In 2000, Jennifer Corriero and Michael Furdyk co-founded TakingITGlobal (TIG), an international organization - led by youth and enabled by technology. TIG connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action to improve their local and global communities. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with a growing worldwide presence, the organization's flagship program is TakingITGlobal.org, the most popular online community for young people interested in connecting across cultures and making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month. The website involves over 300,000 members from over 200 countries and receives over 1.8 Million hits each day and has been honored with various awards including the 2005 Canadian Awards for International Cooperation, the 2007 Tech Museum Award in the Education Category, the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and the 2010 Global Youth Talent Award by the Government of Extremadura, Spain.
- Overall responsibility for the successful management of organizational activities including strategic planning, team leadership (20 staff between Toronto and New York office, 10 interns, 300+ volunteers), project management, partnership development, fundraising, board relations, advisor engagement etc.
- Partners over the years include: Canadian International Development Agency, Pearson Foundation, Staples Learning Foundation, Cisco Systems, Longview Foundation, Microsoft, Open Society Initiative for West Africa, RBC Financial Group, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, The Ontario Trillium Foundation, The Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, Apple, Department of Canadian Heritage, Department of Foreign Affairs Canada, United Nations Millennium Campaign, UNA USA, UNESCO, UNDP, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Google, HP, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Industry Canada, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Laidlaw Foundation, Magna International, salesforce.com foundation, Service Canada, Deal.org (program of RCMP Youth Strategy), PeaceChild International, Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), International Youth Parliament, Youth Employment Summit Campaign, Correctional Services Canada, United World Colleges, United Nations Association in Canada, YMCA Adobe Systems and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
- Responsible for the management of the organization's budget ($1.5 million combining TIG Canada and TIG US)
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