My Volunteer Experience - Dylan Reed
Welcome Dylan!
Dylan Reed joined our SAcommunity Team - Media and Communications Team as a volunteer while he works towards his studies at University, beginning with the team this year on the 29 August 2024. He attends for ~4 hours a week onsite at the Connecting Up office, Infoxchange around his casual work shifts.
Dylan recently published his first article, and a collection of his stories will be able to be found at his portfolio link here: https://sacommunity.org/blog/21441
Total Hours 25 Joined 29 August 2024 Last Check-in 25 October 2024
Personal Biography
Dylan is a university student with a keen interest in politics and political history. He spends a large amount of his spare time researching and viewing political articles and commentaries. He additionally has an interest in aviation, and has had a number of flying lessons in the past, with the hopes of gaining a private pilot’s licence sometime after graduating from University.
He has recently transferred within University from studying a Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, to studying a Bachelor of International Relations. He has begun volunteering at Connecting Up to hone his interpersonal skills, as well as being able to contribute to the community and gain valuable connections.
Dylan hopes to eventually work within the public sphere - whether that be within policy or in a government department.
Digital Training & Development
Volunteers and interns have access to the Connecting Up Digital Learning Centre providing live webinars and recorded webinars, workshops and webcons presented by subject-matter experts to understand more about a range of technology topics for the not-for-profit sector.
Volunteers and interns have access to the Connecting Up Digital Learning Centre providing live webinars and recorded webinars, workshops and webcons presented by subject-matter experts to understand more about a range of technology topics for the not-for-profit sector.
Relevant training sessions were selected, attended, summarised and assessed by Dylan to look at how these sessions can enhance his volunteering experience, and have included:
AI should be used more to increase productivity than replace work as, in its current state, it can show signs of biases and can often make up unsupported evidence or claims as a result of its reliance on human learning. The speaker, Ryan Harrington, implies that whilst AI will be, and in some cases is currently, crucial to productivity, it can also come with a host of additional concerns. I found this webinar engaging due to the continued relevancy and importance of the topic it covers.
SAcommunity Team with Yong Kheng Beh's visit 25 October 2024
