Educator, Consultant, Civic Participant
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Project Manager (Volunteer) at Venture Café
- Part Time Faculty at Emerson College
- Past
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- Business Outreach Coordinator at City of Cambridge, Office of Workforce Development
- Graduate and Research Assistant at Emerson College
- Office Coordinator/Staff Assistant, Special Assistant to the Dean at Harvard School of Dental Medicine
- Office Coordinator, Office of Technology Licensing and Industry Sponsored Research at Harvard Medical School
- Loan Officer, Office Assistant at Emerson College
- Co-owner at Acme Computer Solutions
- Education
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- Emerson College
- Emerson College
- Emerson College
- Connections
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- Higher Education
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Aubree Lawrence’s Experience
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Project Manager (Volunteer)
Venture Café
(Privately Held; Restaurants industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Venture Café (temporary code name) slated to open in the heart of Kendall Sq, Cambridge, MA. The Café presents a novel concept combining a nurturing environment for entrepreneurs with networking opportunities among one another and local and visiting venture capitalists. It is our hope that the Café contributes to the local community by becoming a central hang out space for the Kendall Sq community, and offering expansive space for local networking and educational events.
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Part Time Faculty
Emerson College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
This class, "History and Aesthetics of New Media," begins with a discussion of the history and development of computational technologies, and the origins of the World Wide Web. From there, students progress to discussing current trends in technology, including convergence culture, social media, and collaborative technologies.
Technology's cultural impact and inherent ethical issues are tackled every class, and represent a unifying theme throughout the course.
The final project is very closely related to each student's particular field of study in mass media at Emerson College. Often students enter the class thinking the only digital distribution platforms available are YouTube and flickr. Nothing could be further from the truth! Students research and present on genre-specific portfolio sites. Recent presentations included sites such as Vimeo.com (long format, high quality video), 5min.com (short tutorials), and ExposureRoom.com (photography). -
Business Outreach Coordinator
City of Cambridge, Office of Workforce Development
(Government Administration industry)
March 2006 — July 2009 (3 years 5 months)
The Summer Jobs Campaign works to partner with businesses to provide summer jobs for Cambridge teens.
∝ Secure summer job opportunities for Cambridge youth by building partnerships between the Cambridge business community and three of the city’s youth employment programs
∝ Attend Cambridge Chamber of Commerce and local business association meetings to promote the benefits of hiring a teen worker
∝ Work in conjunction with the Outreach Committee of the Chamber of Commerce on long-range plans to draw on Chamber resources to engage Cambridge businesses as youth employers, hosts for site visits, and mock interview participants
This position puts me in regular contact with:
Multiple departments within the City of Cambridge
Cambridge Housing Authority
Just-a-Start's TeenWork Program
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce.
My long-standing involvement with OWD has provided me with wonderful insights about the dedicated companies who call Cambridge their home. Cambridge companies make a concerted effort to find way of contributing to their community, including by participating in the Summer Jobs Campaign.
As a property owner and resident of Cambridge, I have said many times I'm the proudest tax-payer in the City. The City of Cambridge offers an amazing range of services to the community. Just one example: The Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program annually employs 800 teens(!) every summer to work in government offices and local non-profit agencies.
For more information on the Summer Jobs Campaign, and the "Cambridge Challenge," please visit www.cambridgechallenge.org. -
Graduate and Research Assistant
Emerson College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
2006 — 2008 (2 years )
Department of Visual Media Arts, Graduate Teaching Assistant
∝ Assisted with research for NEH-funded “Digital Lyceum” project, exploring ways to optimally choreograph academic events with multiple information streams, www.digitallyceum.org
∝ (Fall 2007) Co-coordinated “Hub2” project at Emerson College, pilot testing ways to use Virtual Worlds to host community conversations and activate civic engagement, www.hub2.org -
Office Coordinator/Staff Assistant, Special Assistant to the Dean
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
(Higher Education industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Office Coordinator/Staff Assistant, Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology
Special Assistant to the Dean, Office of the Dean
∝ Represented Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) in all interactions with staff, alumni, and major gift ($1 mil+) donors with discretion and competence
∝ Administrator for the Colgate Oral Care Report, a correspondence continuing education program with over 3,000 participants, in a largely autonomous role
∝ Assisted recruitment efforts; organized logistics for HSDM’s annual three-day continuing education “Dental Public Health Board Review” course -
Office Coordinator, Office of Technology Licensing and Industry Sponsored Research
Harvard Medical School
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years )
∝ Successfully organized all logistical aspects of a major annual conference (1,000+ invitees) for industrial and academic members of the biomedical community
∝ Coordinated website improvement projects for two websites involving 11 Harvard-affiliated institutions
∝ Independently managed and reconciled $900,000 operating/payroll budget -
Loan Officer, Office Assistant
Emerson College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
Loan Officer, Office of Financial Assistance
Office Assistant, Auxiliary Services/Summer Conference
∝ Worked with students and their families to help them navigate the financial aid application process; educated families on alternative financing options
∝ Trained and supervised ten student staff members
∝ Assisted with coordinating nearly 500 rooms for seasonal occupancy in Emerson’s largest residence hall; assisted with planning Emerson College Trustee events -
Co-owner
Acme Computer Solutions
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years )
Co-Owner
∝ Monitored company’s progress toward achieving business goals.
∝ Managed a small work force of three full-time and two part-time technicians, scheduling work assignments and coordinating supplies for on-location service calls
∝ Represented ACME Computer Solutions at Chamber of Commerce meetings and events; participated in various Main Street business improvement organizations
Aubree Lawrence’s Education
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Emerson College
Master of Arts , 2009
Visual Media Arts, Communications. Internet and Society: New Media as a tool for education
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Emerson College
Bachelor , Arts; Communications , 2001
Television/Video Production
Writing, Literature and Publishing -
Emerson College
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Emerson College VMA
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