As Communications Manager, Mark works with the Communications Team to ensure that URI builds a strong global presence in the media, social media, Internet and printed materials in support of increased visibility and greater fundraising success. Mark also works with staff, Global Council and Cooperation Circles to help promote achievements; support the use of URI’s brand; help build URI’s knowledge sharing network for the exchange of best practices for local, regional and global organizing; and build network capacity for communications. Mark also works closely with the Development Team to design, create, and disseminate materials to represent URI’s work in print and via the web. Mark strategizes with the PR Coordinator, the Executive Team and other staff about the development and release of all URI written materials. He also engages in special projects, like managing the 2011-2012 Trustee Selection Process to elect the members of the URI Global Council.
Mark has worked at the URI Global Office in San Francisco since 2007. He managed the global 2007-2008 Trustee Selection Process and 3 special regional trustee selections. He developed and implemented URI's first major grant program, the Bowes Awards, and he produced the URI Global Assembly in Mayapur, West Bengal, India in 2008, as well as URI's 10th Anniversary Celebration in Amman, Jordan in 2010.
January 18, 2012 3:29 PM
Dear URI Community, Several of you expressed appreciation for the practical tips I shared with our URI community yesterday. I will try to send these kinds of tips as issues come up in our everyday URI... Read more...
January 17, 2012 1:54 PM
Dear URI Community, For as long as we have had email as a means of communication, we have had spam or unwanted and potentially malicious emails with viruses embedded in attachments and links.... Read more...
January 6, 2012 3:33 PM
Dear URI Community, After several days of organizing and recording every form that was received, I'm happy to share with you the results of the Bylaws Ballots and the lists of nominees and certified... Read more...
December 20, 2011 9:59 AM
Dear CC Contact Persons, There are just 10 days remaining before the due date for the Trustee Selection and Proposed Bylaws Amendments forms on Friday, December 30. Thanks to all the CCs that have... Read more...
December 6, 2011 8:20 AM
Dear CC Contact Persons, Thank you to all the CCs that have submitted forms! We still have a long way to go, and I look foward to receiving more completed forms over the next few weeks. Thank you also... Read more...
November 11, 2011 7:00 AM
Dear CC Contact Persons, In a recent conference call with the Regional Coordinators, I was glad to hear that some Cooperation Circles are already beginning to meet and engage with the Trustee... Read more...
October 28, 2011 6:00 AM
Dear CC Contact Persons, This is an amazing time. All around the world, people like you and me are making their voices heard and striving to change things for the better. It is the kind of... Read more...
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October 21, 2011 3:39 PM
Dear CC Contact Persons, The materials for the Trustee Selection Process and Proposed Bylaw Amendments are close to being completed for you. By this time next week (Friday, October 28), you will... Read more...
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October 14, 2011 11:13 AM
Dear CC Contact Persons, Last week, URI Executive Director Charles Gibbs sent a message through the Contacts listserv alerting the URI community to the upcoming Trustee Selection Process. If you... Read more...
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May 13, 2010 1:50 PM
We "flipped the switch" yesterday evening. As I write this post, the new URI.org is propagating throughout the Internet so it can replace the old web site and online community with something quite... Read more...