Ambassador Benefits, Expectations, & Role Descriptions
Benefits of becoming an Alumni Ambassador
- Stay involved with Dragons
- Share your Dragons experience and story
- Get Dragons insider information about new programs, opportunities, and updates from our HQ
- Inform our work, mission and new directions
- Give feedback on Dragons programming, marketing and initiatives
- Gain new skills in marketing, communication, public speaking, etc.
- A chance to be featured on our website
- Earn Dragons schwag and get access to our alumni outreach kit
- Exclusive access to Dragons events and promotions
General Ambassador Expectations
- Program runs from September 2019 – August 2020
- Help us spread the word about Dragons through school visits, presentations, social media, article in your newspaper, etc.
- Participate in monthly ambassador challenges and opportunities (based on your availability)
- Track your initiatives for a chance to earn Dragons branded gear
- Contribute your own ideas and initiatives for Dragons with Boulder Admin
Internship Ambassador Expectations
- Program runs from September 2019 – August 2020
- Commit 40 hours of Ambassador work between September 2019 and April 2020 (retreat not included in hours)
- Attend the Boulder Ambassador Retreat weekend in early November. Exact date TBD
- Develop personal internship plan with your mentor
- Participate in monthly ambassador challenges and opportunities
- Work collaboratively, both with other Ambassadors and Dragons Admin, but also independently and hold self accountable for completing tasks
- Participate in phone check ins with your Dragons mentor and/or other ambassadors
- Regularly check email and respond to correspondence from the Boulder office and prospective students & families
- Help us spread the word about Dragons through school visits, presentations, social media, article in your newspaper, etc.
*Internship Ambassadors Role Descriptions
Dragons Fund Ambassador The Dragons Fund provides needs-based scholarships for students to attend Where There Be Dragons programs. The Dragons Fund is a program of the International Carpe Diem Foundation (Carpe Mundi), a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We ensure that all students have access to a transformational global education, regardless of their financial circumstances. Help us provide uncompromised access for all!
- Call and text potential donor families to let them know about DF
- Brainstorm ways that all Dragons alumni can help spread the word
- Support Development Managers with additional fundraising admin tasks as needed
- Candidate must have: Excellent phone and writing skills, fluency with Facebook and Instagram social media platforms
- Some familiarity with fundraising preferred
- Willingness to set a personal DF fundraising goal and meet that goal by December 31, 2019
- Willingness and enthusiasm to rally other Dragons alumni to give in our fall 2019 campaign
Social Media Ambassador
- Innate excitement for the worlds of media and social communications
- Fluency in Instagram, YouTube and other social platforms
- Ability to respond quickly (by group text) to offer feedback on digital campaigns
- Excitement for exploring (and possibly on-boarding) an Alumni Platform
- Thrill for the possibilities of video reviews, contests, and everything else video-related
- Excitement to offer website UX/UI (user interface and design) feedback
- Help testing and filling out surveys
- Able to field Instagram inquiries and direct messages.
- Ideas/excitement for hosting Instagram takeover and LIVE events
Outreach and Brand Stewardship Ambassador
- Provide admin feedback on various Dragons marketing and outreach campaigns
- Support our instructors when they are out on the road marketing
- Give a presentation about your Dragons experience at your school – format is up to you!
- Organize and host an information session for prospective students in your area
- Correspond with prospective and signed up students for Summer 2020 programs
- Participate in various marketing and outreach projects
- Attend any summer & fairs or Dragons events happening in your area
- Excited to contribute your own ideas to this role!
Interested in becoming a General or Internship Ambassador? Apply here