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TRU short-term projects

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Thompson Rivers University (TRU)

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Larry Iles

Experiential Learning Coordinator

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Timeline

October 26, 2022

Experience start
January 1, 2023

Experience end

Experience

10/20 project matches

Dates set by experience

Preferred companies

Canada

Startup, Social Enterprise, Non profit, Large enterprise, Any

Food & beverage, Entertainment, Manufacturing, Business services, Government

Experience scope

Skills

advertising promotion sales & marketing marketing strategy research

Learner goals and capabilities

Thompson Rivers University is seeking proposals for several 80-hour projects from a variety of organizations.. Organizations need only to present their real-world problems to solve and groups of students or individual students will select the projects to work on for the term of the experiential learning opportunity.

Bring on one more student(s) from Thompson Rivers University to work with you in a project-based experience. Students are available for up to 80 hours. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, student placements will only occur virtually.

Learners

Undergraduate

Any level

20 learners

Project

80 hours per learner

Learners self-assign

Individual projects

Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables will vary depending on the scope of the project. The student should complete 80 hours with your organization.

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

October 26, 2022

Experience start
January 1, 2023

Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Students at TRU 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:

• 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:

• 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: 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:

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

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Commit to a minimum of one hour per week, over eight-10 weeks’ worth of group 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.

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

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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.

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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.

Timeline

October 26, 2022

Experience start
January 1, 2023

Experience end

TRU short-term projects

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Experience scope

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Skills

Learners

Project timeline

Project Examples

Requirements

Additional company criteria Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Additional company criteria

Timeline

Additional company criteria

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