Laurabeth Goldsmith
Executive Director of Partnerships at Best Delegate | Model United Nations- Claim this Profile
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Conna Lanzafane
I have worked closely with Laurabeth over the past 7 years in various capacities at Best Delegate. From working as co-staff members at summer Model UN programs, to serving as Laurabeth’s direct report in a full-time capacity, it has been a wonderful experience every time. Laurabeth is currently serving as the Executive Director of Partnerships at Best Delegate, where she oversees the marketing and sales processes of the company. Laurabeth is a key contact for institutional partnerships with school districts, government organizations, and United Nations agencies that want to work with Best Delegate. She runs a very effective team that is responsible for numerous marketing and sales activities, including lead generation campaigns, email marketing campaigns, customer service, paid advertising, website creation, and more. Laurabeth is a highly effective manager who excels in setting expectations and providing autonomy to her direct reports while still maintaining an efficient team. She is a gifted communicator and is able to convey ideas and feedback in a meaningful way. Laurabeth also has a deep understanding of business strategy and is constantly working to achieve company goals through the activities of her team and herself. In addition, Laurabeth is deeply passionate about and committed to creating positive change wherever possible. Highly educated in human rights, international relations, business, and management, Laurabeth possesses unique insight into corporate-social responsibility and how to measure impact. I have enjoyed my time working with Laurabeth as her direct report and as a peer, and any organization would be extremely lucky to have her on their team!
Ibrahim El-Kazaz
Laurabeth is one of the most positive and strong-willed individuals I have ever met. I have seen Laurabeth thrive in multiple situations by always applying a smile and a creative mindset to how to solve a problem. In 2015, I joined Best Delegate as a Diplomacy Fellow and Laurabeth was one of my mentors and managers. I had the pleasure of learning from her firsthand how to keep my teaching fun and engaging, while also appropriate to the context of our Model UN Institute. I also learned from her tips and ideas for how to teach students from diverse backgrounds I hadn’t met before, such as students from Idea Public Schools or students from China for whom English was their second language. Later that year, I joined Laurabeth on a trip to North East India, and again saw her passion for teaching shine as she guided students through complex International Relations issues. I remember her saying
Conna Lanzafane
I have worked closely with Laurabeth over the past 7 years in various capacities at Best Delegate. From working as co-staff members at summer Model UN programs, to serving as Laurabeth’s direct report in a full-time capacity, it has been a wonderful experience every time. Laurabeth is currently serving as the Executive Director of Partnerships at Best Delegate, where she oversees the marketing and sales processes of the company. Laurabeth is a key contact for institutional partnerships with school districts, government organizations, and United Nations agencies that want to work with Best Delegate. She runs a very effective team that is responsible for numerous marketing and sales activities, including lead generation campaigns, email marketing campaigns, customer service, paid advertising, website creation, and more. Laurabeth is a highly effective manager who excels in setting expectations and providing autonomy to her direct reports while still maintaining an efficient team. She is a gifted communicator and is able to convey ideas and feedback in a meaningful way. Laurabeth also has a deep understanding of business strategy and is constantly working to achieve company goals through the activities of her team and herself. In addition, Laurabeth is deeply passionate about and committed to creating positive change wherever possible. Highly educated in human rights, international relations, business, and management, Laurabeth possesses unique insight into corporate-social responsibility and how to measure impact. I have enjoyed my time working with Laurabeth as her direct report and as a peer, and any organization would be extremely lucky to have her on their team!
Ibrahim El-Kazaz
Laurabeth is one of the most positive and strong-willed individuals I have ever met. I have seen Laurabeth thrive in multiple situations by always applying a smile and a creative mindset to how to solve a problem. In 2015, I joined Best Delegate as a Diplomacy Fellow and Laurabeth was one of my mentors and managers. I had the pleasure of learning from her firsthand how to keep my teaching fun and engaging, while also appropriate to the context of our Model UN Institute. I also learned from her tips and ideas for how to teach students from diverse backgrounds I hadn’t met before, such as students from Idea Public Schools or students from China for whom English was their second language. Later that year, I joined Laurabeth on a trip to North East India, and again saw her passion for teaching shine as she guided students through complex International Relations issues. I remember her saying
Conna Lanzafane
I have worked closely with Laurabeth over the past 7 years in various capacities at Best Delegate. From working as co-staff members at summer Model UN programs, to serving as Laurabeth’s direct report in a full-time capacity, it has been a wonderful experience every time. Laurabeth is currently serving as the Executive Director of Partnerships at Best Delegate, where she oversees the marketing and sales processes of the company. Laurabeth is a key contact for institutional partnerships with school districts, government organizations, and United Nations agencies that want to work with Best Delegate. She runs a very effective team that is responsible for numerous marketing and sales activities, including lead generation campaigns, email marketing campaigns, customer service, paid advertising, website creation, and more. Laurabeth is a highly effective manager who excels in setting expectations and providing autonomy to her direct reports while still maintaining an efficient team. She is a gifted communicator and is able to convey ideas and feedback in a meaningful way. Laurabeth also has a deep understanding of business strategy and is constantly working to achieve company goals through the activities of her team and herself. In addition, Laurabeth is deeply passionate about and committed to creating positive change wherever possible. Highly educated in human rights, international relations, business, and management, Laurabeth possesses unique insight into corporate-social responsibility and how to measure impact. I have enjoyed my time working with Laurabeth as her direct report and as a peer, and any organization would be extremely lucky to have her on their team!
Ibrahim El-Kazaz
Laurabeth is one of the most positive and strong-willed individuals I have ever met. I have seen Laurabeth thrive in multiple situations by always applying a smile and a creative mindset to how to solve a problem. In 2015, I joined Best Delegate as a Diplomacy Fellow and Laurabeth was one of my mentors and managers. I had the pleasure of learning from her firsthand how to keep my teaching fun and engaging, while also appropriate to the context of our Model UN Institute. I also learned from her tips and ideas for how to teach students from diverse backgrounds I hadn’t met before, such as students from Idea Public Schools or students from China for whom English was their second language. Later that year, I joined Laurabeth on a trip to North East India, and again saw her passion for teaching shine as she guided students through complex International Relations issues. I remember her saying
Conna Lanzafane
I have worked closely with Laurabeth over the past 7 years in various capacities at Best Delegate. From working as co-staff members at summer Model UN programs, to serving as Laurabeth’s direct report in a full-time capacity, it has been a wonderful experience every time. Laurabeth is currently serving as the Executive Director of Partnerships at Best Delegate, where she oversees the marketing and sales processes of the company. Laurabeth is a key contact for institutional partnerships with school districts, government organizations, and United Nations agencies that want to work with Best Delegate. She runs a very effective team that is responsible for numerous marketing and sales activities, including lead generation campaigns, email marketing campaigns, customer service, paid advertising, website creation, and more. Laurabeth is a highly effective manager who excels in setting expectations and providing autonomy to her direct reports while still maintaining an efficient team. She is a gifted communicator and is able to convey ideas and feedback in a meaningful way. Laurabeth also has a deep understanding of business strategy and is constantly working to achieve company goals through the activities of her team and herself. In addition, Laurabeth is deeply passionate about and committed to creating positive change wherever possible. Highly educated in human rights, international relations, business, and management, Laurabeth possesses unique insight into corporate-social responsibility and how to measure impact. I have enjoyed my time working with Laurabeth as her direct report and as a peer, and any organization would be extremely lucky to have her on their team!
Ibrahim El-Kazaz
Laurabeth is one of the most positive and strong-willed individuals I have ever met. I have seen Laurabeth thrive in multiple situations by always applying a smile and a creative mindset to how to solve a problem. In 2015, I joined Best Delegate as a Diplomacy Fellow and Laurabeth was one of my mentors and managers. I had the pleasure of learning from her firsthand how to keep my teaching fun and engaging, while also appropriate to the context of our Model UN Institute. I also learned from her tips and ideas for how to teach students from diverse backgrounds I hadn’t met before, such as students from Idea Public Schools or students from China for whom English was their second language. Later that year, I joined Laurabeth on a trip to North East India, and again saw her passion for teaching shine as she guided students through complex International Relations issues. I remember her saying
Credentials
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Dean's List Certificate for Academic Achievement
Harvard UniversityMay, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Master of Liberal Arts in Management through Harvard Extension School
Harvard UniversityMay, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Girl Scout Gold Award
Girl Scouts of the USAMar, 2010- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Best Delegate Model United Nations
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director of Partnerships
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Sep 2018 - Present
About Best Delegate: Best Delegate is a global education company. Through Model United Nations, Best Delegate introduces young people to the world’s biggest problems in peace and security, human rights, and sustainable development — and inspires them to find global solutions. •Manage Marketing & Sales strategy and team in order to bring Best Delegate Model United Nations Programs to life including overseeing full-time and part-time team members that produce our blog (read by 700k+ people annually), email marketing (to our 70k+ subscribers), social media marketing (with 50k+ followers across Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, & Twitter), and product websites.• Develop strategic partnerships with governments, nonprofit organizations, school districts, The United Nations, and businesses to create sustainable, student-led, and standards-aligned Model United Nations Programs.• Facilitate strategic planning with the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education to roll out Model United Nations across all government schools by 2030 and provide initial training to first-class of trained educators. Show less
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Director of Partnerships
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Aug 2016 - Sep 2018
About my work at Best Delegate as Director of Partnerships: • Developed Partnerships with governments, nonprofit organizations, school districts, and businesses to create sustainable, student-led, and standards-aligned Model United Nations Programs. • Designed and implemented partnership with IDEA Public Schools (61 charter schools across 5 regions) to pioneer the creation of a MUN League for students to improve their leadership, debate techniques, public speaking skills, global awareness, and confidence to increase their college readiness. Since 2014, we have provided the educators and students with training resources, workshops, summer programs, and mentoring. • Managed a conference in North East India, & led educator training in Panama, Honduras, & Qatar. • Served as lead trainer for Educators at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Education for Justice (E4J) initiative Workshop in May 2018 to promote the rule of law and support the integration of crime prevention and criminal justice issues into Model United Nations programs around the world. Show less
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Program Manager
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Jun 2014 - Aug 2016
About my work at Best Delegate as Program Manager: • Educated youth and teachers throughout North America, India, Qatar, Honduras, & South Korea about the United Nations and global issues while empowering them to develop public speaking, negotiation, and research skills. • Created and implement educational training for underserved communities including: the North East India International Model United Nations Conference, the 2015 Honduras Advisor Training introducing Model UN to teachers from throughout Honduras, and The Model United Nations Institute at Austin College for students and educators from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas through a partnership with IDEA Public Schools. • Generated substantial company revenue as Manager of Marketing and Sales for the Model United Nations Institute. • Create newsletters, online articles, social media messaging, marketing videos, and targeted campaigns. • Doubled the Model United Nations Institute from 300 to over 600 Middle & High School Students. • Served as Program Director for the Model United Nations Institute summer programs at Harvard, Columbia, and Georgetown and ensured the quality of our experiential learning summer programs. • Developed curriculum & videos to teach about the United Nations, International Peace & Security, Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, Public Speaking, Resolution Writing, & United Nations Procedure Show less
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The Carter Center
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Peace Programs Development Intern
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May 2013 - Aug 2013
I analyzed The Carter Center’s Democracy Program funding from 2008-2013 including external funding, internal allocations, expenditures by election observation mission, country, region, and donor. I used the data to draw trends on rate of returns for grant applications, the number of no-cost extensions needed on grants, and the amount of funding needed for election monitoring projects. This analysis helped to inform current and future work conducted by the development team and served as an introduction to Peace Programs funding for the incoming Chief Development Officer. I also wrote a concept note for a project that The Carter Center is developing in The Democratic Republic of The Congo. I wrote this proposal in collaboration with the field office in Kinshasa and the program staff at The Carter Center. Additionally, I researched and wrote briefings on potential individual and foundation donors that the development team used to obtain funds for The Carter Center Peace Programs. I also compiled weekly updates on political and development news that related to the work of The Carter Center Peace Programs. Show less
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Emory University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Center For Community Partnerships at Emory University
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May 2013 - Aug 2013
I assisted in a research study on the Atlanta Housing Authority's Moving to Work demonstration program. I oversaw quality control on more than 1000 surveys that came through our office and trained everyone in the quality control department on how to review the survey instrument. I assisted in a research study on the Atlanta Housing Authority's Moving to Work demonstration program. I oversaw quality control on more than 1000 surveys that came through our office and trained everyone in the quality control department on how to review the survey instrument.
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Community Building and Social Change Fellow
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Aug 2011 - Aug 2012
Working with a team of two other fellows, I helped promote and enhance parental engagement in the Atlanta Public School system. My team and I designed, conducted, and evaluated surveys, interviews, and focus groups, which measured parental engagement in the Coan Middle School catchment area. We also spearheaded the planning of community events and parent workshops. Collaborating with community stakeholders, including parents, teachers, nonprofits, and community associations, our team's work culminated in a strategic plan to improve parental engagement, and in turn, increase academic performance of students. Show less
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Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc.
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Marketing and Communications Intern
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May 2011 - Aug 2011
I developed Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast, Florida's (GSGCF) social media campaign to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girls Scouts of the USA. Highlighting the girl scouts of today, the social media campaign included a YouTube page with custom banners, a Facebook page, and Twitter account. GSGCF's Facebook page amassed over 1000 followers and provided up to date events, newsletters, videos, and interactive trivia. I produced a series of marketing videos and photographs for fundraising, recruitment, and special events, which Girl Scouts has continued to use extensively for publicity. In addition, I developed a teen intern program to enable middle and high school girls to intern at the headquarters for Girl Scouts. Finally, I planned the 100th anniversary celebration for over 1000 people. As a result of the event and the surrounding newspaper, television, and radio coverage we were able to recruit girls and secure donors. Show less
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Education
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2018 - 2022
Harvard Extension School
Master of Liberal Arts, Management -
2018 - 2019
Harvard Extension School
Strategic Management Certificate, 4.0 -
Emory University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Political Science
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