Enhancing Cybersecurity Posture for La Connexional

La Connexional is committed to elevating its cybersecurity measures to meet industry standards, particularly within its Microsoft-based environment. This project aims to provide learners with an opportunity to apply their cybersecurity knowledge by conducting a comprehensive security audit. The team will assess current systems to identify vulnerabilities such as access controls, data storage, and software patching. They will map out potential risks and strategize improvements to bolster the company's cybersecurity framework. The project will also involve drafting and implementing new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in critical areas like incident response, password management, data privacy, and secure communication. By engaging in this project, learners will gain practical experience in cybersecurity assessment and policy development, contributing to La Connexional's goal of achieving a robust security posture.

Marketing Internship for Indoor Waterpark Event for a Social Enterprise

The primary focus for the student will be to work on our upcoming Marketing Strategy and Execution for an indoor event at a Waterpark between the periods of June 21st and August 31st. The event will take place on October 29, 2022: Conduct an assessment; identify opportunities and threats facing our event; assess where and how to improve our brand's presence and differentiate from our competitors. Recommend changes, if needed, to advertising and PR materials Investigate our competitive landscape; perform market segmentation to identify the ideal target market. Evaluate our current customer base and make recommendations; review our prospect messaging, make improvement recommendations, and create new outreach content. Develop and implement an SEO strategy; provide content suggestions and recommendations to increase search visibility. Conduct an audit of our current social media presence and/or other current communication channel(s).

Volunteer Program Launch for a BIPOC-focused social enterprise

La Connexional is a community focused social enterprise that is run by a team of dedicated individuals on a part-time basis. We have steadily grown over 4 years, from inaugurating Alberta's only Afro-Latin Festival to building a robust and resilient community through innovative events and workshops. We're currently formalizing our processes and developing new revenue streams in light of the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of scaling La Connexional nationally and creating impactful employment opportunities. We are currently trying to develop a volunteer program to help execute more community-focused initiatives while providing people with professional development opportunities. Manually and individually executing onboarding tasks with each new volunteer is an inefficient use of our already scarce resources. We want to develop an online course that will introduce volunteers to their new roles, an overview of the company and our initiatives, and provide our HR personnel with standardized feedback and data about volunteers progress. We currently already have access to a few online training platforms we've used in the past such as: Krademy LMS, Spayee and GuruCan and would ideally like to use the same platforms since our team has a good idea of the later. This project can focus on: Creating a clear and concise La Connexional Volunteer Job Description Volunteer Program Outline and principles Volunteer program signup forms Gathering relevant course design and content information . Screening new volunteers. Creating onboarding system for volunteers We would like to automate our onboarding process for this high-turnover department and reduce the time spent by our small team on repetitive onboarding tasks. If this is completed within the time allotted, then further tasks may include, but are not limited to: Assisting in creating HR processes within the company that incorporate DEI principles Assisting in organising existing company resources and transferring them to Notion

Communications & Grant Writing for BIPOC & Community focused Social Enterprise

La Connexional is a community focused social enterprise that is run by a team of dedicated individuals on a part-time basis. We have steadily grown over 4 years, from inaugurating Alberta's only Afro-Latin Festival to building a robust and resilient community through innovative events and workshops. We're currently formalizing our processes and developing new revenue streams in light of the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of scaling La Connexional nationally and creating impactful employment opportunities. The sponsorship & grant writer intern will support sponsorship & grant research and application for La Connexional, allowing our social enterprise to tap into unused resources and grow our start-up. This full-time position will focus on developing relationships with new sponsors, and for managing existing relationships. The position will also be responsible for researching and evaluating suitable granting and funding opportunities, and for compiling the information needed to apply for such grants and funds. We are looking for assistance in finding and completing grant applications that support our mission and vision statement. We believe this project will include: Assist with defining a company-identified community problem and defining the scope of a corresponding project. Develop a needs statement that characterizes the community problem and justifies the need for our project and funding. Develop initiatives to recruit new sponsors. Draft sponsorship packages and grant applications for a variety of La Connexional events, venues and programs Maintain a suitable database of all sponsorship activity such as progress timelines and contract values Writing reports and assisting with writing grant applications in terms of conceptualization and articulation. Identify grant agencies and networks with potential to fund La Connexional initiatives and venues Identify potential sponsors and funding opportunities that are a good fit for our organization and project. Interpret a request for proposal (RFP). Research, plan, write, edit, and revise a persuasive proposal narrative. Improve the clarity and persuasiveness of our company's grant proposal writing. Research into other grant opportunities to support our cause We would also provide access to a number of different online & proposal tools (such as canva, freshproposals, etc...) and we are very open to acquiring new ones to help the chose intern achieve their goals. Our handle is @laconnexional across all socials. Give us a follow ! If you like the signts and sound of our culture, and are ready to tackle this challenge with us, then we'd love to hear from you. A student or team with excellent writing, would be the ideal candidate for this project. We encourage people from all walks of life and backgrounds to apply.