A Better World Project

PROJECT CREATOR

Miguel Angel Davila

PROJECT SCOPE

National

PROJECT TOPIC/TARGET POPULATION

Civic Group leaders

A Better World Project

Applied Anthropological Research

Proposal Summary

I graduated with a BA in Anthropology. I wanted to create a better world project that involved research and anthropology. In your opinion, what are the 4 most problematic human social issues of our time? This will be the survey question. I already have 10 respondents. In addition to these 4 provided answers, respondents provide Age, State of Residence, Single/Married Status, Sex. Privacy is assured through respondents providing only initials as identifier. All responses are contained in research notebook only I possess. My plan is to scale this as a better world project. Obtaining enough responses would then lead to data collection and applications for statistical analysis. Synthesizing this human research data through applied methodologies would provide contemporary insights into what the active community announces our societal problems to be. This research would result in tangible product/report that could be used to inform influencers and decision makers.

Motivation

This project is feasible to achieve during the onset of COVID-19. I personally have career and academic interests in applied research. This project would benefit the larger community and participants involved. The respondent providing answers, and the persons being informed by the answers involved. I plan on involving my chapter this better world project by asking them to participate in survey, or volunteer to help me in executing the applied anthropology research study involved. This will educate the community and my chapter society members. This is an independent project that could be sustainable. The survey respondents could live anywhere in the U.S. This make the study and data nationwide. Respondents can reply with any 4 answers they believe to be true according to opinion.

How many lives will your project impact?

Countless, this project is sustainable. No limit to how many respondents could reply.

Timeline

DATE YOUR NSLS BETTER WORLD PROJECT WILL BEGIN

October 1, 2021

THIS PROJECT IS SUSTAINABLE (NO COMPLETION DATE)

Start better world project	October 1, 2021
Announce involvement request to Chapter Leaders/Members	October 7, 2021
Establish Team	October 14, 2021
Budgeting Itemization / Supplies	October 21, 2021
Research/Marketing Modalities	October 28, 2021
Printing Materials	November 4, 2021
Team Check-In	November 11, 2021
Project Promotion	November 18, 2021
Team Check-In	November 25, 2021
Outreach Motive	December 2, 2021
Social Media Content	December 9, 2021
Blog Post	December 16, 2021
Testimonials / Satisfaction	December 23, 2021
Team Check-in	December 30, 2021
Data Reporting	December 31, 2021

Resources

$0-$500

Describe what is necessary to take your project plan into action. This may include different kinds of support aside from monetary needs. Ex: Human, material

Human Participation Chapter Involvement Chapter Volunteers Printed Materials Supplies Media Production

Team

Position title	Have you approached a prospect? (if the role is vacant)
Research Assistant	No
Graphic Designer	No
Marketing Specialist	No

What is your plan to fill the positions of need?

I will ask Chapter Leaders/Members to volunteer.

Publicity

Social Networking Channels Personal Blogs Internet Marketing Conferences Associations

Define Project Success

I will know the project is successful when I have proved the project's sustainability beyond the proposed timeline for this better world project. I will generate a following on social media and receive press for undertaking this project. I will have involved members of the society in applied community anthropological research.

Potential Challenges

Monetary costs for media production are limited. Scaling the project beyond just the respondents I personally myself could obtain through my own participant appropriation efforts. Obtaining volunteers who will perform their assigned roles through the projected 3 months. Outsourcing needed skills that I do not possess for needed tasks. Time management; team coordination.

I am a Computer Support Technician

I am a trained and certified Computer Support Technician. I have personal knowledge and experience in web development applications, internet marketing practices/concepts, both computer hardware and software applications. I am skilled to support, troubleshoot, diagnose and repair computers - including the establishing and maintenance of any and all needed system networks. In addition to the attained knowledge through I received through training and certifications in computers, I have also taken collegiate level coursework in computers. These computer courses I have undertaken and passed aided in the progression of my adult education and academically helped satisfy several college degree requirements needed. Well-learned hard computer skills at hand - I am able to become a webmaster, a network systems administrator, or a web property developer. I am using my computer skills now to continue to promote and market myself - via this blog, and with other online internet methods I have in development. My personal blog is part of a strategy I have in place now to market my own digital media content and persona in web spaces and digital platforms online. I will be generating content using skills and information I have personally learned throughout school and within my personal life.

My Computer Training, Education, Knowledge & Skill Set:

New Horizons Computer Learning Centers - 2015

334 Program Training Hours Completed

    Computer Support Technician - Certificate of Completion 

    CompTIA A+ Comprehensive - Certificate of Completion

    CompTIA Network+ Certification - Certification of Completion

Los Angeles Trade Technical College - 2019

Overall 15 Credits Satisfying A.A. Liberal Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences Requirement Areas

    Computer Applications II

    Introduction to Electronics

    Library Research Methods

    Internet Research Methods

    E-Commerce Essentials

    Network Essentials

    E-portfolio

The City College of New York - 2021

Applied Statistics Laboratory Required Excel & R Software Instruction

Satisfied Major Requirement for B.A. Anthropology.

    Applied Statistics 

New York University - 2021

Accessing & Coding Quantitative Public Health Data in Stata, Excel, & R.

    Quantitative Public Health Data Literacy - Certificate of Completion

NSLS Executive Leadership Certification

I am continuing individual leadership training by completing Executive Leadership Certification with The National Society of Leadership and Success. Earning Executive Leadership Certification marks one having achieved highest-level membership status awarded to honor society members.

NSLS Executive Leadership Certification Requirements:

Attend Executive Leadership NSLS Orientation

Complete NSLS Executive Leadership Modules 

Attend NSLS National Office Broadcast

Complete Networking Strategies Training

Complete Mentoring Video Training & Experience

Facilitate 3 Success Networking Team Group Meetings

Complete A Better World Project

As part of Executive Leadership Certification, you are required to complete a real-life project that you will design, recruit volunteers to complete, and implement within your community. The Better World Project allows you to put what you’ve learned about leadership into practice and connect with your personal passion and purpose.  Through this experience you will:

• Create a detailed timeline for your project.
• Recruit volunteers and delegate roles and tasks to meet your goals.
• Develop a budget for executing your project.
• Reflect on your experience and the impact you have made on others.

To complete this step, you will need to:

1. Watch the Better World Project introduction video for a better understanding of what is being asked for this icon. 
2. Watch the Project Inspiration video to gain insight of an example of a Better World Project that can be implemented within your community. 
3. Submit your Better World Project Application based off of a community event that you intend to implement to the National Office for review and approval. This will take up to five (5)  business days for review. 
4. Once your Better World Project Application has been approved you may begin to implement your project within your community using the timeline you designed.
5. After you have completed your project and debriefed with your volunteers, you will submit your Better World Project Reflection to the National Office for approval. This will take up to five (5)  business days for review. 
6. You will receive credit for this step once your Reflection Form has been approved. 

Quantitative Public Health Data Literacy Certification

I received Quantitative Public Health Data Literacy Certificate from New York University - School of Global Public Health and the GrassROOTS Community Foundation. This free training was offered to the community and I enrolled. I completed the program having high honors with distinction. The provided instruction introduced participants to utilizing and working with openly accessible public health data information in both R and Stata statistical software applications. I have taken Statistics and Data Analysis, Statistics for the Social Sciences, Applied Statistics. But, this free instruction on how to work with data was totally different and I am grateful for the knowledge learned. Understanding data and information contained in databases is helpful for an anthropologist involved in research.

Anthropology Student Association 2021 Conference

I am promoting and participating in The City College of New York - Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership Anthropology Student Association 2021 Conference. The title and theme of which will be RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

This anthropology conference will feature timely panel discussions moderated by faculty members, with current Anthropology Student Association member panelists highlighting their work. I, myself, Miguel Angel Davila, B.A., A.A. will be of the featured panelists presenting his work within this conference covering independent research in anthropology.

Below is the promotional material created for the The City College of New York - Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership Anthropology Student Association 2021 Conference - RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? I share the material on my personal blog for promotion of the planned research conference and for the individual promotion of my peer panelists and esteemed faculty members.  In addition to these persons involved in putting together this anthropology conference, there will be a featured keynote speaker who has been elected for the professional academic event. This anthropology conference event will be virtual, and further details about participants can be found below within the promotional flyers. Here is registration link for Anthropology Student Association 2021 Conference event: http://evite.me/mRxdKt4JdG 

NSLS Advanced Leadership Certification

Advanced Leadership Certificate - The National Society of Leadership & Success (NSLS)

NSLS Advanced Leadership Certification

I have begun the steps toward advancing my membership within The National Society of Leadership and Success to the next level of personal leadership development.  I have entered the Advanced Leadership training program offered by NSLS.  This will culminate in my earning certification in Advanced Leadership skills through applied practice and training.  I have already earned my Foundations of Leadership certificate from the NSLS when I became a fully inducted member initially into The National Society of Leadership and Success.  This Advanced Leadership Certification is the next step of their program.  Thank you.

The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) Advanced Leadership Certification Requirements:  

- Attend Orientation and Complete Success Networking Team Facilitator Trainings
- Complete Advanced Leadership Modules
- Attend 3 Live Speaker Broadcasts
- Facilitate 3 Individual Success Networking Team Group Meetings
- Complete 5 Hours of Volunteer Community Service

I am an Anthropologist

I am an Anthropologist by both practice and education. I have earned Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology (2021) from The City College of New York. Anthropology involves the study of human beings in all aspects. This base of knowledge is of course broad and interdisciplinary. I like to share that there is a human application to everything when I describe the field. I personally, as an individual research anthropologist, have career interest in observing anthropology through the scope of Natural Sciences applications and systems. The Natural Science field of Biology incorporates humans as subject of study also. My accredited college education in both natural sciences and anthropology involved human anatomy and biophysical processes as well as language studies and independent cultural ethnography research. The human condition involves many aspects spanning through the scope of many different applied research disciplines. The 4 branches of Anthropology: Archaeology, Linguistic Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology. I have taken at least one academic class in each of these sub-disciplines found within the academic field of Anthropology. Obtaining my Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology has given me the confidence to produce work as an independent researcher. An individual community anthropologist. Thank you. I will be participating as a panelist in CCNY Anthropology Student Association 2021 Conference.

I am a Natural Scientist

I am a Natural Scientist by both practice and education.  I have earned Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences (2019).  I love nature and all of its relevant laws, processes and applied sciences.  My accredited natural sciences education has mostly revolved around biology as a field of study and its applications.  In addition to that focus, I have also added earth sciences, mathematics and physics knowledge into my academic repertoire by pursuing a college degree in Natural Sciences.  

Profile on YouTube Community

Profile on YouTube Community for Miguel Angel Davila

I forgot that I had a YouTube Channel already created from some time back when I had to for a school project.  I then realized upon remembering that I need to promote that YouTube Channel here on my blog for my own continued internet marketing and self promotion, obviously.  This budding YouTube Channel provides another outlet for my digital presence and media content to shine.  Here is the link to Miguel Angel Davila YouTube Channel.  Thanks for watching.

Profile on Instagram Community

Profile on Instagram Community for Miguel Angel Davila

I have decided to create an Instagram Account to contribute to my own self-marketing and internet promotion strategy.  Of course I have to share here: https://www.instagram.com/davilama2682

I am new to Instagram.  People seem to like my pictures more than my Tweets or Blog Posts.  It will be interesting to see how I leverage this platform.  I can only post from a mobile device though - this I don't like.

While on the topic of Instagram, I want to share CCNY NSLS Chapter Instagram - because I can! Much Thanks.