Congratulations! You are going to form a company and conduct CSR!
Establish a company and raise awareness on a certain issues and causes
Help organizations gather logistical supplies to help those who are in need
Create platform to raise money for charities
Raise awareness on a certain disease, disability, or catastrophe
or as simple as spreading information of your favorite outreach activity and connecting them to an established organizations
More specific examples:
Fundraise charities or non-profit organizations through facebook or gofundme.com
I SUGGEST: Fun activities such as ‘ALS Ice-bucket challenge’ or ‘No makeup selfie’
More examples on e-class
Your MAIN objective is to inform and call people to action (AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN)
*although this will not be part of your evaluation
For one day during class time, we will have Online Awareness Day, when you launch your awareness campaign on your selected cause.
As part of this project, you will conduct at least 4 meetings and 1 presentation, which will contribute to your grade.
Meeting 1 (25 minutes long)
Agenda is provided
To be held during the class
Meeting Goals : Get to know each other, brainstorming an idea and establish your company
To submit – Company Registration Form (submit at Meeting 2) and minutes of your meeting (emailed to me and submitted at Meeting 2). You should follow the format of these sample minutes or this sample 2
Meeting 2 (30 minutes long)
Define your own agenda (email to me at least 2 days before the meeting)
Location and meeting order will be announced. The meeting will be held during the class period.
Meeting goals : Finalize a product and discuss promotion strategy
Evaluation (agenda, minutes, success at achieving goals of meeting, time management). The meeting MUST end in 30 minutes (under timed is acceptable).
Note : do not choreograph and act out this meeting!
Meeting 3 (45 minutes long)
l Agenda is provided
l Location and meeting order will be announced. The meeting will be held during the class period.
l Meeting goals : Explore possible collaboration with other groups
l Each group will create 3 subcommittees (it must include all group members) who's jobs are to meet subcommittees from other groups and explore possible collaboration. I will arrange the meeting with other groups, but you should decide who is in Subcommittee A, Subcommittee B and Subcommittee C. I will determine which subcommittees meet whom. Teams can prepare for their meetings by looking at the minutes of the other meetings of the other groups.
l A chair and note-taker will be randomly chosen at the meeting. You cannot negotiate this, everyone must be prepared to chair and take minutes.
l Evaluation : contribution to the meeting and the role members play in ensuring the meeting progresses smoothly and is effective.
l Output : Meeting discussion (observed), Minutes (all members are responsible to ensure minutes are accurate and done right)
Meeting 4 (30 minutes)
l Meeting goal : Report information gathered by subcommittees and decide if collaboration is possible and desirable.
l Output : Minutes