Planning and project management: Planning for events, conferences, fundraisers

CDEV 312
Closed
Centennial College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Linor David She / Her
Professor-Community Development
1
Timeline
  • October 17, 2024
    Experience start
  • November 1, 2024
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Social Enterprise
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Project management Community engagement Event planning
Skills
presentations community development project management event management
Learner goals and capabilities

Centennial College invites employers to collaborate in our "Community Development in Action" course, where students apply theoretical knowledge to practical community projects. Students will prepare a project management plan including timeline, roles, and tasks for an upcoming event, conference, fundraiser that your organization is planning for.

Learners

Learners
Diploma
Beginner levels
24 learners
Project
5 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the learners and the organization. 


Final project deliverables include: 

  1. A 10-15 minute presentation on key findings and recommendations
  2. A detailed project management plan

All the students would work on the same project so you can pick the best plan out of the 5 plans for your event.


Project timeline
  • October 17, 2024
    Experience start
  • November 1, 2024
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Our ideal projects integrate the theoretical and practical knowledge our students are acquiring. 


We are looking for an organization that has a specific event, conference, fundraiser event that they are planning for in the future and would like to have a project management document created that they can work from. The document would include timeline, roles, and tasks. Students could use their own template or your preferred template. Students would have the plan completed by late October.



Additional company criteria

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

How will you support students in developing practical skills in community engagement and advocacy?

Can you describe your experience in mentoring students or managing project-based learning environments?