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Are you interested in joining a dynamic startup? Assisting with the development and promotion of a groundbreaking email application, XonoMail ? Assisting with the design, user testing, development and go to market ? Assisting in business development and strategic decision of a fast growing company? Two Roads Software is looking for a bright MBA student to assist us with our current projects. If you are a high energy self starter, with an entrepreneurial state of mind this is an amazing opportunity to get valuable experience working for successful business leaders.

The Institute of International Education (IIE), Office for Latin America works closely with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and with other offices of the US Embassy in Mexico, in administering the largest U.S. State Department-supported EducationUSA Advising Center in Latin America, promoting U.S. higher education by offering comprehensive and objective guidance to qualified individuals on how best to access educational opportunities in the United States. IIE interns work in the EducationUSA Advising Center, hosted by IIE/Latin America, in assisting with advising students, as well as with the Regional Educational Advising Coordinator (REAC) who provides leadership and expertise in educational advising issues to advising centers and U.S. Embassies throughout Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. As the main EducationUSA Advising Center in Mexico, IIE receives approximately 103,000 requests for information annually. It provides information concerning all subject areas at the high school and all higher education levels in the U.S. through its extensive collection of reference materials. The Advising Interns assist the Educational Adviser in providing the following services: · Advise the general public and Mexican institutions about educational opportunities in the United States. · Conduct research on specific topics related to US study for use within the advising center. · Support students interested in studying in the U.S. through personalized advising sessions, internet and publication research assistance and guidance throughout the application process. · Foster communication with students. · Revise and deliver PowerPoint presentations about U.S. study at public information sessions. · Manage event promotion and registration. · Provide updated center information for various advising related websites.

The Institute of International Education (IIE) Office for Latin America works with various foundations, private corporations, institutions, and governments in managing scholarship and training programs to provide Latin Americans with more opportunities for higher education and exchange. Currently, IIE works closely with Cargill, ExxonMobil, Rolex, and the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as with NYU Abu Dhabi on the promotion, selection and monitoring of scholarships across Latin America. The Scholarship Interns work with one or more IIE/Latin America scholarship programs to assist in: Responding to inquiries about IIE/Latin America scholarship program opportunities. Managing contact databases and statistical information about grantee cohorts. Assistance in promotional activities. Communication with university representatives and students. Assistance in selection processes. Conducting research Creating promotional and statistical analysis presentations. Organizing orientation programs for grantees. Program development initiatives including research and proposal writing Completing office tasks and working on other programs as needed

CK-12 Foundation (www.ck12.org) is seeking math and science interns to work on one of two projects (described below) with our Content Team. CK-12 is a non-profit organization that generates and distributes high quality educational STEM content through its FlexBook® Platform. This is a paid internship. ALL APPLICANTS SHOULD BE PURSUING UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE STUDIES IN MATH- OR SCIENCE-RELATED SUBJECTS. PROJECTS MATH AND SCIENCE ANSWER KEYS Work with content manager to complete the answer keys to exercises and questions for CK-12s Math/Science Concepts. Applicant should have strong analytical and problem solving skills. Good writing skills are required. RESEARCH AND COLLECT EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Work with Book Manager to research and vet educational artifacts across the Web that will enrich CK-12s Math/Science Concepts. As part of this project, you will focus on identifying embeddable resources / ancillaries for CK-12s Math / Science Concepts. INTERACTIVE LEARNING OBJECTS DEVELOPMENT Create templates, storyboards, and scripts for engaging interactive learning objects based around CK-12s Math/Science Concepts. Applicant will be working in a team with education/instructional design interns. In your cover letter, provide a brief proposal for an idea for an interactive learning object and the key objectives that the interactive learning object should achieve. Experience with Photoshop or other design software a major plus!

Massachusetts Peace Action is seeking students, recent graduates, or young activists who can commit 12-15hours per week from May to August. The internship is unpaid but a stipend of $300 will be paid on completion. Start and end dates are flexible but the student should be able to work at least 10 weeks during the summer. Our office is located in Harvard Square, Cambridge. Massachusetts Peace Action is a statewide membership organization working to develop the sustained political power to foster a more just and peaceful U.S. foreign policy. Through grassroots organizing, policy advocacy, and community education, our priority issues for 2013 are: promote reductions in the military budget to fund programs that address jobs, the environment and human needs; end the war in Afghanistan and prevent one with Iran; and abolish nuclear weapons. The Legislative Intern will focus on organizing support for a Budget for All resolution in the Massachusetts State House, on tracking the items on Mass. Peace Actions legislative agenda, and mobilizing support and opposition in Congress for the bills we support and oppose.

Public Relations Program offered; March-May June-August September-November Topics include the varieties of public relations writing, ethics, and legal responsibilities, PR strategies and tactics, crisis management, as well as nonprofit, and social PR. Students should have some writing experience before considering this program. Writing assignments will include press releases, speeches, reports, and PR campaign proposals. Learning Objectives The objective of the Public Relations program also includes research skill development, how to write clearly and simply, and using proper grammar. General topics include the art of persuasion and public relations planning. Activities: Writing styles in emails, memos, letters, reports, proposals, news releases, broadcasts, ad copy, material for the Internet, speeches, newsletters, brochures, magazines, and annual reports Crisis communications, conflict management, public opinion, corporate public relations Public relations and the government and non-profit organizations Social Media witting for, Facebook, blogs, twitter, and Newsletters

GO-Science is a nonprofit regional science and technology center located in Greenville, NC that is in the process of opening a new facility in downtown Greenville to serve a 29 county region with hands-on educational programming in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We reach over 20,000 participants annually through over 19 core programs deployed by over 800 volunteers throughout the region. This internship position will focus on the working with both internal and external audiences to manage the corporate images, vision, and brand through a mixed methods approach to public relations that uses multiple channels for communications and feedback.

In Kenya , income level creates a large gap amongst school children's quality of education. Most upper-class children receive exemplary English instruction. However, children of poorer families and communities, who cannot afford expensive English instruction, lag far behind. This lag creates an even larger rift as children progress through their schooling and eventually into the workforce. Opportunities exist for those with strong English skills. IFRE strives to bridge this chasm to offer quality English instruction by collaborating with local rural schools. Intern teachers in Kenya are a prized and welcomed resource! As a teacher intern, you will work in the rural schools mostly work under the direction of the head teacher.

Edgesoft Inc. provides world-class enterprise software products that empower local governments to deliver superior citizen services. Edgesofts Enterprise Land Management System (eLMS) is a web-based solution, developed shoulder-to-shoulder with government staff, that improves interdepartmental communication by providing shared access to accurate, real-time data. The location-based system manages data across various City departments, providing a one-stop solution to cities to automate functionalities within Permits, Licenses and more.

The Billboard Project is a multi-phase, cross platform, transmedia project based around a comedic movie Billboard, an Uncommon Contest for Common People, where the audience participates in its creation over the course of a year and a half. The audience can simply view the movie or become more immersed in the project by taking part in a multitude of outlets that crosses over from a virtual radio station website to social media, to live events, to a movie, then to a game. Intern opportunities are currently available now through the summer and fall of 2013 The creator of the project is Zeke Zelker, a critically acclaimed, award winning filmmaker/entrepreneur with a number of projects to his credit; the wildly successful feature film InSearchOf (the 6th most viewed drama on Hulu all time), the 2005 Sundance Film Festival favorite Loggerheads, Affairs, Fading, A.K.A.-Its A Wiley World!, Getting Off, Southern Belles, Just Like the Son and a documentary on the Dalai Lama, A University Prepares. His first exposure to the film industry was in 1987 when he acted in John Waters groundbreaking film Hairspray. He produced the first and much talked about transmedia experience Pandemic 1.0 at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. A blending of screenings, live events, social gaming, data visualization, and mobile apps. This experience may change the way people perceive entertainment from a passive experience to an immersive and interactive one.