Committee Descriptions:
If you are interested in any of the following committees, please email disiduke@gmail.com. DISI committees are formed based on the needs of the organization throughout the semester, unlike project teams which are formed only at the start of each semester.
Marketing
The Marketing Committee will be responsible for branding and marketing the organization both on campus and in the community. They support the Outreach committee by creating recruitment packages for partners and students. The committee will also initiate other marketing initiatives that will increase DISI's presence at Duke and the greater community such as social media and creating promotional materials. Tasks include creating weekly newsletters, maintaining listservs, posting announcements on the blog on the website, maintaining the website, and taking pictures at DISI events.
Internal Strategy
The Internal Strategy Committee is responsible for business process management and ensuring DISI is operating at a high level across the board. The committee is also responsible for developing the strategy for the future development of DISI. Tasks include maintaining/updating the partner and student applications; taking care of partner, project manager, and project innovator evaluations; and leading the project selection process.
Internal Development
The Internal Development Committee helps plan professional development, skillshare, social and networking events for DISI members and the greater Duke community. The mission of internal development is to support DISI members, and foster conversations and learning across the disciplines. Internal Development committee is also responsible for leading the end of semester showcase event where DISI teams present their achievements from the semester and non-profits have an opportunity to interact with each other.
Outreach
The Outreach Committee is responsible for networking on campus and in the community to ensure DISI's success by bringing in graduate students with the appropriate skill sets and developing relationships with partners that allign with DISI's focus. The committee will seek new connections with nonprofits, social businesses, governmental organizations, and professors who are interested in working with a DISI project team. The committee will also continue to develop current partnerships with social organizations. The responsibilities of this committee include providing info sessions to partners and students to help them understand what DISI can do for them, emailing the applications to all the partners in each recruitment cycle, leading the efforts for student recruitment in each recruitment cycle.
Operations
The Operations team will help run the current core operations of DISI. These include supporting and monitoring ongoing projects, acquiring constructive feedback from project teams and implementing improvements to the operations process. Another vital role of the operations committee is project selection: the team will review all request for work and select projects that teams will work on in the Spring semester. The executive director of operations act as mentors to the project managers. This "team" consists of 2-3 Executive Directors of Operations. There are no other committee members in this team.
Finance
The finance committee is responsible for managing current funds and find new channels for funding, which may involve grant writing and seeking new partnerships. Funding strategies vary from semester to semester and can come from various sources. Current sources include GPSC, Sanford student groups, Prof. Nick Carnes, Dean of Sanford Public Policy School, and other Duke professors such as Matt Nash and Eric Toone. The job of this committee is to ensure that DISI has a working budget to host skillshare and showcase events, provide DISI teams with a small per-capita budget for a team dinner, and cover their transportation costs in case they need to visit partners that are outside of the Durham-Chapel Hill area. This committee is also responsible for taking care of reimbursements and maintaining a good relationship with the UCAE office to ensure that our account is in good standing.
If you are interested in any of the following committees, please email disiduke@gmail.com. DISI committees are formed based on the needs of the organization throughout the semester, unlike project teams which are formed only at the start of each semester.
Marketing
The Marketing Committee will be responsible for branding and marketing the organization both on campus and in the community. They support the Outreach committee by creating recruitment packages for partners and students. The committee will also initiate other marketing initiatives that will increase DISI's presence at Duke and the greater community such as social media and creating promotional materials. Tasks include creating weekly newsletters, maintaining listservs, posting announcements on the blog on the website, maintaining the website, and taking pictures at DISI events.
Internal Strategy
The Internal Strategy Committee is responsible for business process management and ensuring DISI is operating at a high level across the board. The committee is also responsible for developing the strategy for the future development of DISI. Tasks include maintaining/updating the partner and student applications; taking care of partner, project manager, and project innovator evaluations; and leading the project selection process.
Internal Development
The Internal Development Committee helps plan professional development, skillshare, social and networking events for DISI members and the greater Duke community. The mission of internal development is to support DISI members, and foster conversations and learning across the disciplines. Internal Development committee is also responsible for leading the end of semester showcase event where DISI teams present their achievements from the semester and non-profits have an opportunity to interact with each other.
Outreach
The Outreach Committee is responsible for networking on campus and in the community to ensure DISI's success by bringing in graduate students with the appropriate skill sets and developing relationships with partners that allign with DISI's focus. The committee will seek new connections with nonprofits, social businesses, governmental organizations, and professors who are interested in working with a DISI project team. The committee will also continue to develop current partnerships with social organizations. The responsibilities of this committee include providing info sessions to partners and students to help them understand what DISI can do for them, emailing the applications to all the partners in each recruitment cycle, leading the efforts for student recruitment in each recruitment cycle.
Operations
The Operations team will help run the current core operations of DISI. These include supporting and monitoring ongoing projects, acquiring constructive feedback from project teams and implementing improvements to the operations process. Another vital role of the operations committee is project selection: the team will review all request for work and select projects that teams will work on in the Spring semester. The executive director of operations act as mentors to the project managers. This "team" consists of 2-3 Executive Directors of Operations. There are no other committee members in this team.
Finance
The finance committee is responsible for managing current funds and find new channels for funding, which may involve grant writing and seeking new partnerships. Funding strategies vary from semester to semester and can come from various sources. Current sources include GPSC, Sanford student groups, Prof. Nick Carnes, Dean of Sanford Public Policy School, and other Duke professors such as Matt Nash and Eric Toone. The job of this committee is to ensure that DISI has a working budget to host skillshare and showcase events, provide DISI teams with a small per-capita budget for a team dinner, and cover their transportation costs in case they need to visit partners that are outside of the Durham-Chapel Hill area. This committee is also responsible for taking care of reimbursements and maintaining a good relationship with the UCAE office to ensure that our account is in good standing.
