for the college experienceOngoing
- Co-directing the nonprofit, which is based in the San Francisco Bay Area where my co-founder lives, while living in Boston
- Personally mentoring a high school senior at Granada High School in Livermore, CA
- Advising for-profit spin-off Alumn.us founded by my co-founder