Taylor Beard Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Maintains responsibilities held under Coordinator, Major Donor Communications title
• Manages the Signal Society, a pool of about 1,000 donors who give $1,500+ per year
• Works with the digital fundraising and membership teams to integrate fundraising efforts across the organization
• Develops yearly communication calendar and strategy to increase donor retention and engagement
• Works with the capital campaign team to integrate campaign outreach into the communication plan

San Francisco Bay Area

• Created and sent targeted mass emails using Marketing Cloud
• Engaged with donors at events, through thank you calls, and when they called or emailed with questions or concerns
• Copy edited communications drafted by other team members before they were sent out
• Worked cross-departmentally to keep up-to-date on the latest initiatives
• Used Salesforce to track donor interactions, update donor information, and pull reports on activity
• Researched, wrote, edited, and managed the creation of the annual KQED major donor newsletter/magazine, Go Public

San Francisco, CA

• Managed and manipulated data pulls for monthly renewal letters for major donors
• Oversaw production of 300-500 renewal letters each month and worked with Major Gifts Officers to ensure all letters were correct and sent out in a timely manner
• Assisted with major donor events, including preparation, event attendance, and post-event interactions
• Provided administrative assistance to the Development department, including senior staff members
• Interacted with donors by phone and assisted with any problems they may have
• Organized hospitality for on-site major donor meetings

San Francisco, CA

• Researched 150 potential corporations and foundations to determine funding fit
• Wrote 20 grant proposals for both local and national foundations
• Drafted a quarterly newsletter that reached 1,000 supporters
• Developed and implemented a new social media plan, increasing Facebook likes from 230 to 350 and Twitter followers from 30 to 220
• Collaborated with board members on monthly Development Committee Calls
• Planned and executed the annual gala, bringing in 180 attendees and $55,000

Port Townsend, WA

• Collaborated with other farmers to efficiently plant and harvest geoduck
• Determined whether oysters were large enough to sell
• Organized the beach to increase safety

Port Townsend, WA

• Prepared documents for scanning
• Scanned 4 decades of assessment sheets into the computer system
• Organized computerized assessment sheets into folders based on year and location

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), International Political Economy, 3.90

Graduated Summa Cum Laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. Thesis titled "Cause-Related Marketing: A Fantastic.

International Politics

I studied abroad in Cork, Ireland from January-May 2012 and took classes in international politics and Irish language and mythology.