Weekly Updates

Internship Weekly Report

For the duration of my internship, I will provide a description of what activities I'm working on every day to keep myself engaged and document my learning. Journaling this way will help me to see the accomplishments that I have made during my summer internship to keep track of new skills or experience I'm gaining every day.

Week 1

07/05/2022 (5.5 hours)

  • Reviewed the Intern Orientation email by going over the attachments which includes information about Slack and Trello.

  • Prepared myself for the orientation meeting by signing up and joining the Slack Group. Signed up for Trello which includes managing projects, assigned tasks, and tracking time.

  • Attended the Intern Orientation on Zoom at 4:30 PM. I got the opportunity to meet with my supervisor, Dilpreet Kaur, Project Manager, Ariba Razzaq and TIQC Executive Director, Ying Zhou. Met with several interns virtually and introduced ourselves on Slack.

  • Participated on Doodle to choose the best timing for weekly meeting

  • Followed TIQC on Social Media Platforms for having access to useful resources.

  • Signed up for Wordpress class on Trello that will take place on July 14 and 15 where each session will be 75 mins each

  • Provided a little background about myself under "Economics Students" on Trello.

07/06/2022 (6.5 hours)

  • Read and took important notes on Internship 101: Do's and Don't for students.

  • Utilized Canva to design a logo for my website. I was able to find different logo templates on Canva and choose one that I really liked and uploaded the logo on Trello that I designed.

  • Watched the tutorial video on how to create a Google website.

  • Signed up to assist Marilyn Echeverria with TIQC Social media and 1 Client Project.

  • Started to work on creating a Google website for the very first time. It was really exciting to create a website to update my progress for the summer internship. I was able to browse through different templates, finding images, inspirational quotes, and explore every fonts.

  • I was able to demonstrate and develop my creativity skills by choosing colors, themes, and inserting the pictures that I have captured.

  • Continued to keep track of messages on Slack to make sure I don't miss any important information.

07/07/2022 (6.5 hours)

  • Signed up to assist Alejandra Reyes with marketing plan

  • Researched about how to make marketing plan for companies and record it on a Microsoft Word

  • Worked on market search for community-based education to find relevant insights about this topic and the outcomes of this approach

  • Found list of schools in NYC that are utilizing the community-based education approach

  • Communicated with Marilyn and one other intern on Slack to set up a meeting to discuss TIQC social media project

07/08/2022 (6.5 hours)

  • Prepared myself for the mentor/mentee meeting by watching the Ted Talk that Ron Frank suggested about Grid: the power of passion and perseverance and Angela Duckworth

  • Atteneded the mentor/mentee meeting on zoom with Ying and mentor, David Auslander.

  • Brainstormed about different useful topics that I can make the short video of.

  • Watched tutorials for beginners to learn how to edit videos in Canva since it was my first time editing videos in Canva to create the short video of useful topic.

  • Finally, I was able to create the short video of useful topic on Canva that can be a great resource for my peers. This was time consuming because there were lots of templates, background, photos, and audio to choose from. I wanted to make this video engaging and enjoyable to watch.

  • Brainstormed about the learning project proposal

Week 2

07/11/2022 (5 hours)

  • Created the reflection video of last week on Canva to reflect on my internship experience at TIQC (Week 1).

  • Uploaded the reflection video on Trello

  • Attended zoom meeting with Marilyn and one other intern to discuss about TIQC social media posts and creating posts about the services that TIQC offers, it's logo, interns and clients testimonials, colors and themes, and what pictures to include these posts.

  • Attended the Interns weekly meeting with Ariba, Dilpreet, and fellow interns on zoom.

  • Communicated with Ariba over phone about the learning project proposal

  • Continued to brainstormed about the learning project proposal and finally I was able to create a learning project proposal

  • I have uploaded the my Learning Project Proposal on Trello as PDF (Waiting for Ariba to approve it).

07/12/2022 (5 hours)

  • Designed a social media post about service that TIQC offers

  • Created a reel for TIQC social media post about setting up a new website

  • Created a post TIQC social media about Daily Self-Care Checklist

  • Sent the 3 social media posts that I designed on Canva to Marilyn on Slack

  • Emailed Ying on Outlook to ask her about how my hours get approved since I'm part of the Economic Interns and also asked her to connect me with the client that requested the information about market research: community-based education project.

07/13/2022 (5 hours)

  • Attended the Meet and Greet with President Wu on Zoom and gained valuable insights about career, the importance of double majoring in college, and grit

  • My Learning Project Proposal got approved by Ariba

  • Communicated with Jannatul and Maliha to discuss about the marketing plan and setting up a meeting with the client on Monday

  • Created a service post offered by TIQC for social media

  • Designed 2 client testimonials for TIQC social media post

  • Send all 3 of the designs that I created to Marilyn on Slack and got positive feedback

07/14/2022 (5 hours)

  • I created a short video about describing one of the service (Set up a landing page) offered by TIQC on Canva. Once I was done, I uploaded the video on Trello and received positive feedback from Dilpreet

  • I researched on how to increase social media followers in Instagram and recorded important strategies on Microsoft Word. I uploaded the document as pdf on Trello

  • Started to work on my Learning Project by watching a Project Management course on youtube and taking essential notes related to Project Management

  • Engaged on TIQC social media posts by liking posts and reflection videos created by fellow interns this summer

07/15/2022 (5 hours)

  • Designed a post for service provided by TIQC (setup a new website) on Canva

  • Got positive feedback from Dilpreet. Then, I uploaded the post to the folder provided on the description

  • Emailed a client regarding the community-based education research

  • Continued to watch courses on project management for my learning project

Week 3

07/18/2022 (5 hours)

  • Recorded list of schools in NYC that are utilizing the community-based education approach into the spreadsheet manually

  • Attended the marketing plan zoom meeting with the client along with Jannatul and Maliha

  • Attended the weekly intern meeting on zoom

  • Emailed the timesheet to Ariba and Ying for completion of 50 hours (Week 1 and Week 2) being part of the Economic Interns

07/19/2022 (5 hours)

  • Completed manually recording list of schools in NYC that are utilizing the community-based education approach (Total 318 Community Schools list)

  • Worked on market research for the Marketing Plan - SIERRA to find out how to sell 30,000 units of drinks effectively

  • Atteneded a meeting with Sierra virtually along with Jannatul and Maliha to discuss about the marketing plan and our research

  • Created 2 reels on Canva for services that TIQC provides (I'm so glad that 1 of the reel I created got posted on TIQC instagram)

07/20/2022 (5 hours)

  • Created 2 reels for TIQC's social media for service provided by Tech Incubator at Queens College and send them to Marilyn on Slack

  • Watched tutorial on how to create a wordpress website

  • Created a wordpress site and uploaded the website link on Trello

  • Started to watch the content on project management on Upskilling for my learning project

07/21/2022 (5 hours)

  • Created a short video of service provided by TIQC and posted on Trello

  • Created 1 reel for TIQC social media and send it to Marilyn on Slack

  • Created my reflection video of week 2 on loom and uploaded on Trello and google drive

  • Continued to watch project management content on Upskilling for my learning project

07/22/2022 (5 hours)

  • Attended the mentor/mentee meeting with Ying and fellow economic interns

  • Designed a post on Canva for service provided by TIQC and uploaded on Trello

  • Continued to watch project management content on Upskilling and took important notes for my learning project

Week 4

07/25/2022 (5 hours)

  • Designed 1 post service offered by TIQC (create a digital asset) and uploaded on Trello and on the google drive

  • Created 4 reels for different TIQC services and sent it to Marilyn on Slack

  • Created 1 general post for TIQC social media and sent it to Marilyn on Slack

  • Attended the weekly intern meeting with Dilpreet and reflect on my experience of week 3

07/26/2022 (5 hours)

  • Made my reflection video of week 3 on Loom and uploaded on Trello and the google drive

  • Reached out to libraries via online live chat to find the source of lists of community schools in NYS and nationally.

  • Added relevant articles and links to the spreadsheet that I found helpful after talking with the librarians

  • Worked on the marketing plan for Sierra to find out about promotional marketing and the cost associated with promoting a content post with various social media platforms

07/27/2022 (5 hours)

  • Made a short video for service offered by TIQC and uploaded on Trello and on the google drive

  • Attended a virtual meeting with Sierra to discuss about our research on the marketing plan and sales deck

  • Made an flyer for an event taking place on August 3rd and sent it to Marilyn

07/28/2022 (5 hours)

  • Emailed the client regarding the completion of the marker research of Community-based education

  • Participated on the TIQC Summer Hackathon. It was really fun and engaging to collaborate with my team members for the tasks that were assigned (blog and chatbot). Our group won and came in the 2nd place

  • Continued to watch the content on Project Management on Upskilling for my learning project

07/29/2022 (5 hours)

  • Started to work on a pitch deck for marketing plan - Sierra for the New Age Drink: BrainPOP

  • Attended a follow-up meeting with Sierra to see where we are up to with our assigned tasks

  • On Upskilling, I continued to watch project management content for my learning project

Week 5

08/01/2022 (5 hours)

  • Created 5 reels for TIQC social media and shared with Marilyn via email on Canva

  • Designed a flyer for August 17th event and shared it with Marilyn via email on Canva

  • Emailed mentor Ron Frank to set up a one-to-one mentoring session

  • Atteneded the intern weekly meeting and reflect on my experience of week 4

  • Completed working on the pitch deck for the marketing plan for Sierra

08/02/2022 (5 hours)

  • Created the reflection video of Week 4 and uploaded on Trello and on the google drive

  • Continued watching project management content on Upskilling for my learning project

  • Started to watch videos in Youtube to learn how others got into Project Management

08/03/2022 (5 hours)

  • Atteneded a follow-up meeting with Sierra to show her BrainPOP pitch deck, sales deck, and marketing template budget that each of us worked on as a team.

  • Set up a time and date for one-on-one mentoring session with Ron Frank on zoom

  • Researched about the standards for Math, English, Science, and Social Studies for 9th grade as Ife requested and shared and located the learning standards via email

08/04/2022 (5 hours)

  • Attended the meeting with mentor, Ron Frank

  • Sent emails to Mentors, Stacey Dackson and David Auslander to set up a mentoring session

  • Made a short video of service provided by TIQC (create a digital asset) and uploaded on Trello and on the google drive

  • Added a new slide for BrainPOP Pitch Deck

  • Collaborated with team members on zoom and worked on creating 3 new slides for BrainPOP market insights, Why now, and Features & Benefits

08/05/2022 (5 hours)

  • Atteneded the mentor/meeting meeting on zoom with mentors, Ying, and fellow interns

  • Atteneded a follow-up meeting with Sierra to show her the 3 new slides and the slide that I worked on for the BrainPOP pitch deck

  • Made changes on the BrainPOP pitch deck with Sierra's feedback

  • Completed the project management contents on Upskilling for my learning project

  • Updated my google site with the tasks that I worked on for this week

Week 6

08/08/2022 (5 hours)

  • Created 6 reels for TIQC social media on Canva and shared with Marilyn and Raiyan via email

  • Sent the timesheet to Ying and Ariba upon successful completion of another 50 hours (Week 3 and Week 4) at Tech Incubator at Queens College

  • Attended the final intern weekly meeting on zoom

  • Set up a zoom meeting with mentor, David Auslander to meet one-on-one for mentoring session on Thursday at 4PM

08/09/2022 (5 hours)

  • Completed and sent the Summer 2022 Tech Incubator Payment Forms to the Economics Department

  • Attended a follow-up meeting with Sierra to show her the changes that my team and I worked on collaboratively with her feedback

08/10/2022 (5 hours)

  • Collaborated and communicated with team members to work on BrainPOP pitch deck with the changes that the client requested

  • Completed the Post - Internship survey and commented as "Done" on Trello

  • Started to work on creating a powerpoint presentation on how to manage projects with Project Management techniques

08/11/2022 (5 hours)

  • Attended the one-on-one mentoring session with David Auslander on zoom

  • Continued to work on creating the powerpoint presentation for my learning project deliverable

08/12/2022 (5 hours)

  • Created the final reflection video on loom to reflect on my overall internship experience at TIQC and uploaded on Trello and google drive

  • Completed and submitted the powerpoint presentation for my learning project deliverable on Trello

  • Updated my google site with the tasks that I worked on for this week

  • Sent the timesheet to Ying and Ariba upon successful completion of the last 50 hours (Week 5 and Week 6) at the Tech Incubator at Queens College