Thomas Dönnebrink

Freelance Expert & Strategist on the Collaborative & New Economy. Exploring, Researching, Describing, Consulting & Connecting.

Exploring, learning and connection around (lean) startups & social entrepreneurship scene in Berlin in particular. Following up on an App idea with two software developers.

Study of following topics: Politics & History / Economy / Law / General knowledge / Political analysis / Engl. / Span.)

Class teacher: grade 9. Teaching English in grades 8, 9 & 11.

Initiator. Organizer. Forming team. Keeping it together. Creation of concept, road map, resource proposal, feasible school curriculum. Coordinating different working groups. Building relationships with stakeholders & relevant institutions. Generating professional content (brochures, flyers, internet presence). Presenting/selling vision/idea/concept at talks & meetings as important part of outreach, PR, Marketing, Fund raising & networking. HR. Location search & development. School administration. Teaching.

Teaching German as a foreign language to grades 4 - 9. Development of target-group-specific learning units single handed and in teams. Initiation and generation of memorandum suggesting measures for improving the output performance and changing certain framework conditions.

Idea & Concept construction, Presentation, Fund raising, Networking, Media Coverage, Articles, PR, Databased Internet presence, as well as community build-up & content management

Teaching German as a foreign language. Development of target-group-specific learning units single handed and in teams. Involved in the elaboration of the German curriculum of 9th graders as first class of start-up secondary school.

Involved in the development process of the market-conform presentation of the products destined for the introduction into and distribution within the European Market. Outside post communication (predominantly with China and in English) Product design, Content generation & management. Internet presence build-up, Concept and system construction. Mailing. Distribution.

TOPICS: mainly German as Foreign Language, occacionally basic IT (Windows, Word, Excel) TASK GOUPS: ethnic German emigrants, asylum seeker & refugees.

(in weeks full-time): TOURISM (tour group management) (15) RETAIL (gifts, computer) (12) CONSTRUCTION (scaffolding, road) (9) MANUFACTORING (furniture factory) (8) SOCIAL WELFARE (work with disabled) (4) - (in years part-time): TEACHER (see above) (2+) STARTUP SUPPORT (1,5) GASTRONOMY (service, bar-keeper) (1,5) TRANSLATION (Magazine) (0,5) MACHINE MAINTENANCE (0,5)

Human Rights & Volunteer Coordinator at NECAN in Boston/MA USA Management of Rapid Response Network (about human rights abuses in CA), Lobbying/Campaigning, Volunteer Recruitment & Monitoring, Office work process analysis & -improvements, Data Management, Member of Black Empowerment Recycling Project at LAOS in Ocean Springs/MS USA Involved in operation of Recycling Center with and for people of disadvantaged groups. Volunteer training seminars in Berlin & Aachen/Germany, Krakau/Poland

In 2012 focus first on Federal Foreign Office Exam for upper career. Topics: Politics & History / Economy / Law / General knowledge / Political analysis / Engl. / Span.) Last months pivoting to doing research on startups & social entrepreneurship in Berlin & developing own ideas/business plan.

ERASMUS grant (Stipendium) (6 months)

Economy and Politics of the USA