Samuel Kendall Email & Phone Number

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Washington, DC

- Developed and implemented the Strategic Communications and Organizational Change Management Plan for a $60 million agency-wide Program Management System for the Chief Information Officer that leveraged RPIE (Research, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation) and ADKAR Change Management methodologies.- Facilitated cross-functional workshops to develop.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

http://www.oiccambodia.org/- Oversaw multiple simultaneous fundraising campaigns raising $90,000+ per year.- Developed budget and communications strategies for eight different fundraising and awareness-raising campaigns.- Coordinated the preparation and dissemination of information and communications to external stakeholders, including donors, media, and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

For the Department of States Bureau of International Information Program I was asked to work on multiple teams:- Initiated, produced, and delivered multimedia content, including video, blogs, and visual materials for multiple social media platforms in a time-sensitive environment.- Supported strategic communications planners by developing and carrying out.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

For the Department of States Bureau of International Information Programs, I was asked to continue to work for the Interactive team:- Adapted marketing strategies using traditional and new media to increase participation and retention of audiences by 25%.- Built partnerships with other offices to ensure post-program content reuse for multiple online.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

For the Department of States Bureau of International Information Programs, worked for the CO.NX (renamed Interactive) team on: Increased public awareness of programming and community engagement during live online programs.Proactively redesigned teams newsletter increasing opens by 5% and click-thru's by 10%.Improved understanding of how live stream.

Managed team of five working on business intelligence research and knowledge management database.Ran pilot phase of internal database project with 10 employees to ensure greater applicability to organization.Conducted extensive and timely country and theme specific desk studies on development programming design.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Central Asia Program: http://centralasiaprogram.org/ - Built and maintained organization’s website and social media presence.- Fashioned a multi-variable research database of English language academic articles on Central Asia.- Edited Central Asia Program publications to ensure scholarly standard was maintained.- Coordinated meetings, lectures, and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

For my capstone practicum for M.A. International Development Studies program at George Washington University's Elliott School I worked with The Hunger Project on:- Formulated indicators and methodology for measurement towards a new international local governance index, which was used to create the UNDEF sponsored State of Participatory Democracy Report..

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Attended and documented Congressional committee hearings, InterAction, Haiti Action Committee, and USAID-PRM meetings.Facilitated meetings between members of Congress and Refugees International advocates.Analyzed US refugee and foreign aid policy towards specific countries organization was focused on.

Web Based

iShop4Microfinance was an innovative online portal where socially conscious shoppers could click through to do their normal online shopping. 4% of whatever they buy was donated to iShop4Microfinance. iShop4Microfinance would then donate the 4% to microfiance organizations like Grameen Foundation, Acumen Fund, ACCION International and Kiva. Coordinated the.

San Francisco Bay Area

Designed a new recruitment strategy for editing and translation groups Team Leaders that saw a five-fold increase in applications.Authored materials for publication, including monthly updates for Volunteer Editor and Translator Newsletter and blog content for the Kiva Website.Developed video documentation and curation strategy for all video and multimedia.

Tajikistan

- Trained 40+ employees of partner microfinance organizations, in Russian, on industry best practices.- Conducted conflict sensitivity assessments for microfinance institution Arvand Microfunds and CERISE Social Performance Index tool for IMON International.- Liaised between headquarters in San Francisco and three partner organizations on the ground to.

Ukraine

- Managed a $1,600 grant for Konstantinivka General School that established internet access and a media club for the small village. - Created English Clubs and lessons for future English teachers at two local universities.- Taught courses on the Fulbright program to 25 university students on subjects including essay writing, letters of recommendation and.

Greater Boston Area

-Developed language to combine Raisers Edge and Deltek information in a contact relationship management system.- Maintained information in Raisers Edge database to ensure reliability of reports.- Streamlined the logging of expenditures, donations, and other monies received in accounting software MIP.

Was responsible for organizing and filing documents. Trained and answered Costumer Service lines. Coordinated mass mailings. Took dictation and composed letters.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

-Completed a variety of environmental projects for federal, state, and non-profit project sponsors in Alaska. - Worked intensively in a team on diverse work sites.- Exercised problem-solving techniques to sustain positive group morale in sometimes harsh environmental conditions

Greater Boston Area

- Responded to constituent calls- Solicited contributions- Processed incoming mail- Coordinated mass mailings for the election of Deval Patrick for Governor.

Sierra Nevada

- Planned and carried out week long excursions for older kids. - Hiked, biked, kayaked 40 miles in the Sierra Nevada mountains.- Coordinated 10-25 upper teens to carry out tasks from cooking, to cleaning, to ensuring the safety of others.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Answered constituent phone calls and mail- Greeted visitors to the Congressman's office.- Conducted tours of the Capitol to visiting constituents.- Prepared weekly news synopses on Europe, Central Asia, and Latin America.- Aided in research on Medicare reform.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Coordinated new filing system for organizations documents.- Assisted in outreach and coordination with US Rotary Organizations.- Prepared PowerPoint presentations for US Rotary Organizations that would host Russian nationals.- Handled communications with US citizens who were currently and would be hosting Russians.- Performed other tasks as needed to.

- Calculated daily profits.- Trained and operated in photo processing laboratory. - Addressed customers' complaints.- Executed sales.

Reno, Nevada Area

- Constructed homes. - Executed errands for the job site.- Trained and enlisted in finishing woodwork.

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