TAKE PART IN AN EVENT OR A CONFERENCE
MAKE A PROJECT
By making a project you can create a change and simultaneously broadening your contacts, getting experience and skills, which will allow you to act on a bigger scale during next initiatives.
STEP 1: Think what would you like to change in the world and start your own project or find people, who already work in your desired area and join them.
STEP 2: Define the problem that you want to solve and try to find out as much about it as you can. You can also talk to people that are affected by it and find other solutions that were designed to address it.
STEP 3: Find where are the best areas to make an intervention with your solution, by mapping the system’s’ elements and breaking down the problem. Brainstorm and write down as many ideas for a potential solution as you can.
STEP 4: Choose one idea and build a prototype of a solution to check how it will work by putting little time and effort.
STEP 5: Design an improved version of your idea, implementing conclusions from testing a prototype.
you might find interesting:
business model canvas & value proposition
zwolnieni z teori
business model canvas & value proposition
design thinking
lean startup
theory of change
nvc
sinek’s golden circle
toolbox for collective collaboration
http://toolbox.hyperisland.com
GET AN INTERNSHIP
An internship can be a direct way towards a job. It’s also a great opportunity to try out new things, gain some experience, knowledge, learning by osmosis and test different roles and functions for yourself.
how to get it?
STEP 1: Find places which mission and work culture suits you. Aim high, make sure that this experience will allow you to develop crucial skills, gain knowledge and broaden your contacts. This will help you widen your further options or be closer your final vision.
STEP 2: Think what you can offer or how can you help certain organisation. Write this in an email and try to schedule a meeting. Instead of sending CV, create your personal website or build a portfolio. Show your creativity, originality and engagement.
STEP 3: Sometimes e-mail can fail. You can always try to talk to people from a certain organization during an event or go directly to a secretary’s office. If this also doesn’t help, try somewhere else, there are plenty of options.
you might find interesting:
https://www.absolvent.pl
business model canvas – you can use it to make your personal value proposition or as part of creating your personal brand.
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
There is plenty of organisations and foundations that are looking for volunteers. Search for those, which actions and goals you find most appealing and offer your help.
you might find interesting:
http://e-wolontariat.pl
http://ochotnicy.waw.pl
MAKE AN ONLINE COURSE
Make use of free platforms with courses online and roll up for one that you find interesting – from arts, business, to new technologies. Decide what you wish to learn and get access to knowledge from top universities
you might find interesting:
u.lab: Leading Change in Times of Disruption by MIT
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies by Harvard
u.lab: Leading Change in Times of Disruption, MIT
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Harvard.
edX
CourseraGoogle – Open Education Online
READ, READ, READ
Read books, articles, blogs, dig through websites and facebook groups. You can get whatever information you need in a split second, if you know where to look for it. Reach for information when you need it. You don’t have to devour 100 books about business before you start to act. It’s much easier to learn when being able to refer to your own practical experiences or challenges.
you might find interesting:
TUversity blog
Scientific American
Harvard Business Review
Disrupt Design
FIND A MENTOR
He might not only guide you and support in your current challenges, but also connect you with potential partners, co-workers and clients. If nobody that you know comes to your mind, you can always find such person at networking events, industry meetings, through social media or online mentoring platforms.
You might also try to be in touch with few people that are more experienced in specific fields and think about potential areas that you might support them in. To form a true relation there needs to be a mutual flow. To give you some clue, typically young people are more familiar with social media and image, can also provide a valuable feedback from a position of a potential customer.
If you would like to get support in designing your learning space, getting know more about creation processes or running an organisation, you can contact us via email:
Mentors4starters
TAKE PART IN AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME
There are many institutions and programmes offering perspectives of development closer to the realities of the world of today. Creating space for professional rebels and agents of change desiring to act in whatever area to explore competencies in practice, while working on meaningful projects. Challenging, pushing one’s barriers forward. Focusing on holistic development, not only this intellectual.
you might find interesting:
in Poland
w Rumunii
- Universitatea Alternativa
na świecie
- Kaospilot
- University of the Underground
- Unschool
- MIT media lab
- The New School
