GLOSSARY Brown Bag Lunch Series
Old people
DoSomething.org brings in awesome speakers on Tuesday afternoons during the summer.
Anyone over age 25.
PSA
Related to or having to do with a cause that we care about.
Public Service Announcement, or “ad” for a campaign. Ours usually involve a celebrity. Check out www.YouTube.com/DoSomething1 to see them first-hand.
CELEB-WRANGLING
Shake Shack
Cause-y
The process of doing outreach to, acquiring, and confirming celebrities to participate in Do Something campaigns, programs, events & initiatives.
Chief Old Person Nancy Lublin, our oldest and most chief staff member (i.e. the CEO).
Do-er Young person that takes social action in their community/on a cause or topic they care about.
DRUPAL drupal.org is an open source code platform that DoSomething.org is built on. Also known as a Content Management System (CMS). Also name of the alien in the tech corner.
Intern Scavenger Hunt The DoSomething.org staff comes up with over 150 crazy tasks for the summer interns to complete all over NYC in one day. It’s pretty intense.
Delicious, a very popular local joint where we get food for the office.
SWAG Our term for DS gear.
Toto Tuesday Toto’s Africa is our unofficial anthem. Every Tuesday at 5 p.m. we play it loud in the office. It helps us leave work at a normal time (6 p.m.) on Tuesdays and it’s a MUST for every karaoke outing.
The Penguin A stuffed penguin that is given to a staff member each week who has done a kick-ass job.
Vicktor the Vulture
The Penguin’s cousin who is given to an intern each week who has done a kick-ass job.