Ben Simon Email & Phone Number

I can draw upon cross-cultural expertise in people-powered campaigning, design thinking, systems analysis, campaign design, organizational change management, and group dynamics to craft projects and experiences at the group and individual level to help you achieve success. Get in touch about strategy and planning, workshops, individual or group mentorship.

Remote

* Generating millions in donations to charity from within Crypto & NFT communities via https://cryptoforcharity.io/ * Developed partnerships with various entities in the space to drive donations * Opportunistically seized news cycles to create opportunities for giving

New Haven, CT

* Founded and launched gourmet food startup focused on bringing top-notch, sustainably-produced pantry items to avid home cooks * Developed systems around substantial logistical challenges; initiated and managed dozens of vendor and supplier relationships, overcame international sourcing hurdles, and dealt with monthly and weekly distribution and.

* Founding member of groundbreaking nonprofit startup focused on sector-wide transformation * Guided organisational change programs at 5 different International NGOs to reorient toward more ambitious, people-powered work * Recruited and developed a network of 12 highly-skilled, geographically and racially diverse facilitators able to deliver top-notch.

* Held dual role within two different innovation units at Greenpeace (GP), operating as a senior-level campaigning and organizational change consultant for the global organization * Worked across hierarchies and siloes – from executive and program directors to day-to-day implementers – to drive needed organizational change, focusing on changing attitudes.

* Developed & ran Mozilla's grassroots fundraising, engagement, and advocacy program, “Join Mozilla,” including advocacy around SOPA and PIPA, online-to-offline organizing around web literacy, and fundraising * Grew the Mozilla email list by 22X, from 28,000 to 617,000 subscribers, with significant success across all three priorities above, while shifting.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

* Oversaw and led a team of 10 campaigners running President Barack Obama’s email, Facebook, and twitter accounts, as well as all new media organizing, fundraising, and advocacy campaigns for the BarackObama.com and Democrats.org email lists, websites, and social media presences * Planned and executed the Democratic Party’s email-based volunteer.