Tech2Empower USA Spring 2022
March 1 - April 8, 2022
Thanks for your interest in volunteering as an Advisor for Tech2Empower USA.
Advisors have the unique opportunity to:
- Learn about social justice and women's rights from leaders working on critical issues across the U.S.
- Coach, collaborate, and contribute professional skills to a project that will advance the work of social justice leaders and their organizations.
- Build community with rights leaders and fellow Advisors.
- Network and connect with like-minded people around the country and across sectors.
- Have a meaningful personal, professional development experience while contributing to social justice movements.
Tech2Empower Advisor Registration Form
Tech2Empower USA Advisor teams collaborate virtually with social justice leaders on impact projects. These projects, proposed by the participating nonprofits, advance their work on issues including racial justice, immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ rights, climate justice, violence against women and girls, indigenous rights, and reproductive justice. Projects are centered around tech, finance, communications, and various administrative topics. This application is designed to gather information that will inform our decision to match each Advisor to a nonprofit team and project.
Before beginning, please take time to review the project summaries. Later in the application, you will be asked to identify the 3-5 projects on which you would be most interested in working.
Each Advisor team is composed of 2-5 volunteer Advisors. A team can include Advisors from multiple companies, geographies or networks. We have found that teams made up of colleagues, friends, and/or acquaintances who know one another already or work for the same organization are often the most successful at allocating work, scheduling time, and have the most fun together as a team. We therefore encourage Advisors to recruit their own teams of 2-5 friends/colleagues. We also find that successful teams have a member with project management skills to help keep the team organized, motivated, and on track.
If you don't currently have a team, that's ok! You can complete this form and recruit your teammates by January 26.
All Advisor teams successfully matched with a nonprofit commit to:
- 6-weeks of virtual collaboration with a nonprofit partner, March 1 - April 8; this includes a required weekly team meeting, plus independent work on the impact project (approximately 3 hours per week);
- Attend the following 60-90 minute sessions: Advisor On-boarding (multiple time slots will be offered the week of February 21), Tech2Empower Kick-off (Monday, March 1), Mid-point Story Swap (Wednesday, March 23), and Closing Celebration (Thursday, April 7);
- Meet weekly deliverables agreed upon with your nonprofit partner organization;
- Answer brief check-in questions from WAKE (approximately 10-15 minutes per week); and
- Donate and/or fundraise $500 (per Advisor) to WAKE. This supports the operation and implementation of Tech2Empower USA, offered free of charge to nonprofit leaders.
The application for Tech2Empower Advisors is open through January 21. We accept Advisor applications on a rolling basis, so please apply soon to secure your spot.
Important Dates:
- December 14 - January 21: Complete and submit this form; rolling acceptance.
- January 26: Confirm all additional team members.
- February 18: Submit Advisor donation of $500.
- Week of February 21: Mandatory Advisor On-boarding (multiple times will be offered)
- March 1: Tech2Empower Kick-off Event @ 10-11:30am PST.
- March 1 - April 8: Independent project work with nonprofit partner (to be scheduled by each team).
- March 23: Mid-point Story Swap @ 10-11am PST.
- April 7: Tech2Empower Closing Event + Celebration @ 10-11am PST.