Annual Operating Plan

Project Description : We invite MRU students to join Children First Canada in developing our new Annual Operating Plan FY2025/2026: Empowering Youth for a Brighter Future Main Goal : The primary objective of this project is to build a comprehensive operating plan to guide our organization in the year ahead.

Event Planning - The Future is NOW! Celebrating Canada's Top 10 U18 Changemakers

Our organization is committed to making Canada the best place in the world for kids to grow up. Events play a critical role in our organization, helping to expand our reach on the lives of 8 million young Canadians, and through raising funds to support our mission throughout the year. Children First Canada is currently launching a new event: the Future is NOW: celebrating Canada's Top 10 U18 Changemakers, taking place on May 7, 2024, in Toronto, ON. We would like to work with Level UP students to support the planning and logistics for the event to help meet our goals. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with our mission, values and goals. Creating a plan of action and a detailed breakdown of tasks for volunteers to complete at the event. Coordinating event logistics. Assisting in marketing and promoting our event. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Recommending improvements for future fundraising events.

Awareness Video Creation

Our organization is passionate about promoting social causes. We ​​want to increase awareness about a particular topic. We would like to collaborate with students to create an awareness video. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with the social cause, our mission and goals. Recording a presentation or screencast to raise awareness on the issue. Finding and applying suitable background music. Adding text, transitions, and overlays to the video. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Presenting the video and making edits based on feedback. Recommending ideas and editing tools for future awareness videos.

Social Media Marketing Campaign - The Future is NOW Event

Children First Canada is launching the Future is NOW: an inaugural event to celebrate Canada's Top 10 U18 Changemakers. The event is taking place on May 7, 2024, in Toronto, ON. We require a social media marketing plan to build awareness about the event, promote nominations for the awards, drive ticket sales/registration, and showcase the youth receiving the awards. We would like to work with students to design and implement a new social media marketing campaign for the Future is NOW event. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with our organization, the event's goals, the social media campaign goals and target market. Identifying social media channels and strategies suitable for our organization and this event. Planning types of campaign content to create for each channel. Identifying metrics to monitor throughout the campaign. Creating a social media content calendar that outlines important steps in the campaign. Recommending social media management tools to schedule our content. Implementing the social media plan. Measuring the campaign's impact. Adjusting the campaign as needed to maximize the reach and impact.

Social Media Marketing Campaign - The Future is NOW Event

Children First Canada is launching the Future is NOW: an inaugural event to celebrate Canada's Top 10 U18 Changemakers. The event is taking place on May 7, 2024, in Toronto, ON. We require a social media marketing plan to build awareness about the event, promote nominations for the awards, drive ticket sales/registration, and showcase the youth receiving the awards. We would like to work with students to design and implement a new social media marketing campaign for the Future is NOW event. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with our organization, the event's goals, the social media campaign goals and target market. Identifying social media channels and strategies suitable for our organization and this event. Planning types of campaign content to create for each channel. Identifying metrics to monitor throughout the campaign. Creating a social media content calendar that outlines important steps in the campaign. Recommending social media management tools to schedule our content. Implementing the social media plan. Measuring the campaign's impact. Adjusting the campaign as needed to maximize the reach and impact.