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Chido Dandajena

Digital Community Strategist & Member Engagement Specialist
Cape Town
Chido Dandajena

Summary

Seasoned Community Strategist bringing proven skills in member engagement, retention, and renewals. A strategic and decisive project manager with professional experience in c-suite stakeholder engagement and executive content curation.

Overview

7
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Entrepreneurs'Organization (EO)
Washington, D.C.

Director of Community
09.2021 - Current

Job overview

Entrepreneurs' Organization is a high-quality support network of

14,000+ like-minded leaders across 61 countries. EO helps entrepreneurs achieve their full potential through the power of life-

enhancing connections, shared experiences, and collaborative

learning.


Key Achievements:

  • Recruited, built, and lead a high-performing community team.
  • Developed a comprehensive, launch-ready community strategy and pilot roadmap.
  • Consulted community teams in the organization, and facilitated community engagement workshops, with the goal of reducing silos and improving cross-department collaboration.

Young President's Organization (YPO)
Dallas, Texas

Network Engagement Manager
07.2017 - 08.2021

Job overview

YPO is the premier global leadership organization for more than 30,000 chief executives in over 142 countries and the global platform for them to engage, learn and grow.


Key Achievements:

  • Managed a group of four CEO communities with over 7000 members and global stakeholders in the ESG sector.
  • Revived this group of then-unengaged virtual communities, to become the best-performing digital communities within the organization, with a 300% growth in membership and 42% growth in engagement within one year. I went on to launch new, thriving executive communities.
  • Consulted executives on sustainability topics, and developed industry-related content for thought leadership, brand marketing, and member engagement.
  • Tracked and analyzed data to present at monthly, global board meetings.
  • Engaged and maintained external partnerships with stakeholders e.g XPRIZE, London University and business schools.
  • Managed and executed offline and online events.
  • Curated and created executive content for distribution on various platforms and mediums e.g. social media, internal community platforms, podcasts, YouTube, and press releases.

Creative Consulting and Development Works
Cape Town

Digital Content Creator
01.2017 - 06.2017

Job overview

Creative Consulting and Development Works is a consulting agency partnering with nonprofits, civil society groups, governments, donors, and businesses to transform communities.


Key responsibilities:

  • Managed the brand's online presence by creating and curating social media and web content.
  • Increased social media followers and presence by 30% in 3 months
  • Managing intern stakeholder relationships.
  • Overseeing internship projects and content development.
  • Managed marketing platforms: emails, newsletters, social media, blogs, press releases, paid marketing, etc.

International Peace Youth Group (IPYG)
Seoul

Freelance Press and Media Liaison
03.2016 - 01.2017

Job overview

Global peace and humanitarian organization. IPYG stands for International Peace Youth Group. It is a group made of youths around the globe who want peace.


Key achievements and responsibilities:

  • The organization was featured on more than three national broadcasters, four radio interviews, and over seven publications on the continent and more.
  • Managed a team of ten in-country (South Africa) writers, journalists, and public relations specialists.
  • Liaised with media houses and personnel on behalf of the organization.
  • Wrote and distributed press releases.
  • Project managed and executed three press conferences.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
Cape Town, South Africa

Bachelor of Arts from Media Studies
01.2009 - 12.2012

Digital School of Marketing
Cape Town, South Africa

No Degree from Digital Marketing Strategies
04.2001

CMX Academy
Online

No Degree from Digital Community Strategy
04.2001

Skills

Community Development Strategies

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Timeline

Director of Community

Entrepreneurs'Organization (EO)
09.2021 - Current

Network Engagement Manager

Young President's Organization (YPO)
07.2017 - 08.2021

Digital Content Creator

Creative Consulting and Development Works
01.2017 - 06.2017

Freelance Press and Media Liaison

International Peace Youth Group (IPYG)
03.2016 - 01.2017

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Bachelor of Arts from Media Studies
01.2009 - 12.2012

Digital School of Marketing

No Degree from Digital Marketing Strategies
04.2001

CMX Academy

No Degree from Digital Community Strategy
04.2001
Chido DandajenaDigital Community Strategist & Member Engagement Specialist