Virtual Internship Opportunity: Computer Science

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for 1 computer science student or team.The primary focus for the student will be: Website Development - Conducting a needs analysis to determine which platform is most suitable for our website; creating a design proposal including mock-ups, budget, and timeline; building a fully-functioning website for our organization.Application Development - Selecting the best technologies for creating the application or feature (i.e. a real-time chat function); creating a fully-functioning application.Application Programming Interfaces - Redesigning an existing API to simplify it; changing API technologies; designing a new API; creating or updating public-facing documentation.Real-Time Data Visualization - Creating a charting system with basic querying functionality; creating a dashboard to visualize key performance metrics of our organization or tool.Our goal at the end of this experience is: Website Development - For the student(s) to complete a fully functioning website.Application Development - For the student(s) to create a fully functioning application.Application Programming Interfaces - For the student(s) to help us redesign an interface.Real-Time Data Visualization - For the student(s) to help us devise and implement a data visualization system to help our organization derive insights to inform decision-making.Other duties the student may complete could include: Assisting with other process improvement projectsResponding to IT/Service Desk requestsWe will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: EmailRiipenZoomStudent's primary contact: Maya Ewert, Operations ManagerSecondary contact: Simon Bell, Executive Director

Non-Profit Grant Writing

We are looking for assistance in finding and completing grant applications that support our mission and vision statement.We believe this project will include:Assist with defining a company-identified community problem and defining the scope of a corresponding project.Develop a needs statement that characterizes the community problem and justifies the need for our project and funding.Identify potential sponsors and funding opportunities that are a good fit for our organization and project.Interpret a request for proposal (RFP).Research, plan, write, edit, and revise a persuasive proposal narrative.Improve the clarity and persuasiveness of our company's grant proposal writing.Research into other grant opportunities to support our cause

Marketing Strategy Plan

We want students to help us build a marketing strategy plan to grow and engage our target market: educators and parents of children in grades 3-7. We’d like to know how we can maximize use of different channels and get recommendations to improve our messaging.The main questions we’d like students to help us answer are the following:How do students currently perceive our brand and marketing, based on publicly available information about our company?What channels should we utilize for promotion, including ones we are not currently using?What budget is appropriate for advertising, given our goals?How could our messaging be updated to better explain our value proposition?How can we target teachers outside of our current program regions?