Transcend Newsletter V: Our Fellows, Community Management and new opportunities 👐

This week we announced our final list of fellows for the Transcend Fellowship, more opportunities from exciting organizations and insights from the space.

We are also launching the Transcend Chats series with thought leaders that share their experience in sectors we are watching closely: in June, we’ll have Mariya Illarionova talking about community building and working remotely. Sign up here to attend the online discussion on June 26th!

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• "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." If kids got to design their own courses, they’d probably look a lot like Outschool’s, who just raised a Series A financing round.

• We are convinced we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to tools that enable remote working. Remote.tools is a useful directory to understand what’s available today.

• Building a “real” network takes trust-building, long term thinking and challenging yourself everyday. This piece by Ali Hamed is a must-read for college students.

• It’s fascinating to look back at historical predictions for the future of education - from “knowledge zaps” to “flying classrooms”, there are some ridiculous picks and intriguing food for thought.

• Humans are inherently short-term thinkers and our investing structures reflect this: reports such as Ark Invest’s fantastic Disruptive Innovation overview allow us to look into the future from the perspective of technological progress.

  

• Kamesh Darisipudi - “I'm a recent engineering graduate from Georgia Tech starting full time at Salesforce! In the meantime, I'm currently working at Workclout, a YC startup from the Winter 2019 cohort. Would love to connect if you're interested in venture capital, tech, or for any reason in particular!”

• Michael Yang - “I recently graduated from Minerva Schools and studied computer science & philosophy. Excited to make trendy computer science topics boring again. Let's connect if you want to talk about CS research or teaching, or if you're hiring for curriculum development positions!”

Wanna say hi? Tell us about yourself here and we’ll introduce you in the next issue!

This week, we’ve announced the participants in our upcoming Transcend Fellowship. We’ll be slowly announcing the structure and special guests that will be joining us through this remote fellowship. Here are some of our amazing fellows:

• Skye Hersh: “I'm a recent graduate of Minerva Schools, spending the summer studying time series modeling and Hindi until moving to New Delhi in August. There, I'll be with IDinsight, supporting the Indian government integrate rigorous evidence into its policymaking. Eager to think about what inclusive economies can or should look like, especially given the rise of automation.”

• Savan Vekaria: “I’m a recent graduate from the University of Washington in Seattle. My background and experience is in accounting, finance, and entrepreneurship. My top interests are innovation/tech, finance/accounting, aerospace, and learning, but I’m curious about any other topic. Reach out if you want to talk.”

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Featured Opportunity

• This week we are featuring the Global Network Associate position at Minerva Schools. Minerva is redefining higher education at a global scale, and it takes a village - the GN Associate will work on building the network of employers and partners across the globe alongside an amazing team.

• If you are interested in applying, apply directly through Breezy and email us with your background and what makes you a good fit (we’ll pass it along).

Jobs in our Network

1. NameCoach: Name Coach fixes name pronunciation, an unnoticed and ubiquitous problem, as a strategy to address inclusivity challenges and instill a sense of belonging .

   • Data Acquisitions Director (Palo Alto, US)

   • Account Executive (Palo Alto, US)

2. Impact Ed: Director of Operations (New York, US)

3. Flockjay: Community Manager (San Francisco, US)

4. RaiseMe: Business Development Intern (San Francisco, US)

5. Hopelab: Young Adult Advisory Council Member (San Francisco, US)

6. Contracting opportunities with Transcend Network

   • We are always looking to match individuals in our network with contracting opportunities, particularly if you have a background in a) learning/curriculum development, b) community management/social media or c)product management

   • Let us know which skills and sectors you have experience in, as well as your interest, by dropping us an email here.

Want to submit open positions for your organization? Let us know here

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Alberto (alberto@transcend-network.com) & Michael (michael@transcend-network.com).