Adelaide University Internships - Fahmid Kibria
Welcome Fahmid!
Fahmid Kibria joined our Media and Communications Team for his Adelaide University Undergraduate Professions Internship on the 29th August for Semester 2, 2022 - November 2022.
Fahmid is completing a 120 hour internship onsite at the Connecting Up Office, 10 hours a week for 12 weeks over 3 days around his university classes: (2 hours, 6.5 hours and 1.5 hours onsite each week). Fahmid's SAcommunity Media Portfolio is >>here https://sacommunity.org/blog/20736 with his focus at SAcommunity on digital marketing. Along with fellow Media and Communication interns: Taylor Alland and Cecilia Mao.
Fahmid is pictured interviewing the Lions Club of Waikerie secretary Henry Stendara using the provided media template and creating this article from that interview on the organisation's upcoming event, the Waikerie Christmas Fair 2022 to be held on the 25th November 2022.
Pankaj Chhalotre, Head of Connecting Up always ensures that he meets and spends time with our new interns and that they feel comfortable at the office. Here he plays table tennis (an important part of staff and volunteer wellbeing) in his lunch-break with new intern Fahmid Kibria
Image: Sam Lloyd, Marketing Lead, Infoxchange
Mentor Meeting
Fahmid met his self-chosen mentor Sam Lloyd, Infoxchange Marketing Lead Products and Services on the 26 October 2022. Mentor meetings with a selected staff member from Infoxchange provide a one-off opportunity for mentees to gain professional development advice and guidance, to discuss education and career possibilities as well as gather insights into pathways and connections.
Fahmid summarised his mentor experience with Sam Lloyd in the 5 takeaways below:
- Using marketing theory in your profession
- Best recruiters look for cultural fit
- Find your balance in using creativity and managing employees
- Accept critical feedback, it's not a personal attack
- Take calculated risks
Fahmid also arranged a meeting with Pankaj Chhalotre, Head of Connecting Up on the 10 October 2022 to seek career and professional advice, Fahmid's 5 takeaways were as follows:
- Be open to new experiences
- Focus on learning
- Social skills go a long way
- Change can be good and exciting
- Do not try to plan too much or too far ahead
Photo: Connecting Up All-Staff Monthly Hybrid Meeting (onsite/remote) 11 October 2022 with Head of Connecting Up Pankaj Chhalotre and staff with intern Fahmid Kibria in attendance.
Work Experience
Fahmid attended monthly Connecting Up All Staff meetings on the 11 October 2022 and 8 November 2022 and was able to attend monthly SAcommunity Team meetings on the 7 September and 15 November 2022 with other interns, volunteers and staff to find out more about the service and keep up to date with developments across the organisation.
Lunch and Learn
Fahmid has also attended online All Staff Infoxchange (IX) Lunch and Learn sessions from the People and Culture Team offered to interns and volunteers, involving staff in our Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane offices across Australia and New Zealand. These focus on topics spanning from presentation skills, effective communication, and psychological wellbeing from external presenters. Fahmid attended 'Building a Brand and Compelling Narrative in PowerPoint (30/8)' hosted by Breanna Osborn from Capgemini, 'Understanding and Managing your Mental Health (21/9)' faciliated by Beti Kordanovski from the Black Dog Institute to assist in improving mental health literacy and promoting workforce wellbeing and 'Giving and Receiving Feedback (25/10)' hosted by Alexandra Hall from McKinsey, to provide staff, volunteers and intern students with insights and advice for their work-life.
SAcommunity Internship Project
Fahmid has been introduced to and received instruction in using a range of media tools such as Bee Pro, Canva, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, to search for, collect, interview, write and present storytelling articles with images on community services in the SAcommunity blog created using given interview and story templates as well as from media releases, and media team articles.
These stories from the whole SAcommunity Media team are utilised for the release of the SAcommunity November eNews, collated by Fahmid in the Bee Pro design suite for the Campaign Monitor email marketing platform with assistance, instruction and editing from Sam Lloyd, Infoxchange Marketing Lead Products and Services and Chloe Le, Connecting Up Marketing Coordinator.
Capturing the activities, events and interviews from not-for-profit organisations, as well as contributions from Fahmid such as Maximising your International Student Experience in SA. In addition to stories posted from other SAcommunity volunteers such as by volunteer Brooke Lloyd and volunteer Flavia to help raise awareness, create connections and build community capacity through the SAcommunity News.
Training and Development
Fahmid has had the opportunity to understand more about media and digital marketing in the not-for-profit sector, and was provided with access to the Connecting Up Digital Learning platform, a training and development online learning platform with a selection of relevant live webinars and recorded webinars, workshops and webcons from a range of subject-matter experts who also have a deep experience with not-for-profits.
Relevant webinars, workshops and webcons selected by Fahmid have included:
Upgrading your digital marketing with Google Analytics 4 - Ryan Jones from Refuel Creative
A guide to writing shareable, actionable blogs - Andrea Rowe
Digital Marketing Webcon 2022
Session 1 : CRM Fundamental: Organising your data is non-negotiable for NFPs – Sorcha Nation Builder
Session 2 : Facebook & LinkedIn as cause community building platform - Kate VanderVoort Social Mediology
Session 3 : Learn how to design with Canva – Yvette Adams from Creative Collective
Session 4 : Dive into Facebook and Instagram Advertising – Alecia from Hancock
“My internship was one of the best parts of my student exchange in Adelaide. Having previously worked in commercial business and for the government, I was provided with an eye-opening learning experience of the not-for-profit sector. I enjoyed taking on the challenge of writing articles and blogs, while also using my creativity to design visuals using Canva. Most importantly, I connected with members of the local community and at Infoxchange through my role as a Media & Communications Intern. As I return to Canada for my final semester of university, I look forward to transitioning into the workforce with the skills and learning at Infoxchange.” ~ Fahmid Kibria
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