Winter 2023 TRU Students seeking short term projects

Thompson Rivers University (TRU)
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Larry Iles
Experiential Learning Coordinator
(5)
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Timeline
  • February 27, 2023
    Experience start
  • March 4, 2023
    Project Planning Review
  • April 29, 2023
    Draft Deliverable
  • May 2, 2023
    Presentation to organization
  • May 2, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
2/5 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Startup, Social Enterprise, Non profit, Large enterprise, Any
Manufacturing, Business services, Government, Environment, Business & management

Experience scope

Categories
Digital marketing Public relations Social media marketing Competitive analysis Creative writing
Skills
advertising promotion sales & marketing marketing strategy research
Student goals and capabilities

The Experience More initiative at Thompson Rivers University is seeking proposals for several 12-14 week projects from a variety of organizations that have project needs in the fields of digital marketing, finance, sustainability, public relations, and writing. Organizations need only to present their real-world problems to solve and groups of Bachelor of Arts, New Media, Business, and Journalism students or individual students will select the projects to work on for the term of the experiential learning opportunity.

Bring on one more students from Thompson Rivers University enrolled in the Experience More initiative to work with you in a project-based experience. Students are available for a maximum of 50 hours (over the duration of the course) for the project.

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
5 students
Project
50 hours per student
Students self-assign
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables will vary depending on the scope of the project. The student should complete 50 hours with your organization by May 1st, 2023

Typical final project deliverables could include:

  • Final project report
  • Digital Marketing Project plans
  • Completed data sets for unique project goals
  • Final presentations and supporting documents, manuals, etc.
Project timeline
  • February 27, 2023
    Experience start
  • March 4, 2023
    Project Planning Review
  • April 29, 2023
    Draft Deliverable
  • May 2, 2023
    Presentation to organization
  • May 2, 2023
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Students in TRU's Experience More initiative come from a variety of educational backgrounds and can complete a substantial project for your organization over the experiential learning period.

Due to the variety of student educational backgrounds, project examples that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:

(1) Digital Market Research/Business Analytics and :

• Research a target market segment and/or consumer base for insights into best practices and marketing potential.

• Provide comparative analysis for a given market against other similar entities.

• Include recommendations and examples for business generation and outreach.

• Great for: start-ups, tech, finance, quite literally any type of company!

(2) Public Relations and communications

  • Perfect for a variety of organizations

(3) Data Analytics/Report Writing:

• Compiling, cleaning, processing, warehousing, etc. of any type of data relevant to your operations and your goals.

• Research on data tools and recommendations for how to automate, collect, house, and/or improve your future/ongoing analytics processing needs.

• Great for: green economy, healthcare, innovation, regulatory, sales, digital technology-focused companies, etc.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
  • question

    Commit to completing a short formative (midpoint) survey and summative (final) survey for the overseeing Experiential Learning Coordiantor at Thompson Rivers University

  • question

    Virtual work engagement with students and provision of all necessary materials in order to set students up for project execution success, including any relevant context, data, examples of deliverables.

  • question

    Commitment to providing feedback on project milestones (Project Plan, Draft Deliverable, Final Project Deliverable) and virtual attendance at students’ final project presentation.

  • question

    Provide a dedicated contact to answer occasional emails or phone calls to address significant student questions in a timely manner (a 48 hour-response time.)

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    Be available for a quick phone call with the Thompson Rivers University Experiential Learning Coordinator to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course and explore additional opportunities for partnership with the University.

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    Commit to a minimum of one hour per week, over 10-12 weeks’ worth of interactions with your assigned student team remotely. These meetings with you are likely to question/answer sessions or requests for additional information or clarification based on project content.