Elijah van der Giessen

Current

• Creative Services Coordinator at David Suzuki Foundation

Past

• Volunteer Coordinator at David Suzuki Foundation
• Outreach Coordinator at David Suzuki Foundation
• Box Office Assistant at Theatre Network ~ Live at the Roxy

• Assistant Producion Manager at Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society

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Education

• University of Alberta

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• My Company

Elijah van der Giessen’s Summary

Eli van der Giessen is an Outreach Coordinator with David Suzuki's Nature Challenge program and a Volunteer Coordinator with the Administration team. Before jumping full-time onto the David Suzuki Foundation train he was a contractor on the "If you were Prime Minister..." national tour, bringing production experience from prior gigs working on a host of outdoor festivals and special events. He is an expert in portable toilet deployment.

Elijah van der Giessen’s Specialties:

volunteer management, event planning, site design

Elijah van der Giessen’s Experience

• Creative Services Coordinator

  David Suzuki Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

  Internal project manager for web and email campaigns

• Volunteer Coordinator

  David Suzuki Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  half-time volunteer coordination for the David Suzuki Foundation in Vancouver, BC CANADA

• Outreach Coordinator

  David Suzuki Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  April 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 6 months)

• Box Office Assistant

  Theatre Network ~ Live at the Roxy

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Events Services industry)

  April 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 8 months)

  Box Office assistant at Theatre Network in Edmonton, AB

• Assistant Producion Manager

  Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  May 2000 — October 2006 (6 years 6 months)

  Assistant to the Production Manager of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. I did sponsorships, budgets, site plans, volunteer coordination, and scheduling. Good times!

Elijah van der Giessen’s Education

• University of Alberta

  2000 — 2005

Additional Information

Elijah van der Giessen’s Websites:

• My Company

Elijah van der Giessen’s Interests:

volunteer management, outdoor festivals, running, live music, ecological sustainability, social networking tools, online community

Elijah van der Giessen’s Groups:

Web of Change 2007

•    NetSquared
•    Net2 Vancouver, BC, Canada

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