Laurabeth Goldsmith

Experience

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  Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc.

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Marketing and Communications Intern

  I developed Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast, Florida's (GSGCF) social media campaign to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girls Scouts of the USA. Highlighting the girl scouts of today, the social media campaign included a YouTube page with custom banners, a Facebook page, and Twitter account. GSGCF's Facebook page amassed over 1000 followers and provided up to date events, newsletters, videos, and interactive trivia. I produced a series of marketing videos and photographs for fundraising, recruitment, and special events, which Girl Scouts has continued to use extensively for publicity. In addition, I developed a teen intern program to enable middle and high school girls to intern at the headquarters for Girl Scouts. Finally, I planned the 100th anniversary celebration for over 1000 people. As a result of the event and the surrounding newspaper, television, and radio coverage we were able to recruit girls and secure donors. Show less

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  Center for Community Partnerships

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

  Community Building and Social Change Fellow

  Working with a team of two other fellows, I helped promote and enhance parental engagement in the Atlanta Public School system. My team and I designed, conducted, and evaluated surveys, interviews, and focus groups, which measured parental engagement in the Coan Middle School catchment area. We also spearheaded the planning of community events and parent workshops. Collaborating with community stakeholders, including parents, teachers, nonprofits, and community associations, our team's work culminated in a strategic plan to improve parental engagement, and in turn, increase academic performance of students. Show less

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  The Carter Center

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Peace Programs Development Intern

  I analyzed The Carter Center’s Democracy Program funding from 2008-2013 including external funding, internal allocations, expenditures by election observation mission, country, region, and donor. I used the data to draw trends on rate of returns for grant applications, the number of no-cost extensions needed on grants, and the amount of funding needed for election monitoring projects. This analysis helped to inform current and future work conducted by the development team and served as an introduction to Peace Programs funding for the incoming Chief Development Officer. I also wrote a concept note for a project that The Carter Center is developing in The Democratic Republic of The Congo. I wrote this proposal in collaboration with the field office in Kinshasa and the program staff at The Carter Center. Additionally, I researched and wrote briefings on potential individual and foundation donors that the development team used to obtain funds for The Carter Center Peace Programs. I also compiled weekly updates on political and development news that related to the work of The Carter Center Peace Programs. Show less

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  Emory University

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Center For Community Partnerships at Emory University

  I assisted in a research study on the Atlanta Housing Authority's Moving to Work demonstration program. I oversaw quality control on more than 1000 surveys that came through our office and trained everyone in the quality control department on how to review the survey instrument.

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  Best Delegate Model United Nations

  Jun 2014 - now

  •Manage Marketing & Sales strategy and team in order to bring Best Delegate Model United Nations Programs to life including overseeing full-time and part-time team members that produce our blog (read by 700k+ people annually), email marketing (to our 70k+ subscribers), social media marketing (with 50k+ followers across Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, & Twitter), and product websites.• Develop strategic partnerships with governments, nonprofit organizations, school districts, The United Nations, and businesses to create sustainable, student-led, and standards-aligned Model United Nations Programs.• Facilitate strategic planning with the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education to roll out Model United Nations across all government schools by 2030 and provide initial training to first-class of trained educators. Show less About my work at Best Delegate as Director of Partnerships: • Developed Partnerships with governments, nonprofit organizations, school districts, and businesses to create sustainable, student-led, and standards-aligned Model United Nations Programs. • Designed and implemented partnership with IDEA Public Schools (61 charter schools across 5 regions) to pioneer the creation of a MUN League for students to improve their leadership, debate techniques, public speaking skills, global awareness, and confidence to increase their college readiness. Since 2014, we have provided the educators and students with training resources, workshops, summer programs, and mentoring. • Managed a conference in North East India, & led educator training in Panama, Honduras, & Qatar. • Served as lead trainer for Educators at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Education for Justice (E4J) initiative Workshop in May 2018 to promote the rule of law and support the integration of crime prevention and criminal justice issues into Model United Nations programs around the world. Show less About my work at Best Delegate as Program Manager: • Educated youth and teachers throughout North America, India, Qatar, Honduras, & South Korea about the United Nations and global issues while empowering them to develop public speaking, negotiation, and research skills. • Created and implement educational training for underserved communities including: the North East India International Model United Nations Conference, the 2015 Honduras Advisor Training introducing Model UN to teachers from throughout Honduras, and The Model United Nations Institute at Austin College for students and educators from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas through a partnership with IDEA Public Schools. • Generated substantial company revenue as Manager of Marketing and Sales for the Model United Nations Institute. • Create newsletters, online articles, social media messaging, marketing videos, and targeted campaigns. • Doubled the Model United Nations Institute from 300 to over 600 Middle & High School Students. • Served as Program Director for the Model United Nations Institute summer programs at Harvard, Columbia, and Georgetown and ensured the quality of our experiential learning summer programs. • Developed curriculum & videos to teach about the United Nations, International Peace & Security, Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, Public Speaking, Resolution Writing, & United Nations Procedure Show less

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Executive Director of Partnerships

    Sept 2018 - Jul 2024

  • Director of Partnerships

    Aug 2016 - Sept 2018

  • Program Manager

    Jun 2014 - Aug 2016