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    Cheryl Contee

    Cheryl Contee

    Co-founder of Attentive.ly at Blackbaud, 1st tech startup with a black female founder on board in history to be acquired by a NASDAQ-traded company.

    Co Founder San Francisco Bay Area Yale University
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    Experience
    Attentive.ly
    Exit
    Attentive.ly
    Founder
    #YesWeCode
    #YesWeCode
    Founder, Co-founder
    Helped provide Van Jones and DreamCorps with insights from inside the startup world plus connections to early funders
    Attentive.ly
    Attentive.ly
    Employee
    TheImpactSeat
    TheImpactSeat
    Chief Innovation Officer
    CrowdTangle
    Exit
    CrowdTangle
    Advisor
    Hustle
    Hustle
    Advisor
    digitalundivided
    digitalundivided
    Mentor
    Do Big Things
    Do Big Things
    Chief Executive Officer 2018 - Present (about 8 years)
    We need new ideas and new technology that meet the new challenges of a new era. Do Big Things brings together a diverse team that uses new narrative and new tech to make the... more world a better place for everyone. Our team of 30 is 50% people of color and 70% women-led. Partnering with inspiring nonprofits (e.g. Everytown for Gun Safety, League of Conservation Voters, NAACP, Color of Change), foundations (e.g. Open Society, Solidago, Chan Zuckerberg Institute, Energy Foundation, Cal Wellness), corpor
    Issue
    Issue
    Vice President 2004 - 2007 (about 3 years)
    Recognized expert on blogger relations, blog marketing and Web 2.0 initiatives. Experienced in branding, marketing, webcast production, community building and information... more architecture. Launched numerous client websites. Launched or advised clients on 15 blogs. Redesigned IDI's printed materials/powerpoint branding and led IDI's website re-launch. Leader of IDI cross-department business development activities including conference planning, public speaking engagements and strategic partner/vendor
    Webmaster and Brand Manager 2001 - 2004 (almost 3 years)
    Supervised strategic communications planning, brand ideation and creative direction as a founding team member for Oceana's international website network devoted to marine... more wildlife conservation. Defined aspects of the Oceana brand still in use today. Received 9 awards in 2002-3 including Cool Site of the Day Earth Day 2002, Webbie World Hot Pick and User's Choice & Democracy Online Project's Golden Dot Award for Innovation. Directed online campaign that delivered largest number of public comments
    Founder
    Attentive.ly, #YesWeCode
    Employee
    Attentive.ly, Issue, Do Big Things, TheImpactSeat
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    CrowdTangle, Hustle
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
    digitalundivided
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Education
     
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    Skills
    Automation Business Development Coaching Data Mining Design DJ Entrepreneurship Equity Facebook Financial HTML Management Services Social Media Startups Strategic Partnerships
    Locations
    Sausalito San Francisco Bay Area
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