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EXAMPLE PROJECTS
Association of British Science Writers
Providing a varied Membership Secretary service for the ABSW:
- Being point of contact for members' queries and assisting new members
- Running membership recruitment and retention campaigns
- Writing content for member newsletters and website
- Designing for social media and leaflets
- Developing and implementing communications plans, social media campaigns etc.
- Managing events and other projects
- Managing monthly finance and working with the auditors
- Setting up Board meetings, preparing agenda, gathering reports, taking Minutes, following up on actions
- Managing AGM processes including member voting, changes of Directors
Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge
Working with Professor Simon Baron-Cohen at the Autism Research Centre:
- Organising autism research conferences
- Art exhibitions
- Fundraising concert
- Website design
- Setting up and managing an online art auction
- Project managing the launch of a DVD
- Working with the national press
- Running communications campaigns
UNESCO
We were honoured to be asked to project manage a meeting of UNESCO representatives, taking place in the UK for the first time in over 50 years:
- Liaising with representatives from around the world to arrange their travel to and from London
- 2-day meeting in a Westminster location, with interpreters and accommodation across 3 hotels
- Dinner in the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- A boat trip on the Thames
- Collating expense claims and arranging payments
NESTA
Project Manager for NESTA's Crucible programme for 5 years:
- Coordinating the application and selection process, helping to bring together cohorts of early career researchers across disciplines
- Organising of weekend 'retreat' style workshops with activities and discussion
- Handling travel and accommodation logistics
- Collating expense claims and arranging reimbursement
- Producing reports following each workshop, and conclusions from each cohort
Royal College of Art
Organising the 'Include' conference for 5 years:
- Setting up online systems and website
- Abstract and paper review process
- Formatting speakers' presentations using brand guidelines
- Online registrations
- Designing Conference Proceedings, for print and online
- AV equipment and technicians for 3-day conferences
European Federation for Science Journalism
Project Manager for the European Science Journalist of the Year award:
- Creating a budget, and writing terms and conditions
- Collating entries received from national journalism associations across Europe
- Checking entries meet terms and conditions
- Organising a panel of judges to review the entries
- Writing press releases, website and social media posts
- Overseeing arrangements for the Awards event, including producing certificates and paying prizes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Delighted to work with MIT on their virtual computer programming conference 'Stancon':
- Setting up a website for the event
- Receiving posters and speakers' presentations
- Carrying out technical checks with speakers in advance
- Organising digital poster displays during the online event and on the website
- Delegate registrations and technical instructions for joining the event
- Video editing post event
Centre for Doctoral Training in Distributed Algorithms, University of Liverpool
Events and Communications Manager for this CDT:
- Organising the annual showcase of PhD projects
- Coordinating PhD students to prepare posters and presentations
- Facilitating networking between students, academic and industry supervisors across themes
- Creating leaflets and website with event management system
- Running communications campaigns
- Interviewing PhDs to produce case studies as content for social media and internal promotional activity
- Producing CDT Brochure
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society
Work for the IBBS has been very varied over the years:
- Managing conferences, both in-person and online
- Designing and updating a website
- Implementing a new membership database
- Streamlining membership processes, including the introduction of credit/debit card payments
- Running member engagement campaigns
- Assisting with Governance and producing annual reports
Society for Applied Microbiology
Event Manager for this membership organisation for over 10 years:
- 3 conferences per year
- 2 evening lectures per year
- Corporate exhibitions
- A variety of social events
- Helping with committee meeting preparations and taking minutes
- Arranging attendance at overseas exhibitions, including travel and visas
International Comfort Congress
Project management of this international Congress for 5 years, taking place in different countries:
- Managing conferences, both in-person and online
- Designing and updating a website
- Creating a communications plan
- Producing conference proceedings
- Booking travel and accommodation
Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors
Organising events for this dynamic and engaged community:
- Annual Conferences
- 1 day workshops
- Online seminars
British Society for Strain Measurement
Acting as Society Manager:
- Handling day-to-day finances and being responsible for bookkeeping
- Processing grants and awards applications, paying grants and expenses
- Overseeing governance procedures, including AGMs
- Organising committee meetings, taking Minutes
- Providing support to the Trustees
- Producing annual reports
- Designing and writing content for the website
- Improving membership processes, running retention and recruitment campaigns
- Managing events and other projects
National Association of Agricultural Contractors
Carrying out the Membership and Marketing Manager role:
- Designing and writing content for a new website
- Automating member joining and renewal processes, moving from a mainly manual system
- Introducing online payment options, including direct debit
- Improving membership processes, running retention and recruitment campaigns
- Analysing member data and improving members' engagement with the association
- Developing the social media presence and creating strategies to increase visibility
- Managing events and other projects
- Organising AGMs and committee meetings