Social Impact Project for UX/Web Design Expert to Support Global Education Enterprise (Open to US, MENA, UK)

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Project Description and Impact

We're igniting a global revolution in education and the intention is to organize and scale our business through the launch of 'It Still Takes A Village: Reimagining the Future of Education' which is a 4-year capacity campaign. More details here.

To date, ZENtertainment has managed over 80 modern learners who have collaborated with peers from different countries on joint projects bridging education and industry. These collaborations highlight the power of project-based learning, intergenerational and cross-cultural competence, content-driven experiences and entertainment programming, as well as social enterprises. Our agency champions these solutions as new avenues for socially conscious brands seeking fresh approaches to amplify their stories while simultaneously serving as innovative pathways for modern learners to gain knowledge, skills, and relationships with leaders in essential industries of the future. We leveraged these solutions for our own startup social enterprise needs and intend to use media and entertainment to spotlight our findings. Since February 2023, I've completed 7 pilot projects with teams made up of 3-6 learners, each committing an average of 10-20 hours weekly. There were several unforeseen challenges in partnering with each university/professor, but invaluable lessons were illuminated on how to modify programming for future learning teams.

I have managed and self-funded the incubation of my social enterprise concept for a little over a year and a half, but I'd say, as a former educator, my strength (and focus) was primarily on the strategy/programming and not operations.

This means I don't fully have a system or process to ensure viability, but I have also exhausted my personal resources to continue. With that said, I'd like to be able to provide context on what I've accomplished to date as well as the strategy I envisioned to address my main challenges listed below:

I need to prioritize product market fit, and lead generation
From the time and resources I've put into this, I know it's essential to have a team/advisors who can fill in the knowledge and skill gaps to move things forward.
funding and/or other incentives to ensure I can secure the right human resources for this phase of the business and to take care of the current operation expenses.

Following this, I'd like to better understand how I might modify and/or execute the strategy I've mapped out to address our challenges.

Attached here are the timeline notes that provide how I've worked on things to date and here you can find the info deck that provides a visual overview of the timeline doc. Also, here you can find our strategic plan for 2024-2025 as well as here, will be the Fall 2024 initiatives that we intended to serve as tactics to address some of our business challenges.

Learning Opportunity

The experteer(s) that works with ZENtertainment will learn to identify a problem that matters enough to motivate change and craft a solution that's compelling enough to be persuasive.

Virtual

This project accepts virtual experteers.

About the Hosting Organization

ZENtertainment Enterprise is a For-profit with social mission working on Education, E-Learning, Global Development, Marketing and Advertising, Professional Training & Coaching, Program Development, Public Relations and Communications, Staffing and Recruiting.