Dan Ryan Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va, Us

Arlington, Va, Us

Applying the principles of entrepreneurship to the (broken) social sector in the USA.Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by supporting the creative solutions of individuals and communities around the country. Our goal is to help effective, high-performing social entrepreneurs maximize impact—to help them help more—by bringing a business like approach to the social sector. The result is a vetted Catalyst Network of some of the most highly effective and top-performing non-profits in the U.S. that are helping people in poverty transform their lives.

London, Gb

Shared powerful experiences with entrepreneurial leaders from every country in the world, every year through the summits and every few weeks through events.Currently Chair of the National Youth Leaders Organising Committee. Attended as an Australian delegate at Zurich (2011), a UN Youth Ambassador at Pittsburgh (2012), a Sponsor representing Oxford University at Bangkok (2015), a plus 1 of an A list celebrity speaker at Ottawa (2016), a campaign advisor for two influencers at Bogota (2017) a philanthropic consultant at The Hague (2018) and London (2019) and all subsequent summits virtually. Contributed to the OYW community as a convener, mentor and leader for Oceania region, and speaker at the Governor General’s send off event in Government House Canberra.

New York City, New York, Us

Built a deep understanding of the value of connecting leaders and building community, in a global context. Developed relationships with Presidents and Owners of some large global businesses.

New York City, New York, Us

Entrepreneurship up close, daily meeting with the visionary CEO (a principled entrepreneur) working on growth and product strategies. Partnering with organizations around the globe who are committed to engaging their people... community members, employees, students, and friends... in authentic dialogue about the challenges and innovations impacting the world today. The Circles System is a virtual platform and intentional process that enables people to connect in an inclusive, small group, dynamic format to realize the power of human connection at scale.

South Brisbane, Queensland, Au

Canberra, Act, Au

The Global Business and Talent Attraction Taskforce is an Australian Government initiative to attract high-value businesses and exceptionally talented individuals and entrepreneurs with ideas and energy to Australia.The task force are looking for extraordinary entrepreneurs, professionals, researchers, business founders and innovators who can apply their technical skills.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Connecting the dots between 140+ emerging tech startups / scaleups and the programs, networks and resources to help them scale, commercialise and grow! Stone & Chalk is Australasia's leading independent, not-for-profit innovation hub. We foster and accelerate the development of world-leading technology startups and act as a centre of gravity for the innovation ecosystem.Some things are set in stone. The rest are written in chalk.

Founded consultancy. Delivered ongoing high-level management and strategy to international public figures and entrepreneurs. Ongoing contribution as social impact consultant for celebrities, charities and philanthropists with campaigns and projects in 3 continents. Contracts have ranged from contributing to a single event, to over a year, full-time contract based in LA.

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Gb

World Challenge works in partnership with schools to deliver life changing, expeditions to developing countries, as a means of preparing young people for life. We believe that life skills, such as resilience, empathy and leadership, are developed through real life experience. Entrepreneurial thinking is installed through a pre-departure program supporting participants to fund their own expedition.With over 7,000 students travelling on expedition every year, we have a great deal of experience to draw upon. Our teams embark on challenging expeditions to one of 50 destinations around the world in Africa, Asia, South East Asia, South America and Central America! Through teaching life skills and expanding minds outside the classroom, our expeditions provide a life-changing experience!Responsible for South Australia and Western Australia.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

A world-class business school community. Embedded in a world-class university. Tackling world-scale problems.Responsibilities including travel to meet with key contacts and potential applicants to the Oxford MBA in my regions and representing the University at recruitment events across the world. Responsible for writing and implementing regional marketing and business development plans and working in consultation with several different institutions across the University including the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

The Development Office works to secure philanthropic support for the academic priorities of the University of Oxford, through a £3 billon campaign, Oxford Thinking. Working across a range of institutions within the University, the focus included an Individual Giving telethon campaign and stewardship and events with the Bodleian Libraries Development team.

Canberra City, Act, Au

Youth Ambassador for a National Action Plan for Child and Youth Wellbeing titled The Nest, conducted by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY).Spoke at launch with over 200 partner organisations and coordinated contributions through a workshop. Spoke at Parliament house launch and on national news. Ongoing review and distribution of research.

Barton, Act, Au

United Nations Youth Representative for Australia. One year appointment to represent Australian youth to government and UN. Appointed with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade approval following a five month selection process with over three hundred applicants conducted by UN Youth Australia. Full time but unfunded role requiring organisation of sponsorship and planning of Listening Tour to every state and territory prior to being based in New York.Australia: Developed pitch and secured unprecedented sponsorship including goods in kind, totaling over $100 000 value. Recruited and managed a volunteer team including a Policy Advisor, Media Coordinator, Communications Coordinator and Public Relations Intern provided by UniSA Public Relations degree.Organised over 50 000 km tour through every state and territory, met over 6000 young Australians, conducted workshops and delivered speeches in schools, universities and community groups.Arranged, hosted Senators and spoke at a Parliamentary briefing themed ‘The Power of Youth Participation, Partnerships and Progress in Small and Medium countries in Australasia’. Held at Parliament house in the context of Australia’s United Nations Security Council bid and the International Day for Youth.New York: Addressed the Third Committee of the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations. Contributed to International Youth initiatives, including ‘Post 2015 World We Want‘ campaign and assisted in various mission tasks including Foreign Minister briefing papers and reporting on Third Committee country statements.

New York, New York, Us

Global Poverty Project. A global educational and campaigning organisation that activates citizens to be a part of the global movement to end extreme poverty.Organised event and coordinating speaker training. Provided presentation feedback and mentoring.Related roles: Staff role at Global Festival in New York Central Park, provided instructions on accessing the digital campaigns, for a group of 6000 in the 50 000 strong crowd. Assisted set up and pack up.Supported End of Polio Campaign, filming public health messages by cricketers Wasim Akram and Chandra (2011). Attended UN High Level event (2012) and met Bill Gates. Appeared on AFL field at half time with a Make Poverty History Banner for the ‘Global Poverty Walk’ (2013).

Adelaide, Sa, Au

Delivered integrated marketing campaigns for industry specific recruitment e.g. education, IT. Managed all accounts with recruiters and online job hubs.Reported on web statistics and outcomes for specific campaigns, analysing data for campaign adjustment.Management of campaign budgets.Website development. Project managed site updates and shift to new platforms. Created recovery plan from cyber hacks. Developed five secure online networking platforms. Developed workshop and training for online platforms. Developed alumni and awardee online community engagement plans. Trained staff on Joomla and other Content Management Systems.Event managed for Pre Departure Training. Demographic analysis research of optimum locations for conducting Volunteer Information Sessions across Australia. Spoke at conferences on behalf of Scope Global programs across Australia.Developed policy and procedures for engaging internal clients. Supervised interns and administration staff.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

The Oaktree Foundation. Australia’s largest youth run international development organisation, leading a movement to end poverty through education and campaigns.Corporate Engagement Manager: Engaged local businesses for goods in kind and donations.Promotions Manager for Live Below the Line campaign: Managed team of 6 volunteers. Managed events and fundraising initiatives including engaging corporations. Conducted performance reviews for team. Media spokesperson including national television story.Through Oaktree was selected as a WaterAid Delegate and Sanitation campaign spokesperson for the UN DPI NGO Making Health Global conference, Melbourne (2010).

South Melbourne, Victoria, Au

National Home and Fashion retailer with 50 stores.Delivered email acquisition campaigns, launch and ongoing email to subscribers. Grew database by 800% whilst decreasing cost per acquisition by 30%. Presented $5000 prize and wrote PR media release for competition winner’s story.Developed website capabilities with store locator, secure payment and postage system for online purchase of gift cards. Regularly reported on return on investment for web based initiatives.Coordinated catalogue hosting supplier changeover after cost / benefit analysis. Negotiated to reduce cost with supplier. Achieved unique catalogue visitor increase of 300% whilst decreasing cost per visitor by 15%.Used Adobe Suite for design of visual merchandise, and online and press advertisements. Briefed Graphic Designer for more complex print advertising requirements.Elected as OH&S and Corporate Social Responsibility representative.Assisted design and implementation of fashion launch and various store openings and events.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Progressed from Customer Service role to Crew Trainer and then Management in early 2004. Crew Member of the Year 2003 of 75 crew. Committee member for two McHappy Day events. Elected OH&S Manager with a committee of 7 representatives.