Assignment
Your task is to create value for one of the following entities:
1) your future company of employment (preferred)
2) Venture for America (broadly defined. this can focus on staff, board, other Fellows, your cohort, etc.)
3) an organization in your new city.
(Assignment was given out on Friday, July 13. Deadline for submission was Tuesday, July 17 at 9am)
Deliverables:
1) Your work product(s) properly labeled.
2) A 1-minute video delineating what you did and why.
Assessment:
Your work and work product(s) will be assessed for its OVERALL VALUE CREATION against the following criteria:
1) your future company of employment (preferred)
2) Venture for America (broadly defined. this can focus on staff, board, other Fellows, your cohort, etc.)
3) an organization in your new city.
(Assignment was given out on Friday, July 13. Deadline for submission was Tuesday, July 17 at 9am)
Deliverables:
1) Your work product(s) properly labeled.
2) A 1-minute video delineating what you did and why.
Assessment:
Your work and work product(s) will be assessed for its OVERALL VALUE CREATION against the following criteria:
OVERALL VALUE CREATION
CRITERIA
Relevance
Will the company / organization be happy you did this? Does it solve a problem or does it create more work for someone else? Is someone actually going to make use of this (if only you)?
Timeliness
Is this currently a priority for the organization in question?
Quality
Is your submission error-free? Does it set a standard such that an executive would feel comfortable relying upon it?
Clarity
Communication of deliverable. Is it clear to the executive what you did and why it’s valuable? Note that executives don’t have tons of time to review your work or suggestions.
Creativity
Hopefully Self Explanatory
Resourcefulness
Are you able to judiciously utilize resources to accomplish goals?
Hustle
As always, your work ethic and self-determination are critical to success.
CRITERIA
Relevance
Will the company / organization be happy you did this? Does it solve a problem or does it create more work for someone else? Is someone actually going to make use of this (if only you)?
Timeliness
Is this currently a priority for the organization in question?
Quality
Is your submission error-free? Does it set a standard such that an executive would feel comfortable relying upon it?
Clarity
Communication of deliverable. Is it clear to the executive what you did and why it’s valuable? Note that executives don’t have tons of time to review your work or suggestions.
Creativity
Hopefully Self Explanatory
Resourcefulness
Are you able to judiciously utilize resources to accomplish goals?
Hustle
As always, your work ethic and self-determination are critical to success.