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Final Report: Marketing Internships With Connected, Hadi Kiani
Final Report: Marketing Internships With Connected, Hadi Kiani
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
Working as the Marketing Coordinator Intern for a tech start-up was an amazing experience. I conducted competitor research, ghostwrote blog posts, ran social media, and aided in a complete company rebrand. Connected is a software product development firm. They partner with ambitious organizations to deliver on the potential of software-powered products. Joining the company halfway through their rebrand, I was immediately thrown into the deep end. Fortunately, I was able to leverage the research and communication skills I had honed through SASAH and translate them into successful contributions. Nevertheless, I had to learn a lot about industry standards, tech jargon, …
Learning From Experience: The Forest City Film Festival And Life*Spin, Madeline Braney
Learning From Experience: The Forest City Film Festival And Life*Spin, Madeline Braney
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
Madeline reflects on her experiences while interning with the Forest City Film Festival and Life*Spin. At the Forest City Film Festival, Madeline was responsible for social media and marketing, while at Life*Spin she compiled a business proposal for a Community Land Trust (CLT) in London, Ontario. Madeline considers connections between art and humanity and how the lessons she has learnt throughout the Community Engaged Learning course will inform and shape her future endeavours.
Learning By Doing: Experiential Learning Through Sasah, Amelia Eqbal
Learning By Doing: Experiential Learning Through Sasah, Amelia Eqbal
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
In her report, Amelia discusses the tasks she undertook for her two projects: the North Meets South Exchange offered by the Jr. Economic Club of Canada and The Walrus Magazine Digital Editorial Internship. She touches on the application process for each program, reviews the nature and mission of each organization, and detail what her expectations were for each program and what the reality turned out to be. She profiles some mentors and talks about the work she found most engaging and the tasks she found most challenging. In reviewing these tasks, she draws connections between her education at Western, and …
Western International Ila Team Leader, Kristina Mackenzie Desbiens
Western International Ila Team Leader, Kristina Mackenzie Desbiens
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
This report and accompanying presentation will offer a detailed description of the Experiential Learning placement that I participated in to complete my 1.0 credit requirement for Western University’s SASAH undergraduate program. The report will provide a summary of my placement, which took place at Western International under a work-study program, as an International Learning Ambassador Team Leader. It will also offer a reflection and analysis of the work I accomplished while completing my experiential-learning placement, focusing on four specific highlights from the year. This report will also discuss the challenges that I faced and overcame during the process, outlining specific …
Trinity Theatre And Sasah: Compassionate Companions, Chantelle Ing
Trinity Theatre And Sasah: Compassionate Companions, Chantelle Ing
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
As a fourth-year student in The School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities, I spent three months interning at a small non-profit in Toronto called Trinity Theatre. Trinity Theatre is a registered charitable organization in Toronto with a mandate to help youth develop resilience to overcome challenges and make successful transitions throughout their lives. I took a position as a communications intern and assistant during Trinity Theatre’s summer Leadership Lab for youth. I collaborated with a small group of other post-secondary communications interns to produce marketing strategies and ideas, surveys and research, social media maintenance, and publish Trinity …
Sasah Experiential Learning: Stratford Festival Archives And Collections Management, Natalie Scola
Sasah Experiential Learning: Stratford Festival Archives And Collections Management, Natalie Scola
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations
Natalie Scola discusses her two experiential-learning opportunities: her internship in the Stratford Festival archives cataloguing costumes and her work cataloguing and preserving a private art collection.
My Internship At The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Carina Pagotto
My Internship At The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Carina Pagotto
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations
In her presentation on her Summer 2019 internship at the Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery in Sarnia, Ontario, Carina focuses on the goals and outcomes, challenges, and results of her experience. Featuring photographs she took onsite, Carina discusses learning about the issues faced by museums and galleries, familiarizing herself with the gallery’s collection and reviewing exhibition catalogues, and building an exhibit. She details promoting the gallery through social media and building strong relationships with her supervisors and peers and finishes with a brief discussion of the value of art and of internships.
My Internship With Scrumgenius, Alexandra Wyatt
My Internship With Scrumgenius, Alexandra Wyatt
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations
In her presentation, Alexandra Wyatt details her tasks and different roles and the work she accomplished during her internship with ScrumGenius. She discusses what she learned during her internship, including copywriting, vector image creation, and SEO and keyword targeting tactics to help boost the online presence of ScrumGenius and how the internship allowed her to hone many pre-existing skills in writing and content creation and develop new skills that will be very helpful in her future career and life.
Reflecting On That #Gallerylife, Carina Pagotto
Reflecting On That #Gallerylife, Carina Pagotto
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
My report documents my internship experience at the Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery in Sarnia, Ontario. The report describes the progression of my internship from the first meeting, through my internship, to the final presentation of the experience. I reflect on the behind-the-scenes experience I had at working in a prestigious local art gallery. I describe researching and crafting social media posts for the permanent collection and for a travelling exhibition. I also go on to recount my experience in creating my main deliverable: an exhibition. The report explains the development of my exhibition proposals and my presentation at …
Experiential Learning Final Report: Scrumgenius, Alexandra Wyatt
Experiential Learning Final Report: Scrumgenius, Alexandra Wyatt
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
Alexandra Wyatt reports on her internship with ScrumGenius, a digital standup bot that works to get rid of wasted time in in-person standup meetings by asking teams a few simple questions to gather metrics on their goals, tasks and blockers. This report details her tasks and different roles and the work she accomplished, as well as what she learned from working there, including copywriting, vector image creation, and SEO and keyword targeting tactics to help boost the online presence of ScrumGenius. Alexandra discusses honing pre-existing skills in writing and content creation and developing new skills that will be helpful in …
Report On Experiential Learning: Stratford Festival Internship And Private Art Collection Management, Natalie Scola
Report On Experiential Learning: Stratford Festival Internship And Private Art Collection Management, Natalie Scola
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
In her report, Natalie Scola discusses her two experiential-learning opportunities: her internship in the Stratford Festival archives cataloguing costumes and her work cataloguing and preserving a private art collection.