United Kingdom
- Current
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- Digital Guru at Make Your Mark Campaign
- Past
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- Web Manager at Amnesty International (International Secretariat)
- Project Leader at Multikulti Project
- Senior Consultant at Lasa (London Advice Services Alliance)
- Education
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- Imperial College London
- University of Oxford
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Daniel McQuillan’s Summary
I'm an internet & social change entrepreneur, both inside and outside of large organisations. I identify opportunities for emerging interactive media to have strategic social impact, and take an agile approach to implementing pilot projects and organisation-changing propositions.
Daniel McQuillan’s Specialties:
internet & human rights (policy and activism)
web and e-communications
e-campaigning and e-activism
web 2.0 (the social web)
the multilingual and multicultural web
open source and free software
Daniel McQuillan’s Experience
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Digital Guru
Make Your Mark Campaign
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
September 2007 — Present (11 months)
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Web Manager
Amnesty International (International Secretariat)
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
February 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 8 months)
Developed internet and e-communications strategy & established new strategic business unit. Led the change from online publishing to strategic e-campaigning. Advocated for internet & human rights policy and headed delegation to the UN's Internet Governance Forum. Responsible for Amnesty's first international viral campaigns and first global blogging. Oversaw Amnesty's entry into MySpace & use of user-generated content.
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Project Leader
Multikulti Project
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
January 2001 — February 2005 (4 years 2 months)
Created international award winning multilingual website for asylum seekers & refugees. Pioneered accessible multilingual online content in the NGO sector through a combination of leading-edge Unicode script and a community-driven translation process.
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Senior Consultant
Lasa (London Advice Services Alliance)
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
June 1998 — February 2005 (6 years 9 months)
Senior web & technology consultancy for the UK voluntary sector including strategy, technology management and software development. Introduced the Circuit Rider model for technical support to the UK voluntary sector. Established a UK collective to advocate for open source in the non-profit sector.
Daniel McQuillan’s Education
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Imperial College London
Ph.D, Experimental Particle Physics, 1987 — 1992
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University of Oxford
BA (Hons), Physics, 1984 — 1987
Additional Information
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Daniel McQuillan’s Honors:
Global Ideas Bank Communications Social Innovations Award for 2004
http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/news/index.php?articleId=116