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Wendy Gates Corbett left a 20-year career as a training executive to start a public speaking business that makes presenting well no longer a well-kept secret. Her clientele ranges from professional athletes to college students. In this episode, Wendy shares her life hacks for presenting, ways to reclaim our power of belonging, and how to avoid "energy leakage" when presenting. Listen in to see how Wendy's NC State CYC student engagement team helped her understand the public speaking market so she could build a business that would help more people feel stronger and more confident on a stage.
Meet Hunter Davis. He is the founder of N.C. State University's Consult Your Community chapter, the valedictorian of the graduating class of 2017, and a whiteboard enthusiast. In this month's episode, listen to Hunter talk about his journey founding the chapter, defining his "why", and discovering the passion that brought him to Teach for America this fall.
Can you break down the human process of getting to know someone with statistics? Two students from Wesleyan University think you can, and they put their “talent analytics project” into practice with the founder of American Dream Clean. American Dream Clean is a private company that provides janitorial services with the public goal of lowering the achievement gap. By reinvesting profits into educational services for the children of his employees, American Dream Clean’s founder J.T. Hernandez has reimagined a high turnover service industry into a high retention opportunity. Listen in to hear how Jessie and Tiger, from CYC’s Wesleyan University chapter, used a promotion video and regression models to help Hernandez streamline his hiring process, and identify and attract candidates that best reflect American Dream Clean's brand message.
This episode follows our Emory team as they worked with SheWill (who had been featured on episode 3) to promote a brand new curriculum which serves young women in the Atlanta area after school. The team delves into both strategy and tactics on how to best market SheWill's new offerings and expand them to a wider customer base.
Episode 4 covers the Georgia Tech team who consulted the Deljou Art Group, which makes frames for luxury art pieces in the greater Atlanta area. The episode shows the estuary of quantitative and qualitative analysis.
SheWill teaches young women (from middle school to high school) about financial literacy and entrepreneurship, empowering them with tools to secure their futures. The Emory team helped develop the curriculum to encompass a more holistic approach and a longer course.
This episode features a conversation with the MycroChange team from the Boston College chapter of Consult Your Community. Founded by a group of BC and UChicago student, MycroChange is a micro-finance startup looking to connect capital with entrepreneurs.
This episode features a conversation with the Little Loving Hands (LLH) team from the Maryland chapter of Consult Your Community. Founded by Lily Yeh, LLH introduces children to empathy and kindness through fun and creativity.
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