Engagement Opportunities

We are always seeking to build the community that will ensure the future of government. Below are a few possibilities of ways you may get involved. If these entice and excite you, let us know. If you other ideas, let us know about that also!

These are excellent opportunities for anyone interested in gettting some serious hands-on experience at a nonprofit organization that goes way beyond filing and stapling (as a matter of fact, we endeavour to be completely paperless!).

If you’re interested, please email the information requested to internship@openforumfoundation.org.

Transparency Intern

Responsibilities & Expectations

The Transparency Intern at the Open Forum Foundation will be responsible for ensuring that the organization is transparent in its posting of information on the website. This will include:

• Evaluating the content of the organization’s website and making recommendations about what needs to be added to ensure full transparency.
• Locating and adding that missing content.
• Attending a weekly meeting in-person about the organization’s activities.
• Keeping the website up to date.
• Posting at least one blog post a week (dependent upon organizational activities).
• Sending a monthly email newsletter.
• Documenting your work online at http://openforumfoundation.org/community/.

Requirements

• Passion for transparency and government communication, with an appreciation for what we are attempting to accomplish.
• Comfortable writing for the web.
• Familiarity with WordPress or html preferred.
• Based in Washington, DC with the ability to attend a weekly meeting in the Dupont Circle area.
• Commit to 10 – 15 hrs/week. This is a rough number because you will be responsible for your own time – the goal is to accomplish, not to put in time.
• Flexibility – this is a new position and you will be helping to determine how it works while you are doing it.

To apply

Please send an email to internship@openforumfoundation.org with the following information:

• Experience. This may be a resume, CV, link to LinkedIn profile, or similar.
• Writing sample. This may be a link to something online or as an attachment.

Social Media Intern

Responsibilities & Expectations

The Social Media Intern at the Open Forum Foundation will be responsible for managing our social media strategy. This will include:

• Building on the strategy that we have already developed (it’s not posted online yet).
• Managing implementation of the strategy.
• Establishing and monitoring keyword alerts for blogs and the web.
• Engaging in online conversations on the topic as a representative of the Open Forum Foundation.
• Establishing a Twitter presence for the Open Forum Foundation.
• Attending a weekly meeting to keep up with what the organization is doing.
• Documenting your work online at http://openforumfoundation.org/community/Social_Media.

Requirements

• Familiarity with, or interest in, the use of social media for citizen to government communication.
• Experience writing on these topics preferred.
• Comfort with social media tools, including blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
• Based in Washington, DC with the ability to attend a weekly meeting in the Dupont Circle area.
• Commit to 10 – 15 hrs/week. This is a rough number because you will be responsible for your own time – the goal is to accomplish, not to put in time.

To apply

Please send an email to internship@openforumfoundation.org with the following information:

• Experience. This may be a resume, CV, link to LinkedIn profile, or similar.
• Writing sample. This may be a link to something online or as an attachment.
• List of your favorite social media profiles, these may be personal or for an organization, but need to be accounts that you established or have worked on.

Fundraising Intern

Responsibilities & Expectations

The Fundraising Intern at the Open Forum Foundation will be responsible for researching funding opportunities and pursuing them. This will include:

• Evaluating the current list of opportunities that we’re pursuing.
• Facilitating them through their individual processes.
• Drafting letters of inquiry and grant requests.
• Researching new opportunities.
• Attending a weekly meeting.
• Documenting your work online at http://openforumfoundation.org/community/Fundraising.

Requirements

• Familiarity with, or interest in, the use of social media for citizen to government communication.
• Interest in the nonprofit fundraising process.
• Comfortable with formal writing.
• Commit to 10 – 15 hrs/week. This is a rough number because you will be responsible for your own time – the goal is to accomplish, not to put in time.

To apply

Please send an email to internship@openforumfoundation.org with the following information:

• Experience. This may be a resume, CV, link to LinkedIn profile, or similar.
• Writing sample. This may be a link to something online or as an attachment.