event planning
The SCEI hosts weekly events most of which take place on Tuesdays from 12:30-1:30pm. These are open to the public as well as all ODU students, alumni, staff and community members. These events consist of an entrepreneur coming in and sharing their entrepreneurial story. We as student ambassadors are responsible to find and contact potential speakers as well as planning the whole event.
Identifying and Communicating with Guest Speaker
Found local business Get Well Soon by Virginia and Zahra Ahmad on Instagram.
Found local business Pure Lagos by Sia Alexander on LinkedIn.
Contacted both of them via email and had an interview to learn more about their business and explain about our events at the SCEI.
Facilitating the Event
☆ Promoted event on social media with the flyers I created.
☆ Sent follow-up emails to speakers to give them additional information.
☆ Set up their presentation materials.
Made sure chairs were set up, pizza was ordered and brought on time, TV was working correctly.
☆ Greeted speaker and introduced them at the beginning of the event.
☆ Took pictures to promote on social media accounts.
☆ Thanked them for their time in person and through email.
