Geraldine Smythe, CFE

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  • iKids U Franchise

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Volunteer Experience

  • Operation Turkey Graphic

    Operation Turkey

    Operation Turkey

    Delivering Thanksgiving meals to the homeless

  • Student Team Mentor and Presenter

    3 Day Startup

    - Present 9 years 6 months

    Education

    Delivered a presentation on crowdfunding new start-up ideas to teams of high school students. Mentored them in the development of their business start ups.

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    Event Coordinator

    Sharing Economy Ireland

    - 1 year 5 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Sharing Economy Ireland is the Irish Association for advocacy and networking to build awareness and trust in the business and greater social contexts of Ireland. Our work is based around an inclusive membership and associate membership to educate and further the mission of the sharing economy in Ireland, and pave the way for sharing economy businesses to fuel Ireland's recovering and growth economy into the future.

  • Co Chairman of the PTA

    Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

    - 1 year 8 months

    Education

    Chair of the Secondary School PTA and work with fellow parents and teachers to organise school social gatherings, student events, fundraisers for trips and educational supplies, open-house days.

Publications

  • Crowdfunding For the Classroom: A Guide To Student-Led Fundraising

    E-book available on Amazon

    Shrinking school budgets and growing education-quality demands are creating a real strain for today’s classrooms. There are real needs for quality materials and supplies. Unfortunately, teachers are reaching into their own pockets to cover these costs. As a result, many teachers have begun looking to crowdfunding as a way to cover the costs for their students, which the schools and parents are either unable, or unwilling, to cover.
    For these teachers, instead of reaching into their wallets,…

    Shrinking school budgets and growing education-quality demands are creating a real strain for today’s classrooms. There are real needs for quality materials and supplies. Unfortunately, teachers are reaching into their own pockets to cover these costs. As a result, many teachers have begun looking to crowdfunding as a way to cover the costs for their students, which the schools and parents are either unable, or unwilling, to cover.
    For these teachers, instead of reaching into their wallets, they’re now reaching into their personal time to raise money for classroom needs. It’s hard work, especially with an already full schedule. Between grading papers and creating lesson plans, how is a teacher to also run a successful crowdfunding campaign? Many teachers either cover the costs out-of-pocket or run their campaigns without the energy they need to succeed.
    But teachers shouldn’t lead their crowdfunding campaigns. Their students should!
    Crowdfunding For the Classroom is a step-by-step guide on how to involve students in fundraising that will be great for everyone involved. Students can be engaged in a standards-based curriculum that will excite students about learning while giving them 21st century practical skills, online and off, to be successful in life no matter what they choose to become. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crowdfunding-For-Classroom-Student-Led-Fundraising-ebook/dp/B018ZKU3NA

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  • Kids Guide Ireland Magazine

    Kids Guide Ireland

    Premiere Children's Educational and Entertainment Directory of Services- free for the community. Available at the following locations and growing! www.kidsguide.ie/distributors

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  • Redefining Teaching for the 21st Century Classroom

    WeAreTeachers.org

    The age of Broadcast teaching methods is over. The age of Interactive educating methods has begun. If your class could use some help, read on to learn about our simple 6-step process to get 100% of your students engaged in your class - every day!

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Projects

Honors & Awards

  • Tombstone Award

    Dealmaker Wealth Society

    Recognized as one of top 3% of Carl Allen's M&A students for successfully acquiring a business after completing his CEO WealthMaker Acquistions Program.

  • Royito's "Don't Do Mild" RISE 2013 Business Competition Award-Winner

    RISE Entrepreneur's Conference and Roy Spence of Royito's and co-founder of GSD&M

    The "Don't Do Mild" award was created, selected, and awarded personally by Roy Spence, co-founder of GSD&M advertising and founder of Royito's salsa, an original Austin entrepreneur. We are thrilled to have been selected by him and have culturebooster's mission validated by such a visionary entrepreneur. Thank you most sincerely RISE founders, the Sosa's for providing the forum and Mr. Spence for providing us with the fuel to go make great things happen with culturebooster. Your support has…

    The "Don't Do Mild" award was created, selected, and awarded personally by Roy Spence, co-founder of GSD&M advertising and founder of Royito's salsa, an original Austin entrepreneur. We are thrilled to have been selected by him and have culturebooster's mission validated by such a visionary entrepreneur. Thank you most sincerely RISE founders, the Sosa's for providing the forum and Mr. Spence for providing us with the fuel to go make great things happen with culturebooster. Your support has been a huge surprise and increased our resolve- what a boost! :-)

  • 40+ Customer Service, Top Sales Producer, Innovative Product and Mentoring Awards

    Abrakadoodle Corporate Headquarters- Internationally renowned Art Education franchise system

    from 1st quarter 2006 through the sale of our business, our team and I were honored with 40+ distinctive awards including achieving #1 sales producer for the international franchise system 3 years in a row, #2 producer for 3 additional years. I also personally was granted the Mentor Award from the franchise as voted on by my peer franchisee owners. In addition, our franchise took home two additional annual awards reserved for the Most Creative product addition/contribution to the franchise…

    from 1st quarter 2006 through the sale of our business, our team and I were honored with 40+ distinctive awards including achieving #1 sales producer for the international franchise system 3 years in a row, #2 producer for 3 additional years. I also personally was granted the Mentor Award from the franchise as voted on by my peer franchisee owners. In addition, our franchise took home two additional annual awards reserved for the Most Creative product addition/contribution to the franchise system (Purple Tree Award) and the Top 'Wow' award for most number of 5 star customer service ratings in an independent survey conducted by the franchisor of our clients throughout the system.

Languages

  • French

    Professional working proficiency

  • Italian

    Professional working proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • ShareIreland

    Events Committee - Member

    - Present

    The community for Ireland's collaborative economy. http://www.facebook.com/shareireland.community Contact:shareirelandcommunity@gmail.com

  • E-Commerce and Beyond

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    - Present

  • Entrepreneurs Anonymous- Dublin

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    - Present

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