Level Playing Field Institute

The Voice of Nonprofit Talent - Research Report Design

Submitted by Jake Mix on March 16th, 2011 - 5:27pm

Level Playing Field Institute and Commongood Careers have published a new study titled The Voice of Nonprofit Talent: Perceptions of Diversity in the Workplace. The study surveyed a large sample of current and former nonprofit employees to explore the commitment to and perception of racial diversity in nonprofit work environments. Creative was brought on to bring the report to life with a clean and engaging design.

Smashcast & History of Jazz iPad app

Submitted by Trevor Parham on February 19th, 2011 - 1:00am

Smashcast had an opportunity to meet 955 Dreams, a mobile app development company supported by Kapor Capital, to test out their new History of Jazz app for the Apple iPad. The app provided an interactive lesson on Jazz History, Black History, and iPad app development.

Level Playing Field Institute Website

Submitted by Sean Aquino on February 14th, 2011 - 3:46pm

Level Playing Field Institute (LPFI) increases fairness in education and the workplace by closing the opportunity gap and removing barriers to success.

Smashcast on Jazz Music

Submitted by Trevor Parham on November 22nd, 2010 - 4:09pm

I decided to create this video of the Smashcasters talking about Jazz music as part of an exploratory project that I'm doing with one of the Kapor Capital portfolio companies. The goal was simply to get the students to share their candid feelings on Jazz music.

Why Does Fairness Matter to You?

Submitted by Trevor Parham on October 14th, 2010 - 4:15pm

Level Playing Field Institute hosted its annual Fairness Matters Gala at the San Francisco City Club and asked if the Smashcasters could come out and conduct video interviews with event attendees, asking the question, "Why Does Fairness Matter To You?" The video was then edited, posted online, and sent out to all of the guests two days a later as a post-event Thank You.

SMASH Academy: Mind The Opportunity Gap

Submitted by Trevor Parham on October 12th, 2010 - 3:19pm

We needed a new video to showcase SMASH Academy and highlight the fact that the program is starting to scale to other college campuses in 2011. With all of the text-based animated videos out there, we figured we'd try our hand at putting our own touch on this style of "kinetic typography".

Fairness Matters Blog

Submitted by Trevor Parham on September 23rd, 2010 - 12:00am

The Executive Director of Level Playing Field Institute, Rob Schwartz, wanted a blog to "to share personal stories and highlight the stories and experiences of others as to why they care about issues of fairness and diversity in education and the work-world."

SMASH & IDEAL: 2010 Wrap-Up Events

Submitted by Jake Mix on August 15th, 2010 - 12:00am

Each year, the SMASH and IDEAL programs end with a pseudo-graduation event celebrating the students efforts throughout the year. This year, we decided to simplify the printed programs from the sometimes ambitious approaches we've taken in previous years. Still, as the Creative team, we're always working to bring clever ideas to even straightforward materials.

Mitch Kapor Addresses IDEAL Graduates

Submitted by Trevor Parham on May 12th, 2010 - 3:34pm

Shortly after we finished the CiviCRM video for Mitch Kapor, we were told that he would be absent at yet another event where he was expected to address an audience— The graduation ceremony for the IDEAL Scholars Program. So once again, we pulled out the 'ol green screen to come up with a clever solution to this issue of absentee speaking.

IDEAL Internships Video

Submitted by Sean Aquino on October 1st, 2009 - 5:06pm

IDEAL, the Initiative for Diversity in Education and Leadership (IDEAL) Scholars is a program that assists exemplary underrepresented students to maximize their educational, service, and career opportunities. Each summer, IDEAL scholars participate in summer internships to further explore their intended major and get hands on experience. As a Senior Creative Producer at Kapor Creative, I produced and edited their summer internship video.

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