Laura Baringer

Experience

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  Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura

  Oct 2004 - Oct 2005

  Program Assistant, Settore Scuola

  Managed transportation and program participation with school teachers and national train corporation for over 400 nation-wide schools attending the 5-day 2005 International Book Fair of TurinPlayed a key role in the 3-person team that planned and organized the International Book Fair’s School Programming and Activities, managing and overseeing year-round online literature competition with over 200 participants.

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  Mission Hill Youth Collaborative/Youth Worker's Alliance

  Aug 2006 - Jul 2007

  MHYC Coordinator, AmeriCorps Position

  Initiated, planned, and developed tools for MHYC's first strategic planning retreat for over 25 collaborative members.Spearheaded the planning and coordination of the 11th Annual Walk for Health, managed logistics, fundraising, volunteer coordination, and outreach for 350 Walkers from the community, raising over $43,000.Conducted essential MHYC organizational tasks, including managing the $45,000 budget, facilitated meetings and maintained weekly network communication such as monthly calendars and weekly announcements. Show less

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  Boston Children's Hospital

  Aug 2007 - Oct 2008

  Adolescent Services Program Coordinator

  Coordinated an interdisciplinary diabetes prevention program (INC) for low-income youth and their families and weekly nutrition classes, developed program curriculum with program nutritionist as well as managed $50,000 budget and grant reporting requirementsWorked with Program Director to identify program outcomes and designed and implemented an evaluation plan based on established outcomes for all 3 departmental programs.

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  PIES de Occidente

  Jan 2009 - Jun 2009

  Women and Children's Health Consultant

  Assisted traditional midwife educators at midwife training sessions conducted at rural health centers in the Kich'e and Mam speaking regions, enabling traditional midwives to identify the warning signs of dangerous pregnancies.

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  IMIFAP

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Organizational Development and Evaluation Consultant

  Assisted senior management in assessing the organizational funding strategy, leading to the development of a new Director of Fundraising Position to implement a diverse fundraising strategy and ensure organizational financial stability. Coded interviews and pictures with Atlas.ti to analyze the effects of the decriminalization of abortion in Mexico City.

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  Women's Political Resource Center

  Nov 2010 - May 2011

  Graduate Student Consultant

  Served on a team of graduate student consultants to conduct a gender analysis of the Georgian education system through key informant interviews to provide policy recommendations for the implementation of the Georgian Gender Equality Law. Spearheaded the development of the Gender Analysis Framework to guide the research process.

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  Partnership for Reviving Routine Immunizations in Northern Nigeria, Maternal and Child Health

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  Operations Research Intern

  Conducted a baseline analysis through focus groups and key informant interviews of the Emergency Transportation Scheme (ETS) for increasing access to maternal health care in northern Nigeria.Prepared materials and analyzed data for a pilot immunization recording system, including analyzing focus group data, developing a monitoring and evaluation plan and creating training materials.

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  EngenderHealth

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  Gender/Men As Partners Intern

  Conducted a literature review on social norms theory to better understand its applicability and use as a potential theoretical base of gender programs.Created a manual for domestic and international staff on gender-related international declarations, platforms and mandates.Conducted a literature review on definitions of gender and gender-related terms and then standardized definitions to be used across EngenderHealth’s various divisions.

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  United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

  Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Global Midwifery Program Intern, Maternal Health Thematic Fund

  Drafted the Global Midwifery annual report, describing the work of the over 30 program countries. Assisted with the annual review of 30 program country annual work plans and budgets.

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  Public Health Solutions

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2013

  Program Manager, Reproductive Health

  Responsible for managing all aspects of PHS’ $4.5M Title X Family Planning and HIV funding, including leading the writing of the competitive reapplication, monitoring and managing outcomes of 7 grant subrecipients, analysing deliverables and leading the competitive reapplication and reporting processesCo-coordinated NYC’s IUD (Intra-Uterine Device) Task Force; spearheaded the development of Task Force structure, including developing strategic partnerships with Task Force leaders and members, and ensured targets were set and met Show less

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  MMP Associates

  Jul 2013 - May 2017

  Director

  Created and grew the International Practice into a thriving business area with more than 10 international client organisations, including the American Jewish World Service, Global Greengrants Fund, and PromundoGuided global non-profits through every stage of growth by designing and conducting strategic and implementation planning trainings and facilitation sessions, and support board development. Developed partnerships with other consulting groups to expand MMPA’s consulting services to include Human-Centered Design, leading to multiple new contracts Updated the company brand by designing and building the company website (mmp-a.com) using WordPress, managing the logo redesign and creating other external company materialsServed as spokesperson at conferences and events, including as facilitator/presenter for the Executive Preparation Institute—Senior Management Cohort at the Center for Nonprofit Advancement Show less

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  Girl Effect

  May 2017 - Apr 2019

  Led the strategy and product design to bring Girls Connect - Girl Effect’s one-of-a-kind IVR platform in Northern Nigeria an innovative IVR platform – to scale, working with an interdisciplinary team to take it from a pilot with 44,000 calls in 8 weeks, to a nationally available platform with 80,000 weekly calls. Provided GE’s SRH technical guidance, implementing interdisciplinary processes ensuring programs are designed to best achieve SRH outcomes, maintain best practice and effectively evidence innovations.Lead Gender technical support and strategic guidance for a portfolio of Girl Effect’s (GE) digital products and brands, including its global web platform, IVR products and edutainment content in Tanzania and Nigeria. Helped drive Girls Connect - Girl Effect's innovative IVR platform - forward in key areas that support scale throughout Nigeria, including overall project management and content development.Develop new frameworks to ensure that Girl Effect’s efforts to bring together boys and girls to discuss key issues are guided by best practices and strategically in line with each Brand’s intended outcomes.

  • Product Lead, Girls Connect

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Senior Manager, Girls Connect and Gender

    Nov 2017 - Apr 2019

  • Manager, Gender (Maternity Cover)

    May 2017 - Nov 2017
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  YLabs

  Mar 2019 - Jun 2021

  Project Director, CyberRwanda

  Responsible for the establishment and management of the YLabs Rwanda office, including oversight and hiring of staff, operations and programs.Lead an interdisciplinary team in piloting and implementing a 4-year, multi-million dollar project, CyberRwanda - a web-based platform for adolescents that combines edutainment content with access to contraception.

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  LB Coaching and Consulting

  Sept 2021 - now

  Start-up Strategy and Impact Advisor | Coach | Consultant

  - Start-up Coach, Impact Hub Kigali (Jan 2022 - Present). Coach for select start-ups taking part in the Impact Hub Kigali's accelerators and programs, including Deep Dive Africa and IGNITE. Support and mentor entrepreneurs on pitch development, storytelling, and due diligence to support their efforts to secure investment.- Senior Social Impact Advisor, Hence Technologies (Kigali, Sept 2021 - Oct 2022). Advising the Hence leadership team to align company goals, business strategies and projects to their impact strategy. Supporting the refinement and operationalization of their impact strategy.- Senior Social Impact Advisor, Kweza Craft Brewery (Kigali, Dec 2021 - Jul 2022). Led Kweza's 2 year strategic and impact planning processes, and supported pitch development, fundraising, operations. Show less

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  Laura & Sarah

  Jun 2023 - now

  Co-Founder

  We are coaches for micro and solo-preneures trying to do good in the world. We help them earn more, work less, and bring their brilliance to more people. Our work combines essential business content (marketing, strategy and product) with mindset coaching (because this is what gets in the way - more often than not).We have two programs: Start Something Good for entrepreneurs that are just getting started and Grow for Good if you've plateued and want to take your business to the next level. Show less