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5 people are interested
Social Media Volunteer - Podcasts
ORGANIZATION: PALISADOES FOUNDATION
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5 people are interested
This person or persons will be responsible for editing and possibly creating 20-30 minute interview podcasts for the Palisadoes foundation. The podcasts are primarily interviews with volunteers, sponsors, partners, donors and participants. This is a key part of our social media strategy.
Our existing podcasts can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv50qHwThlJU-KcBLaqR2CjulagEcHzke
About Palisadoes
The Palisadoes Foundation LLC is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in California. It was conceived by a group of Jamaican technology professionals interested in assisting in the continued development new and existing technologies in Jamaica.
Palisadoes focuses on the field of software engineering eduction. The field is a growing extension of Jamaica's successful call center service sector. A workforce educated with the required skills is important in the development of any modern economy. Fortunately, many of the required tools and educational materials are freely available on the Internet. Access to mentors is facilitated by web conferencing too.
About the Calico Challenge
The annual Calico Challenge, run by the Palisadoes Foundation in collaboration with the Jamaica Computer Society, takes advantage of this access to provide stipends for students to participate in international open source projects under the guidance of a mentor.
Responsibilities and Duties
The Foundation has started to create podcasts of interviews with persons close to the cause. This includes talks with volunteers, sponsors, partners, donors and participants. This is a key part of our social media strategy.
Edit podcasts created by other team members. Post podcasts to YouTube
Create podcasts. Post podcasts to YouTube
Required Knowledge, Proven Skills and Abilities
Power user of PCs, Macs and / or Linux
Interest in learning or expanding on the skill or creating high quality podcasts on your PC. You will be using the free to download Audacity software. There are lots of tutorials on YouTube
Strong verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
Well organized, careful attention to detail
Ability to work independently and with a team.
More opportunities with PALISADOES FOUNDATION
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About PALISADOES FOUNDATION
Location:
PO BOX 518, CUPERTINO, CA 95015, US
Mission Statement
Open Source software development collaboration for Jamaican economic growth.
Description
The Palisadoes Foundation was created by a group of Jamaican technology professionals interested in assisting in the continued development new and existing technologies in Jamaica.
Our current focus is on the field of software engineering as it can extend the Caribbean region’s success in the business process outsourcing service sector.
Recent developments in software engineering have made resources very accessible via the Internet with many large scale volunteer community projects frequently referred to as the the Open Source movement. Open Source software is free to download, access, modify and use which significantly lowers the barriers to adoption encountered when working with traditional proprietary systems.
All the world’s largest websites actively use and contribute to the Open Source movement, and often require their new engineering employees to have in depth knowledge of its core projects.
Though the short term focus is to encourage participation in the Open Source movement, the longer term goal is make Palisadoes participants globally recognized innovators, academics, entrepreneurs, and executives.
The first Palisadoes program is The Calico Challenge which promotes interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses by offering stipends to students wanting to contribute to the Open Source community.
The aim is to progressively expand the Palisadoes programs as the availability of resources increases and our experience in the process matures.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
April 22, 2017
SKILLS
- Audio-Visual
- Basic Computer Skills
- Social Media / Blogging
- Interactive/Social Media/SEO
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
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