Volunteer Experts

The role of the experts is to give advice to students related to the challenge. They may consult you on technical issues, marketing, finance, or other conceptual points of their ideas. Each expert has the opportunity to interact with several teams. Each expert should be comfortable in working with young people, enjoy training/facilitating, and be sure to be available for the entire time required on the day.

 

 Volunteering in such activities gives the volunteer experts the opportunity to ‘stretch’ their skills in different ways. Questionnaires that we have gathered from volunteers in other programmes tell us that they feel they have benefited in the following areas: 

  • Communicating to non-business related audiences
  • Representing the company or organization in the community
  • Presentation and teamwork skills
  • Interacting with people from other companies and organizations in new ways
  • Teaching/Training skills
  • Project Management skills
  • Demonstrating empathy and compassion; working with young people

ROLE OF VOLUNTEER  EXPERTS - TIME DEDICATED – 3 HOURS

  • Someone with experience in the business world – either from working in a corporation or running an enterprise
  • Enjoys working with young people aged 15-18
  • Brings relevant expertise to the subject of the camp
  • Participates in a volunteer briefing session and commits to working with the students for 2-3 hours during the day of the event.
  • Encourages students to stretch their ideas; consider all the options; work as a team

ROLE OF MEMBERS OF THE JURY (JUDGE) - TIME DEDICATED – 5-6 HOURS

The role of the jury is to evaluate the business solutions presented to them by the young contestants.

 

  • Individual with a strong reputation in the community; entrepreneur, business leader, public sector leader etc.
  • Enjoys working with young people aged 15-18
  • Commits to 5-6 hours including briefing session during the day of the event: tasks include watching the presentations and a deliberation period plus final award ceremony.
  • Example for assessment: Quality of Concept Paper (Innovativeness, creativity of the idea; Quality of the oral presentation; Delivery techniques; Visual aids; Team spirit/Learning demonstrated as a Team; Environmental sustainability of the concept idea; Problem-solving skills)

CONTACT US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO PARTICIPATE