Alan Kaplan Email & Phone Number

San Diego, CA, US

Founder of an agency working with non-profits to develop effective organizational structures and build technology solutions to improve community outreach and expand civic engagement in historically marginalized communities.- Hired and managed technical and consulting staff. - Created and managed project budgets. - Developed vision and strategy and led.

San Diego, California, US

Director of Engage San Diego, the largest, non-partisan, voter outreach table in San Diego County. Table members are established social change organizations – the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Alliance San Diego, Center on Policy Initiatives, Environmental Health Coalition, Planned Parenthood.

Voting Rights and Voter Engagement, Communications, Civic Participation, Management, Online Outreach & Digital Organizing consultant specializing in integrating communications, outreach, organizing, and advocacy efforts for progressive nonprofits and issue campaigns. Selected clients:Long Island Civic Engagement Table, Make The Road Action Fund, New.

• Led on-site team of over 100 volunteers in providing 24 hour crisis communications, press, and social media support to over 1,500 lawyers working pro-bono to protect refugees and other travelers affected by the refugee.
• Managed teams of 25-30 per shift, trained spokespeople, wrote talking points, op-eds, flyers, and releases, led press relations: placed 250+ stories in local, national, and international news outlets; raised over $6000.
• Created plan and led social-media push (#HugALawyer, #LetThemFly): got 5,400 followers on Twitter and 3,500 on FB in 9 days.

New York, NY, US

Spearheaded strategic review and managed all external and internal communications. Founded by Former New York City Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs, Sayu Bhojwani, the New American Leaders Project (NALP) is the only national, nonpartisan organization working to prepare immigrant communities to run for elected office and for civic.

• Member of 5 person organizational Leadership Team. Led all strategic communications and civic engagement efforts for the oldest national organization focused on education equity and ending the school-to-prison.
• Planned, designed, developed and launched a new Nationbuilder-based comprehensive internal and external messaging platform for use in outreach, recruitment, fundraising, education, media, and base-building: grew online.
• Wrote and produced all written communications: releases, advisories, blogs, op-eds, LTEs, talking points, etc.
• Oversaw earned media, online organizing, and paid media
• Represented the organization to the press, movement allies, legislators, members, and partners
• Created campaign strategy for statewide expansion and led outreach and organizing efforts in 5 new locations

New York, NY, US

• Led legislative and electoral efforts for the largest state immigrant coalition in the U.S.A. Coordinated national, state, and local civic engagement initiatives and tables. Developed online outreach and social media.
• Managed team of 9 in directing all NYC advocacy efforts: developed policy, drafted legislation, directed lobbying efforts, wrote materials. Coordinated events, including debates and rallies with 10,000 participants/yr.
• Raised $350,000 per year for program activities, led 100+ trainings and collaborative meetings per year
• Directed the largest non-partisan, immigrant political engagement campaign in New York: 23 groups, speaking 15 languages, in 14 areas of New York State, registering 12,000 new voters/yr. and contacting over 150,000

• Immigrants Vote! 2012 Campaign (NY) || Our Vote, Our Voice Campaign (Colorado) 2012Directed two non-partisan immigrant voter outreach campaigns, in two states, in the same election. Led outreach efforts, created.
• In battleground Colorado, led first-time immigrant and Latino outreach effort for a statewide advocacy group: raised $200,000, hired and managed 8 staff, registered 1000 New American voters, contacted 10,000 Latino.
• In New York State, led oldest New American voter outreach campaign in the US, working with 10 groups in 11 locations, speaking 12 languages: raised over $400,000, managed 12 electoral hubs with 690 staff and.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Created and led a multi-lingual communications and engagement department for a statewide advocacy and media coalition of 72 groups. Directed outreach projects including designing, and writing all print/digital.
• Wrote 220 press statements and releases, sent 643 e-blasts, generated 894 press hits. Increased media coverage 78%
• Grew Facebook by 64%, Twitter by 87%; traffic to site by 66%, with 75% growth in click rates
• Conducted 46 trainings; developed 34 media plans; led 15 advocacy and media campaigns; raised over $650,000 in 2 years

New York, NY, US

• Created and led online outreach department. Managed largest non-partisan, immigrant voter engagement campaign in New York State. Directed all operations for the only immigrant centered exit poll in the country..
• Events: Managed team of 24 for largest advocacy days in NYC – a march and rally with over 2,000 people.
• Campaigns: engaged more than 1,000,000 voters; registered 56,000 new voters; managed150 phone-banks, 74 canvasses, and 86 mailings; planned & ran 200 events; recruited 945 volunteers.
• Online: increased Facebook by 85%, twitter by 75%, web reach by 230%. Created the ‘Finding America’ project, producing 65 blog entries, 20 videos, & 1,200 images in 1 week
• Polling: Led team of 260 pollsters and 70 data monitors in 33 locations for New Americans Exit Poll

US

• Represented 900 workers at the Waldorf-Astoria, Ritz-Carlton, and W-Times Square.
• Handled grievances, mediations, arbitrations, and negotiations on wages and working hours.
• Created a comprehensive training program on workplace safety.

New York, New York, US

- Led Health & Safety Enforcement team for 27,000-member NYC Hotels Union. - Trained 100+ organizers and staff on OSHA health & safety rules. - Conducted investigations on health and safety and workplace abuse violations.- Led team of organizers to assess and create strategic follow through on abuses.