My Volunteer Experience - Ho Khanh Vy Vo
Welcome Vy!
Ho Khanh Vy Vo joined our SAcommunity Data Analytics Team as a volunteer while she studies her Master of Business Information Systems at Torrens University, beginning with the team this year on the 14 August 2024.
She attends for 4 hours a week onsite at the Connecting Up office, Infoxchange around her classes and part-time work.
Total Hours 33.5 Joined 14 August 2024 Last Check-in 15 October 2024
Connecting Up Office: Intern Lancy Lanxi Zhang, Intern Holly Hongjie Xiang with Volunteer Ho Khanh Vy Vo
Personal Biography
Vy is in her second year of studying a Masters of Business Information Systems at Torrens University, Adelaide. Following her First Class Honours in International Business Management from the University of Nottingham, Malaysia. It is here Vy discovered her interest in business analysis and data interpretation from a class held in Marketing Analytics, which inspired her to become a Data or Business Analyst.
During her Masters, Vy studied Python and SQL, apart from using various software such as Power BI, Jira, Figma, Confluence and Microsoft Access. She also undertook Advanced Google Analytics, and Accenture Data Analytics Virtual Experience Program with Forage. In March this year she also began volunteering one day each week in administration at the Australian Red Cross around her studies and work in hospitality.
Vy is volunteering at Connecting Up with the desire to give back to the community and expand her network, simultaneously gaining more real-world experience and further delving into data analytics and visualization.
In the future, Vy wishes to contribute to the non-profit sector as a data analyst or a business analyst because of the alignment between the vision of non-profit organizations and her ethical and professional practices.
Overview of Data Analytics Project
Community Services in Councils Project
Vy has selected the Flinders Ranges for her Power BI council reports, a dataset of approximately 22 community services operating in the area for the financial years 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. Her reports followed previous visualisation report work by Volunteer Hang Zhang and Volunteer Julia Koh, and her completed reports can be found >>here.
There are a number of steps involved once community service information data presentations are created, a summary of data trends prepared, work is attributed and published to the website, and then will be introduced by Vy to council stakeholders by phone and email to be used as a tool to understand community needs in their area.
Discussing about using Python code in Data Extraction and Data Cleansing with Volunteer Stathis Avramis
Work Experience - Internal and External Events, Information, Connections and Networks
Volunteers and interns are encouraged to attend monthly SAcommunity and Connecting Up Team meetings, as well as quarterly all-staff Infoxchange Town Hall meetings to understand more about the organisation as a whole. In addition to reading about projects and news through the staff-wide communication channels Yammer and the weekly CEO Update from David Spriggs, and participating in Lunch and Learn educational sessions, and network meetings to connect with staff and other volunteers.
Organisation-wide news, events and projects are communicated through the staff channels, with weekly CEO Updates from David Spriggs. Informal 'Lunch and Learn' educational sessions, and network meetings create connections with staff. Whilst peer-to-peer training or capacity building and telephone techniques training allow for networking with other volunteers.
Interns are also given opportunities to attend stakeholder and partner events as they arise.
Relevant meetings and training sessions Vy has attended include:
Health & Wellbeing Webinar - Foods to Boost your Mood - 20 August 2024
Elaine Fox hosting the "Foods to Boost Your Mood" session highlighted the significant influence of food choices have on our emotional health. In order to improve mood and promote brain well-being, the speaker recommended to embrace a varied diet of fruits, vegetables, and Omega-3 fats.
In addition, the temptation of processed foods was highlighted. While these foods provide short-term satisfaction, they often lead to detrimental effects and overconsumption habits, which eventually harm our health in the long run. Many useful advices were given to encourage participants to include more healthy foods in our daily meals. This would boost both our mental and physical health in addition to boosting our mood.
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