Student team presenting to BrainSTEM and their mentor at the end of the program. Written by Kimberley Creek
After the success of the University of Sydney Business School Nano Business Opportunities Accelerator program with Practera, we also took part in November’s Study Melbourne Live Projects Program, this time for students in Victoria. For those who haven’t heard, the Live Projects program connects international and domestic students with Victoria’s industries and priority sectors through work-based projects.
Given we have already been running programs for a few years in Victoria and that the students were all from Melbourne, we tasked the team to look at ways for us to improve our messaging through social media to help build better brand awareness and engagement with our audiences.
With the guidance of a mentor, Jacob Mathew from Hardchrome Engineering, the team of 6 students from University of Melbourne and Monash University, who came up with a number of recommendations for the BrainSTEM team to improve how we use social media to connect with our stakeholders in 3 weeks.
Unlike the previous program which I co-mentored with another BrainSTEM team member, I was the main project lead and client contact this time, meaning I had to manage the scope of the project and timelines fairly independently. However, I felt a lot more confident this time round having already gone through the program previously.
Being a client contact and mentor for two student teams have taught me so many skills which I can take into any further projects or jobs in the future, so I am grateful that I had the opportunity to push myself out of my comfort zone. It has also given the whole BrainSTEM team loads to think about as we prepare for the new year.
We are so proud that we were able to work with such capable students to create an impact through their skills while they were at university, especially during the pandemic. Thank you to Practera, Jacob and students: Reuben D'souza, Grusha Undwar, Dimitri Laksamana Sadikin, Annu Yadav, Ziqi Zhang and Vatsal Desai for your contributions!
After the success of the University of Sydney Business School Nano Business Opportunities Accelerator program with Practera, we also took part in November’s Study Melbourne Live Projects Program, this time for students in Victoria. For those who haven’t heard, the Live Projects program connects international and domestic students with Victoria’s industries and priority sectors through work-based projects.
Given we have already been running programs for a few years in Victoria and that the students were all from Melbourne, we tasked the team to look at ways for us to improve our messaging through social media to help build better brand awareness and engagement with our audiences.
With the guidance of a mentor, Jacob Mathew from Hardchrome Engineering, the team of 6 students from University of Melbourne and Monash University, who came up with a number of recommendations for the BrainSTEM team to improve how we use social media to connect with our stakeholders in 3 weeks.
Unlike the previous program which I co-mentored with another BrainSTEM team member, I was the main project lead and client contact this time, meaning I had to manage the scope of the project and timelines fairly independently. However, I felt a lot more confident this time round having already gone through the program previously.
Being a client contact and mentor for two student teams have taught me so many skills which I can take into any further projects or jobs in the future, so I am grateful that I had the opportunity to push myself out of my comfort zone. It has also given the whole BrainSTEM team loads to think about as we prepare for the new year.
We are so proud that we were able to work with such capable students to create an impact through their skills while they were at university, especially during the pandemic. Thank you to Practera, Jacob and students: Reuben D'souza, Grusha Undwar, Dimitri Laksamana Sadikin, Annu Yadav, Ziqi Zhang and Vatsal Desai for your contributions!
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