LocalGoodz.com Marketing & Sales

Positions available: 4 LocalGoodz.com is an online marketplace for locally-made products. Starting with focus on Ontario-made products - see https://www.localgoodz.com This project has 3 possible aspects: 1 Vendor Invitations / Sales - contacting Ontario manufacturers (big, small or home businesses) to invite them to become vendors for free on LocalGoodz.com and post their locally-made products. We have a large list of contacts and need help to send emails, make phone calls and connect on social media with them. Vendors register at https://www.localgoodz.com/start-selling or fill the Quick Setup form and we create the accounts for them. For example, https://www.localgoodz.com/vendors/lipservice-beauty and https://www.localgoodz.com/vendors/zsolt-souce 2. Consumer Marketing - social media marketing to people who care about buying local and supporting the local economy. For example, we have 850 followers on Instagram so far at https://www.instagram.com/localgoodz. This can include research for Facebook and other groups of like-minded people, creating content and posting on them using the LocalGoodz social media accounts. 3. Public Relations (PR) - writing articles about LocalGoodz, researching potential media contacts and sending press releases. Possibly speaking with the media about the site. The site has been around for a few years as a side project and slowly added vendors and customers. We need some help to grow it over time.

MentorEase Market Research of US States

Positions available: 4 (in a team or individually) MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software at universities in some US states. So there will be a 4 assignments: 1. Explore these states and select which ones you would like to research (3-5 states preferably): Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North/South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming 2. We will provide you a list of the universities at your selected states. Research what mentoring programs exist at some of those universities (maybe 10 or 20 universities) and list links to the mentoring programs, any contact info available, see if they use mentoring software already or just forms. 3. Optional - prepare a survey about mentoring software and send to many universities at those states (can be a Google Form) 4. Analyze the results and recommend which of these states have the most opportunity for MentorEase to sell mentoring software

MentorEase Market Research: East Asia

MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software in East Asia in 3 areas: * Corporate HR - senior employees mentoring junior employees * Universities - alumni mentoring graduating students and students mentoring new students * Industry Associations - senior professionals mentoring people new to the industry Also looking for potential resellers of MentorEase in those markets (who can sell it along their current products - complementary businesses).

MentorEase Market Research: Caribbean Islands

MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software in Caribbean Islands in 3 areas: * Corporate HR - senior employees mentoring junior employees * Universities - alumni mentoring graduating students and students mentoring new students * Industry Associations - senior professionals mentoring people new to the industry Also looking for potential resellers of MentorEase in those markets (who can sell it along their current products - complementary businesses).

MentorEase Market Research: Eastern Europe

MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software in Eastern Europe in 3 areas: * Corporate HR - senior employees mentoring junior employees * Universities - alumni mentoring graduating students and students mentoring new students * Industry Associations - senior professionals mentoring people new to the industry Also looking for potential resellers of MentorEase in those markets (who can sell it along their current products - complementary businesses).

MentorEase Market Research: Western Europe

MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software in Western Europe in 3 areas: * Corporate HR - senior employees mentoring junior employees * Universities - alumni mentoring graduating students and students mentoring new students * Industry Associations - senior professionals mentoring people new to the industry Also looking for potential resellers of MentorEase in those markets (who can sell it along their current products - complementary businesses).

MentorEase Market Research: UK & Ireland

MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software in UK & Ireland in 3 areas: * Corporate HR - senior employees mentoring junior employees * Universities - alumni mentoring graduating students and students mentoring new students * Industry Associations - senior professionals mentoring people new to the industry Also looking for potential resellers of MentorEase in those markets (who can sell it along their current products - complementary businesses).

MentorEase Market Research: Scandinavia

MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software in Scandinavia in 3 areas: * Corporate HR - senior employees mentoring junior employees * Universities - alumni mentoring graduating students and students mentoring new students * Industry Associations - senior professionals mentoring people new to the industry Also looking for potential resellers of MentorEase in those markets (who can sell it along their current products - complementary businesses).

MentorEase Market Research: South America

MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software in South America in 3 areas: * Corporate HR - senior employees mentoring junior employees * Universities - alumni mentoring graduating students and students mentoring new students * Industry Associations - senior professionals mentoring people new to the industry Also looking for potential resellers of MentorEase in those markets (who can sell it along their current products - complementary businesses).

MentorEase Market Research: Mexico

MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software in South America in 3 areas: * Corporate HR - senior employees mentoring junior employees * Universities - alumni mentoring graduating students and students mentoring new students * Industry Associations - senior professionals mentoring people new to the industry Also looking for potential resellers of MentorEase in those markets (who can sell it along their current products - complementary businesses).

MentorEase Market Research: USA & Australia

Positions available: 4 (in a team and individually) MentorEase is a mentoring software that helps manage mentoring programs ( https://www.mentorease.com ). In this project we will research the potential for mentoring software in the USA and Australia in 3 areas: * Corporate HR - senior employees mentoring junior employees * Universities - alumni mentoring graduating students and students mentoring new students * Industry Associations - senior professionals mentoring people new to the industry Also looking for potential resellers of MentorEase in those markets (who can sell it along their current products - complementary businesses). The US is actually in 4 separate regions, each as a mini-project or assignment. So there will be 5 assignments: * Assignment #1 - USA: Midwest - market research and plan for this region * Assignment #2 - Northwest - same * Assignment #3 - USA: South - same * Assignment #4 - USA: West - same * Assignment #5 - Australia - same

Mentoring Program Development Project

Develop the structure for mentoring programs including: * Life cycle of a mentoring program - what are the steps from matching to communications, getting useful feedback and reporting * Define the specific activities that will be done along the way (ice-breakers, when to ask what questions, structure for providing feedback) * Mentoring software features - automated reminders (+ when to send), suggestions based on activity, other ideas For example, we will answer questions like: * How do we help participants quickly identify their own personality type? their mentor's personality? Then provide related info * What type of ice-breaker activities should we include in the system? * What types of reminders are needed? What's essential or too much? * Should we have a checklist and what should it include? curriculum for mentoring (what's essential vs. topic-specific?) * What are the stages of mentoring? (related questions for mentors and mentees) > We would like students to prepare a survey for mentoring program managers and we will contact them for responses. The final deliverable would be a clear process for mentors and mentees to go through. It can be a set of steps with questions, self-assessments, ice-breakers, recommended activities, checklists and more. Students will study the research materials available online regarding various mentoring program structures to define the ultimate process.