Taylor Nelson Email & Phone Number

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

-campaign development and execution -base-building and leadership development -candidate and elected official relations

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

-Recruited 117 volunteers to complete 235 shifts that helped reelect Rep. Judy Schwiebert-Mobilized, persuaded, and turned out LD2 voters through direct voter contact – knocked 6,229 doors and completed 11,237 phone calls

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

-Converted Environmental Defense Fund members to Environmental Defense Action Fund members -Activated EDAF members to take climate action aligning with EDF’s Power Up America Campaign -Urged Senator Sinema and Senator Kelly to pass strong climate policies via constituent meetings, petitions, and social pressure

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

-Managing staff -- motivating the team, enforcing standards, training and promoting leaders, maintaining an equitable and inclusive workplace, and ensuring the safety of staff and security of resources.-Canvassing on behalf of Our Voice Our Vote Arizona 3 days a week to protect voting rights

Iowa, United States

-Mobilized, persuaded, and turned out IA-01 supporters through direct voter contact - 6,000 calls resulted in 163 completed shifts from 143 people-During full day GOTV events, in which I was confirm/sign in/reshift captain, 660 people attended and completed over 1,500 action shifts with an average of 100,000 dials per day; in our biggest day, 300 people.

-A member of the inaugural cohort of Majority Leaders-Developed and enhanced organization and leadership skills to implement within communities-Built a community and connected with fellow Majority Leaders and social justice/equity leaders

-Shifted 54 volunteers for a total of 137 shifts via traditional, digital and relational organizing-Made 3,500 manual dials plus a total of 85 hours on a phone dialer to help pass the Racine Education Referendum, elect Judge Jill Karofsky, get voters to request absentee ballots, and recruit for Wisconsin Organizing Together events-Utilized leadership.

Western Iowa

-Managed 55 counties by organizing 20 events in 13 counties, including a 10-county reengagement tour, in 30 days-Utilized QuickBase to shut down 7 field offices, following both HQ and landlord standards

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

-Organized 19 precincts in Benton County, prospected and trained 19 caucus night leaders-Completed extensive DVC (16,606 calls, 4,275 doors knocked, 344 completed volunteer shifts)-Prospected and trained 5 staging location leaders, confirmed county staging location

-Organized six counties (Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Union, and Wayne) for Elizabeth Warren through canvassing, phone banking, and events-Secured volunteer leaders, Persist Leaders, and volunteers to caucus for Elizabeth Warren

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

-Organized Coe College to take back the Senate and White House and end Republican gerrymandering in 2020-Planned and executed 4 voter registration events with 100 attempted voter contacts-Formed coalitions with progressive campus and community organizations to advance Swing Left's mission -Received weekly organizing training from Swing Left program managers

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

-Made social media reports, including analysis, for clients using Report Garden and Hootsuite-Managed two clients’ accounts in terms of content calendars, posting, and engagement

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

-Oversaw awareness, donation requests, and social media plan for Gentleman CampaignWrote, designed, and finalized media such as blog posts, social media schedules, corporate mailers-Assistant to the administrative executive in preparation of board meetings -Event/campaign preparation and coordination for Waypoint Wonderland

Des Moines, Iowa Area

-Created events, wrote posts, and responded to messages on the Des Moines Pride Center's Facebook page, which automatically links to Twitter. -Helped create the March 2018 One Vision One Iowa Summit, which provided leadership tips for Iowa LGBT leaders.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

-Organized Iowa House District 68 race for Planned Parenthood Voters of Iowa PAC; flipped the seat from red to blue by a 1,500 vote field margin-Navigated voter activation network (VAN/Votebuilder) and minivan to pull lists, create scripts, oversee virtual phone banks and canvass shifts -Mobilized, recruited, trained, and lead volunteers; conducted canvass.

Des Moines, Iowa

-Assisted customers in purchasing Hamilton merchandise at the Des Moines Civic Center-Handled monetary transactions using Square-Kept track of items sold, money exchanged, and amount of merchandise

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Collected daily news clips related to major, regional, and international LGBT news to be sent out to the HRC staff-Tracked political races in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania for twice-weekly news clips-Uploaded AM Equality to the HRC blog and Twitter using Expression Engine-Completed call throughs to reporters, newspapers, radio stations, and TV.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

-Assisted with the November 2017 Harvesting the Arts Festival -Used Auctria to input data such as bidder information, seating arrangements, and auction items -Ran check-in and checkout, managed payment information-Added classes to the website using WordPress while increasing search engine optimization

Altoona, Iowa

-Effectively communicated safety instructions 150+ times per 5-hour shift-Learned how to operate 30 rides-Developed leadership skills by being scheduled as the main operator on 16 rides.