Daniel Hails

During preparation for the lines, I went through listening skills training for a month: This had a strong focus on non-judgemental, empathetic and adaptive listening. Thousands of students contact London Nightline every year from all over the capital, and from distance learning students around the world. As a Hotline Volunteer, I helped provide the opportunity to talk things through and come to their own conclusions, to work out how they feel and what they really want.

While an active… Show more

During preparation for the lines, I went through listening skills training for a month: This had a strong focus on non-judgemental, empathetic and adaptive listening. Thousands of students contact London Nightline every year from all over the capital, and from distance learning students around the world. As a Hotline Volunteer, I helped provide the opportunity to talk things through and come to their own conclusions, to work out how they feel and what they really want.

While an active volunteer, I did overnight shifts 8am-8pm, in at minimum pairs ready on the lines and provided emotional support to numerous callers. Show less

HABSMUN is a non-profit Model United Nations Conference that aims to simulate the real UN, where students can practise the arts of diplomacy, cooperation, and debate, therefore gaining valuable social skills and promoting social inclusion and tolerance. Students from underprivileged backgrounds receive grants from fundraising activities and sponsorship.

Supporting Head Organisers of 5 separate sessions totalling 2000+ delegates from 30 different countries.

Head of Technical &… Show more

HABSMUN is a non-profit Model United Nations Conference that aims to simulate the real UN, where students can practise the arts of diplomacy, cooperation, and debate, therefore gaining valuable social skills and promoting social inclusion and tolerance. Students from underprivileged backgrounds receive grants from fundraising activities and sponsorship.

Supporting Head Organisers of 5 separate sessions totalling 2000+ delegates from 30 different countries.

Head of Technical & Audio Visual
Managed a gifted team of 10 individuals with responsibility for all the front-end and back-end systems at the conference including the website, signup, Resolution Engine that handles over 400 documents, MyHABSMUN (a personal portal for each delegate) and anything else technology related.
The code base of over fifty thousand lines of code managed to reduce the cost of the conference by ~£2,000.

Chair - Politics II
Managed and facilitated debate of 52 Delegates representing different countries from the United Nations over the course of two days including 51 speeches, and 116 Points of Information. All individually graded and given feedback. Show less