Make An Impact
Designers for Learning is seeking passionate volunteers to take leadership roles within our organization to advance our nonprofit’s mission to expand educational opportunities for adults struggling with literacy skill gaps. Use your talents to impact the direction of our organization in one our new Fund Development, Program, or Marketing committees.
Why Your Help Is Needed
One in six adults lack the basic literacy skills necessary for educational advancement and employment, yet fewer than five percent of those in need are receiving support in government-funded education programs. Designers for Learning connects our vast network of volunteers to crowdsource the design and development of open educational resources to help adults improve their literacy skills for career and college readiness. Our network has grown from 22 service-learner volunteers in 2014 to over 5,000 today. Your help is needed to provide leadership in the planning and execution of either our fundraising, programming, or marketing agendas as we create new opportunities for our network to advance our mission.
The Committee Roles
To assist in the leadership of our rapidly growing organization, our Board of Directors approved the creation of three new standing committees that overlap and complement one another. As outlined in the Role Descriptions for these committees:
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Fund Development: Provides leadership in the planning and execution of Designers for Learning’s fundraising activities including grants, individual donations, and corporate giving. This committee helps to set policies, priorities, and goals for fundraising programs, including the creation of an overall fundraising plan for our organization.
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Program: Provides leadership in Designers for Learning’s program development and execution, including oversight of new program offerings, current program models, collaborations, and research requests and initiatives. Coordinates and leads efforts to bring clients, supporters, and prospects to program opportunities.
- Marketing/Public Relations: Provides leadership by contributing to Designers for Learning’s marketing and public relations plan to ensure it is meeting annual measurable goals. Coordinates efforts around consistent branding, public relations, website, social media communications, newsletters, annual report, annual events, programs, and any other marketing projects or opportunities.
The scope of our projects and size of our network is expanding dramatically but our mission to connect those who want to help with those who need it remains the same. In order to have worthy programs, we need to be creative in finding funding opportunities and effective in marketing programs to all project stakeholders. The careful execution of all three committees will drive our continued success.
Apply by February 28th
To apply for a volunteer committee position, please submit your application by February 28, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Designers for Learning’s Board of Directors plans to announce the committee selection decisions two weeks after this submission deadline. Thank you for your interest in sharing your talents and passion with our organization!
Spread the Word
Most people hear about our work through word-of-mouth. Please help us spread the word about this new opportunity to make an impact by sharing this announcement with your network.
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