Louise Riordan
Social Innovation Engagement Co-Ordinator at Young Social Innovators & Vodafone World of Difference Winner 2012/2013
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- Irlande
- Secteur
- Nonprofit Organization Management
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Louise Riordan's Overview
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- Social Innovation Engagement Co-Ordinator at Young Social Innovators
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- National Co-ordinator FIRST LEGO League at Robotics Ireland
- External Engagement Ambassador for Wave Change at Wave Change
- Research Assistant at Participation and the Practice of Rights, Belfast
- Administrative Assistant at Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland (CUSAI)
- Event Manager of the 2011 National Intervarsity Hockey Championships at NUIG Ladies Hockey Club
- Education
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- National University of Ireland, Galway
- University College Cork
- L'Institut Supérieure de Commerce, Paris
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Louise Riordan's Experience
Social Innovation Engagement Co-Ordinator
Young Social Innovators
Non lucratif; 11-50 employés; secteur Nonprofit Organization Management
novembre 2012 – Poste actuel (8 mois) Dublin
New role as of November 19th 2012
National Co-ordinator FIRST LEGO League
Robotics Ireland
novembre 2011 – novembre 2012 (1 an 1 mois) Irlande
Charged with overseeing 26 participanting teams from all over Ireland
Coordinated with other science organisations and industry representatives to build up reputation of the FIRST Lego League in Ireland.
Plan, organised and managed the main competition events and award ceremonies
Prepared post-event reports to sponsors and other invested parties
External Engagement Ambassador for Wave Change
Wave Change
avril 2012 – septembre 2012 (6 mois) Irlande
Wave Change is investing in young people for social change in Ireland through a programme of training weekends and other tailored opportunities
External engagment aims to empower and connect these young people with people all over Ireland and create network of supporters for Wave Change
Being part of the Youth Advisory Group since the conception of Wave Change and the Strategy Review Group means I continually contribute to developing and improving the Wave Change programme according to the participants needs and for the future structure of the Wave Change programme
Administrative Assistant
Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland (CUSAI)
Non lucratif; 1-10 employés; secteur Sports
mai 2012 – juillet 2012 (3 mois) Dublin 12
Coordinate the efficient administration of the CUSAI office
Plan, coordinate and deliver CUSAI programmes, projects and initiatives
Maintain and update CUSAI website and other social marketing tools
Event Manager of the 2011 National Intervarsity Hockey Championships
NUIG Ladies Hockey Club
avril 2011 – novembre 2011 (8 mois) Galway, Ireland
Strategically planned and implemented the national annual sporting and social event for the 18 visiting teams over three days and four nights
Lead, managed and steered a team of over 30 hockey club members, volunteers and other participants before, during and after the event
Coordinated the institutional relations of University departments and other participating universities as well as communicating with newspapers, radio and online medias
Louise Riordan's Honors and Awards
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Clubs Captain Award 2011-2012
National University of Ireland, Galway- mars 2012
Award blurb: Louise Riordan, a College of Arts and Master student receives this award for her leadership qualitities and determination to ensure that NUIG University and Connaught Hockey has been firmly placed on the map. Her ability to include all club members in the overall strategic development of the Hockey club ensured that after many years of being in the wilderness University hockey is progressing to a Regional all time high. As Intervarsity co-coordinator Louise successfully managed 18 guest teams .It is to her credit that Irish Hockey Association public ally stated this was the best Intervarsity in the history of the competition.
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CUSAI Intercollegiate Event of the Year 2011
CUSAI- avril 2012
The NUIG 2011 Hockey Intervarsities were shortlisted for Best Intercollegiate Event of 2011.
This award recognises well organised student events and involves both paper and presentation application processes
Louise Riordan's Courses
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Formation indépendante
- Leadership Course for Progressive Change
- SUAS Global Issues 10 Week Seminars
Louise Riordan's Skills & Expertise
Louise Riordan's Languages
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French
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English
(Bilingue ou langue natale)
Louise Riordan's Volunteer Experience & Causes
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Volunteer Experience
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Fundraiser and Educator
Healthy Vine Trust, Uganda
- Santé
mai 2010 – juillet 2010 (3 mois)The principal aim of the Healthy Vine Trust is to reduce malaria and other treatable diseases
As part of my voluntary work I raised funds, and worked with local teams to educate locals and community health workers around preventing malaria and other treatable diseases
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Volunteer Interests
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Causes I care about:
- Droits civiques et action sociale
- Autonomisation économique
- Santé
- Droits de l'homme
- Politique
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Organizations I support:
- 50:50 Group
- Wavechange.ie
- Reachout
- Suas Educational Development
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Louise Riordan's Education
National University of Ireland, Galway
MA, Gender, Globalisation and Rights
2010 – 2011
Activities and Societies: NUIG Ladies Hockey Club
University College Cork
BCommEuro, Commerce and French
2006 – 2010
Activities and Societies: UCC Ladies Hockey Club International Relations Society French Society
L'Institut Supérieure de Commerce, Paris
2008 – 2009
Activities and Societies: Human ISC
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