Ben Garrett Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Greater Atlanta Area

https://www.wearefractals.com/I work with nonprofits, social enterprises and churches to cast vision, think strategically, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders. My projects have included crafting an annual report for a social enterprise, developing a certificate program in social entrepreneurship and leading workshops at an urban, historic church on how to creatively engage their community. If you are interested in innovation, healthy leadership, strategic thinking, or seeking communications expertise let's chat!

Continuation of Role with Civic Accelerator. The Civic Accelerator was founded at Points of Light and was acquired by Acumen in 2019- Coordinating and managing program implementation with increasing responsibility- Managed pipeline development team of 4 through outreach to 300+ innovative social ventures for Fall Accelerator program- Managing program evaluation and budget with reporting responsibilities to external funders- Facilitating workshops on a variety of social impact topics- Providing frontline support to ventures during recruitment, onboarding, program participation and as alumni- Providing ideation and facilitation for development of Acumen's online community of social innovators - Sourcing and recruiting 50+/program executives, foundation reps, VC's, and entrepreneurs for coaching, mentoring and event attendance

Greater Atlanta Area

- Coached participants in CenterForm's idea stage social enterprise accelerator- Developed new tools for use in accelerator- Provided CenterForm staff with feedback around both tactics and strategy of accelerator implementation- Increased and streamlined recruiting pipeline/process

Greater Atlanta Area

Tucker, Georgia

Developed EIRO Pop-Up Lab concept, created content for and led 5 Pop-Up Labs. Pop-up Labs are innovative and interactive workshops covering material which demonstrate EIRO’s subject matter expertise. These workshops generated multiple clients for other EIRO programs & services.Increased Fee for Service Revenue by over 100%Designed and implemented strategic planning process for organization; including facilitating strategic planning retreat, creation of infographics of relevant data, and production of strategic plan document with milestones for monitoring progress.Organized monthly NEMO meetings. NEMO is a group of 20+ churches in the Tucker/Northlake/Chamblee/Clarkston area. These meetings provide pastors opportunities to network, collaborate on community initiatives, and connect to resources for community outreach/service.Fundraising through a letter-writing campaign Built and marketed Tucker Church Asset Map, a resource document which contains the human services provided by the 80+ churches in the City of Tucker Launched EIRO Missional Church Assessment; a digital assessment tool that measures how community orientated a congregation is and allows for measuring growth of missional habits over timeProvided consultation and logistical support on a variety of church based community development partnerships with other community stakeholders including schools, police department, city government, nonprofit organizations etc.

Greater Chicago Area

• Planned and facilitated monthly board meetings for client • Designed and implemented board structure and development • Outlined and managed community outreach strategy• Developed and initiated annual fundraising plan • In conversation with client's board, developed mission/vision statements and strategic plan

Greater Chicago Area

• Created first Strategic Plan for organization and wrote Organization Bylaws, Mission Statement, Board Recruitment Processes and Board Agreement• Set agenda for and led discussion in monthly board meetings• Designed and led informational presentations to potential partners in public, private, and philanthropic sectors• Built organization website and assisted web designers in upgrade process • For After-School Program recruited and managed volunteers and acquired organizational partners and funding • Developed institutional relationship between University of Chicago and PDC

Greater Chicago Area

• Through interviews with church members and staff, produced church culture assessment which was disseminated to all staff and church board • Supervised and trained 8 member volunteer pastoral care teams for church soup kitchen• Developed survey to identify lay talents and service passions • Collaborating with church members and staff, wrote updated church statement of faith • Administered orientation process for 2 oncoming interns

Greater Chicago Area

• Maximized efficiency of office through record keeping and communications with showroom sales-team in preparation for Annual Product Introduction Shows• Oversaw international shipping and receiving of 100+ pieces of inventory and office supplies • Supplied credit reports for new clients 25+• Managed 4 person team in set-up of inventory for 20,000+ sqft. showroom

Bessemer Al

• Instituted Youth Program for church and increased youth attendance by 50% • Formulated and taught youth curriculum twice weekly• Planned and executed monthly youth service and social events • Sourced and trained successor maintaining programs, community, and culture

Standard office duties

Assisted Chair in editing papers for presentations/publication as well as grading tests

Researched and Presented findings on the topics of the religious/cultural dynamics of Colorado Springs, the cultural attitudes of American Muslims, and Posthumanism

Assisted Director of Institute in Administrative Duties, increased online presence of Institute, attended and assisted in organizational planning for future expansion, completed and publicly presented research projects

Divinity School, Master Of Divinity (M.Div.), Religion/Religious Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy And Religious Studies

Majored in Philosophy & Religion

Education record