Section 2 of Portfolio
May 7, 2021 Zoom Meeting (1 hr) I met with Chase Anderson, secretary of HCCM, to discuss project ideas for my EMU AS-L Capstone. |
May 13, 2021 Zoom Meeting (1.25 hrs) Chase Anderson and I met to go over the Capstone contract. We agreed on projects that would best serve the organization and create the best learning experience for me. |
May 13, 2021 Contract Work (2 hrs) Utilizing online and social media resources, I worked on my draft contract. I was able to complete everything except the "agency responsibilities" and "timeline" sections. A future meeting will clarify these sections in further detail. |
May 17, 2021
Teams Meeting (1 hr) During this meeting, the head of Barton Malow's foundations department and I discussed ways in which I can facilitate Barton Malow's partnership with HCCM. We decided that I would enroll them in our match program as well as organizing 'Community Week" opportunities. May 20, 2021
First Official Board Meeting (1.75 hrs) During this meeting, the head of Barton Malow's foundations department and I discussed ways in which I can facilitate Barton Malow's partnership with HCCM. We decided that I would enroll them in our match program as well as organizing 'Community Week" opportunities. May 27, 2021
Vendor Account (1.25 hrs) I created a vendor account for HCCM in Barton Malow’s internal SAP system using information on the provided W9 they sent me. I went through all the required company networks for approval. June 4, 2021
Zoom Meeting (1 hr) Our weekly intern meeting went well. Everyone seems to be moving along with their individual projects, but we are all working together as well to make the whole experience more collaborative and meaningful. June 9, 2021
DIRT Article (2.25 hrs) I wrote the article about HCCM for Barton Malow’s “DIRT” website to encourage employees to donate via onetime and/or via biweekly payroll match. This article will be seen by thousands of Barton Malow employees nationwide. I sent the article to the COM team; it will be published on 6/22. I also took a one-time match donation from a BM employee for $250, creating a $500 match donation. This put me over my $1000 fundraising goal! June 15, 2021
Email Correspondence (1 hr) Email correspondence with board members of HCCM regarding match program and community week program. Barton Malow will be offering skill-based volunteer opportunities to help HCCM strengthen its infrastructure and capacity. Skills offered will include infographics, flyer templates, website work, editing/writing fundraising letters and many more. |
May 19, 2021
Zoom Meeting (1 hr) Classmate Rosy Palma and I met with Chase Anderson to revise and complete our contracts. Chase will be returning the contracts by 5/21 with the "agency responsibilites"section filled out. We were able to set tentative dates for the timeline and deliverables section. May 21, 2021 Fundraiser Email (1.5 hrs) I created an email to send to my friends and family asking for donations to HCCM. I obtained HCCM's direct PayPal donation link from Chase Anderson and created a personal Venmo account so that people could donate through that platform as well. May 28, 2021 Zoom Meeting (1 hr) The other interns and I met with Chase Anderson to discuss our progress with our individual projects. Rosy Palma was able to contact a potential minority owned business with the contact information that I had for them through their work with Barton Malow - it was really cool be able to helpsomeone with their project as well. Julian, our intern from MSU, was able to use my fundraising blurb to post to other social media outlets. June 4, 2021 Email Correpondence (1 hr) Email correspondence with Nedra Cannon, founder of HCCM regarding Barton Malow’s nonprofit of the month on “Dirt” website. I requested personal information to put in the company-wide viewed article, which I will be writing over the weekend. June 10, 2021 Email Correspondence (1 hr) I created and sent emails regarding the Barton Malow Mosaic Cultural Conversations. I am trying to facilitate having Nedra Cannon, founder of HCCM, speak at one of our sessions about the organization, and how BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities are affected by the stigmas of mental health issues. June 18, 2021 Zoom Meeting (1.5 hrs) Our last intern zoom meeting was bittersweet; we discussed our final work that needs to be completed and what we have accomplished so far. We talked about how all off us are going to stay involved with HCCM after the project and semester is over. I also talked with Chase Anderson about how I could get my last few project hours in and she suggested that I research potential fundraising partnerships in Livingston County.
June 22, 2021 Email Correspondence (1.5 hrs) Email correspondence with Chase Anderson regarding buttoning up project and making sure all deliverables and requirements have been met. Email correspondence with Dawn Lyman at Barton Malow regarding Community Week. Email correspondence with Nedra Cannon and DeAnthony Foster regarding Barton Malow Mosaic Cultural Conversation. |
May 19, 2021
Facebook Fundraising Page (2 hrs) I created the birthday fundraising page on Facebook social media platform. I didn't have the option to invite everyone at the same time, so I had to individually invite all 712 friends. This was quite time consuming! May 21, 2021 Research and Emails (1.5 hrs) Research of Guidestar and Facebook protocols for requesting to become a preferred nonprofit; GuideStar connects donors and grant makers to non-profit organizations. I forwarded the information along to Chase Anderson of HCCM – as a board member, she would be someone who could create these accounts.
June 2, 2021 Email for Match Program (1.5 hrs) I created and sent out an email with match program details with Barton Malow, looking up emails for peers who I thought would be interested in donating/making a bi-weekly payroll deducted match. I also set up my own personal bi-weekly match with HCCM for $20. June 7, 2021 Zoom Meeting (1 hr) This second zoom meeting was scheduled to go over new information and progress on all the interns' individual projects. I am almost halfway to my fundraising goal, and have had several co-workers at Barton Malow sign up for the match program through the company.
June 15, 2021 Email Correspondence (1 hr) Email correspondence regarding match program with Dawn Lyman at Barton Malow. So far, I have raised $1350 by fundraising through work in addition to my personal fundraising. June 21, 2021 Online Research (3 hrs) At our last intern Zoom meeting, Chase Anderson suggested researching fundraising opportunities and potential partnerships/sponsorships in Livingston County. I spent Monday evening researching how to join the Livingston County nonprofit databases as well as potential partnership opportunities. |