My third week at Netcare included some incredible experiences as I have started to get more familiar with the company and the staff.

This week I had the opportunity to sit in on a meeting with our CEO and a City Councilmember. Getting to watch what more senior meetings look like was such a wonderful experience.

My mentors and I also met with our co-hosts of our Pickleball Event to debrief all of our thoughts and key takeaways. It was extremely interesting to hear how their perspectives on the event were similar to and differed from ours. It was an engaging conversation as we discussed how we would want to improve this event in future years. I was even able to give some of my own input on the event to hopefully gain more attendance!

My favorite part of this whole week was getting to have a meeting with my two mentors, evaluating the work that I have done while also talking about goals and my big projects. I learned so much from this meeting including why we market our services through our website in the way that we do, and the key parts of a campaign. In this meeting, we came up with the idea to start a campaign that focuses on the “why.” In my first session with The Columbus Foundation, Dr. Lomax talked to us about the importance of our “why.” Having the opportunity to connect that with my work at Netcare has been so rewarding and I am excited to see how this campaign pans out.

I spent the rest of the week drafting ideas for the campaign including focusing on client, donor, and staff testimonials, as well as, posting video content as frequently as other content on our social media to boost engagement. I also worked on various social media posts and organized different lists for fundraising and outreach.

Overall, I had another incredible week at Netcare with my mentors and am looking forward to all my future projects!

Best,

Anaika