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The Website Update 2020

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The Website Update

Author: Takura Sibanda

Date: 1st June 2020

“At the beginning of April 2020, I took on the responsibility for leading an overhaul update of the website you are looking at today as a UX Developer/ Iteration Lead.

I formed a web team with the help of the longest serving member of Enactus Teesside John. I recruited key personnel for the big job like Jozeene, Tatenda, Vishak, and Liam. In the initial stages we set out on learning how the website worked and gathered the information and images necessary to for the website update.

Once we learnt what platform we would be using to do the development and had collected all the necessary information we set out a plan to complete changes using a Kanban Board in Trello. We have now designed and published all of the pages.

I wanted to congratulate and thank the team for all their efforts. I am proud I have learnt a new skill that I am sure to utilise in future.

The final website was assessed by our debutant QAs Nora and Liam.”

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Enactus Teesside Advisory Board Meeting

25th November 201915th May 2020 Teesside Enactus Leave a comment

Enactus Teesside ABM 2019

Author: Takura Sibanda

Date: 25th November 2019

On the 25th of November 2019 Enactus Teesside hosted their first advisory board meeting with members of support network in attendance where the team presented the advisors with an update of the team’s progress, projects, and challenges.

Our Project Leaders Kenrick and Caolan presented the Re-Serve and Mutual projects, respectively.

It was a good learning experience for the team as they all learnt what aspects of the projects that had not been considered and should going forward to reduce the likeliness of problems arising in future.

We want to thank the advisors who attended Michael, Jonny and Steve your advice was positively received and we look to implement your suggestions in our projects.

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PMI UK Synergy NE 50th Anniversary

20th November 201915th May 2020 Teesside Enactus Leave a comment

PMI NE Synergy 50th Anniversary

Author: Takura Sibanda

Date: 20 November 2019

On Wednesday the 20th of November, the Teesside team attended the 50th Anniversary of the PMI Synergy event at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland. The Enactus team were joined by the other northern Enactus teams and a number of Project Management professionals which made for an unforgettable event.

The Teesside team presented their existing project Freedge and their spanking new project Mutual to 250 attendees which was an amazing experience for the presentation team.

Lysa Morrison and Stephen Carver were the other presenters on the evening where they talked about Navigating through a V.U.C.A world and the tale of Harrods on the Quayside which involved Chay Blyth, Clipper Ships, and sailing across the Atlantic US Coastline.

The event was signed off with the award of raffle prizes.

We want to thank David Bewick for all his efforts in organising these events over the years and wish him a happy retirement his energy and presence will be missed at future PMI events.

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Enactus Glasgow Training Weekend 2019

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Enactus Project Training Weekend 2019

Author: Takura Sibanda

Date: 2nd – 3rd November 2019

On the 2nd and 3rd of November the Teesside team attended the annual Enactus UK Project training weekend held at Glasgow university home of Enactus Glasgow.

This weekend is one of the biggest in the Enactus calendars as all the Enactus UK team undergo training from Enactus UK staff and Enactus Alumni Members on the project and innovation streams which aim to improve the sustainability of their projects and provide them with insight into making creative events and activities that can further their team growth, income and project impact.

There was also a careers fair that took place after the training sessions where companies like BiC, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Unilever and Visa were in attendance networking with Enactus students and informing them of upcoming roles for graduates and placement internships.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the training weekend were very motivating and a massive congratulations to all the teams that competed in the Summer Action competition.

A special thank you goes out to the University of Glasgow for hosting all the Northern Enactus teams and Enactus UK for planning the event.

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Faces of Change 2019

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Faces of Change Campaign 2019

Author: Takura Sibanda

Date: 29th September 2019

#FacesOfChange was a campaign to showcase the people behind the social action and the causes they are passionate about.

It was a chance for social entrepreneurs and social changemakers to tell their personal story, what made them who they are and how their journey has made them passionate about making the world a better place. Because to us, business is personal, and we know when we support a social enterprise we are supporting the dream and journey of the person behind it.

So Enactus Teesside took part in this campaign showcasing how their project Freedge was changing the world by tackling food waste and alleviates hunger amongst our beneficiary group. We are social entrepreneurs and we are changing the way business is done. #facesofchange #enactusuk #enactusteesside #socialentrepreneurs

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Enactus UK Training Weekend 2018

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Enactus UK Training Weekend 2018

Author: Takura Sibanda

Date: 3rd – 4th November 2018

On the 3rd and 4th of November the Teesside team attended the annual Enactus UK training weekend held at Kingswood Dearne Valley in Doncaster.

This year the Teesside team also presented in the ASDA Youth Poverty & Inequality ITC which gave the team early presentation practice.

Alongside the training sessions the teams were given access to attend a variety outdoor activities like climbing, archery, and camp fire-making. In the evening of the 1st day all the teams were treated to an evening dinner and disco which definitely improved people’s spirits.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the training weekend were very motivating and a massive congratulations to all the teams that won awards during the summer action.

A special thank you goes out to Kingswood Dearne Valley for hosting all the Enactus teams and Enactus UK for planning the event