IDDS Michigan 2020 Organizer Applications

INTRODUCTION

Deadline: January 24, 2020

Are you interested in being an organizer for IDDS Michigan 2020?

This summit will be a two week hands-on summit which will be hosted in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The theme of the summit is refugee resettlement, and we will work with refugee communities in Washtenaw County, Michigan. The summit will be held from July 26 – August 9, and organizers will be expected to be there from July 22 – August 11, 2020. The goal of this summit is to empower local innovation through design thus improving refugee household livelihoods and building a community of problem solvers that will continue developing bottom-up innovations beyond the summit.

If you are interested in being an organizer, please complete this application along with the name and contact information for a reference who can provide a recommendation (by January 31, 2020). We will select 4 organizers and will notify each applicant the selection committee's decisions around February 7, 2020.

If you have any questions or technical difficulties, please email the lead organizers at iddsmichigan2020@umich.edu

We currently have openings for these positions:

Design Facilitators (3): This role entails guiding participants through the design process and the development of their projects. Each Design Facilitator will also have some other organizing responsibilities.
Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) + Communications Lead: This role entails working with the lead instructor(s) and lead organizer(s) to develop and use tools to monitor and evaluate the summit. The role also entails managing the summit communication platforms before, during and after the summit to tell the story of the summit through blogs, pictures, videos, and M&E Reports. The role will also include assisting with any additional documentation or reports required by funders.

The application deadline is midnight on January 24, 2020. The organizer application is only open to people who have previously participated in IDDS or are faculty and staff at the University of Michigan. If you have not attended IDDS before and are interested in being involved, please apply as a participant.

We aim to fundraise enough to cover the costs associated with travel and accommodation for organizers, and welcome any contributions organizers can make (ex. applying to their home institutions for funding) but will not consider this in the applicant review process.

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If you have questions about the summit or organizer application, email iddsmichigan2020@umich.edu

Thanks and best wishes!

WHICH LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK?

Please pick the languages that you speak below by indicating your spoken and written proficiency for each of the ones you have chosen.

Language Proficiency

Language Proficiency
	Fluent	Good	Fair	None
English (Spoken)	Language Proficiency: English (Spoken) (Fluent)	English (Spoken) (Good)	English (Spoken) (Fair)	English (Spoken) (None)
English (Written)	English (Written) (Fluent)	English (Written) (Good)	English (Written) (Fair)	English (Written) (None)
Dari (Spoken)	Dari (Spoken) (Fluent)	Dari (Spoken) (Good)	Dari (Spoken) (Fair)	Dari (Spoken) (None)
Dari (Written)	Dari (Written) (Fluent)	Dari (Written) (Good)	Dari (Written) (Fair)	Dari (Written) (None)
Arabic (Spoken)	Arabic (Spoken) (Fluent)	Arabic (Spoken) (Good)	Arabic (Spoken) (Fair)	Arabic (Spoken) (None)
Arabic (Written)	Arabic (Written) (Fluent)	Arabic (Written) (Good)	Arabic (Written) (Fair)	Arabic (Written) (None)
Pashto (Spoken)	Pashto (Spoken) (Fluent)	Pashto (Spoken) (Good)	Pashto (Spoken) (Fair)	Pashto (Spoken) (None)
Pashto (Written)	Pashto (Written) (Fluent)	Pashto (Written) (Good)	Pashto (Written) (Fair)	Pashto (Written) (None)

Other:

State which language and levels of spoken and written proficiency as indicated in the table above

ABOUT IDDS

Have you attended an IDDS before? Which one(s) and in what role (as a participant, organizer, etc.)?*

Please indicate the role you would like to volunteer for by checking your top choice on the organizer roles list below.

Note that even though you are applying for a particular role, you may be asked to do other things, as everyone on the summit organizing team helps each other out.

Organizer Roles*

Design Facilitators (3): This role entails guiding participants through the design process and the development of their projects. Each Design Facilitator will also have some other organizing responsibilities. Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) + Communications Lead: This role entails working with the lead instructor and lead organizer to develop and use tools to monitor and evaluate the summit. The role also entails managing the summit communication platforms before, during and after the summit to tell the story of the summit through blogs, pictures, videos, and M&E Reports.

Please tell us why you would like to serve as an organizer for IDDS Michigan 2020 in the role(s) you selected above.*

Please highlight any skills and experience(s) that are relevant to the role(s) you have selected above. *

How else do you see yourself contributing to the organization of this event? *

Do you have any ideas for enhancing the participant experience of this event? *

At IDDS Michigan 2020, participants and organisers should expect to:

stay in dormitory rooms with roommates
work in class rooms with several other people
wake up early
handle variable weather
eat local food

Expectations*

Yes, I understand and accept the expectations for the summit No, I am unable to participate under those conditions

Participants will arrive on July 26 and depart on August 9;

Organizers are expected to arrive on July 22, 2020 and stay through – August 11, 2020.

If selected as an organizer, I agree that I would be able to actively participate in weekly calls/emails leading up to IDDS and attend the summit in its entirety; arriving in Michigan on July 22, 2020 and staying until the end on the 11th of August 2020.*

I agree I do not agree

Any other comments?

If you are uncertain about your availability, please explain here.

REFERENCE DETAILS

Name*

First Name

Last Name

Phone*

Please enter country code

Email*

How do you know this person?*

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Progress

INTRODUCTION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

WHICH LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK?

ABOUT IDDS

REFERENCE DETAILS