To give some context, in my college the marketing program prides itself on giving students real-life experiential learning rather than theory learning. In these classes, I had the opportunity to work with another student in the same semester as me on two projects with local businesses one being a research-based project, where we worked with a local whole foods store, and one being an event-based project, where we worked with a local non-profit. Each time I worked with him we had a group that was willing to work together and pull their weight which wasn't always the same for other groups in those courses, meaning that we got lucky. I tended to get assigned tasks that involved utilizing data collection and paper writing as I stepped back to allow for another group member to take the lead role as I didn't necessarily want to since I take on leadership roles in other organizations I am involved in.
This semester our team from the event-based project was invited, by the non-profit we chose to create an event for, to attend a fundraising event to speak on our experience with the non-profit. The only two, out of four that were invited, that decided to go to this event and speak was myself and my teammate who I had previously worked on the research-based project with. We went to the event and as I have previous experience talking in front of a crowd of people I didn't plan anything to say and decided to wing it as soon as I got up on the stage, my partner had decided to prepare and had even compiled a notecard to bring up with him, he decided before we went up that he was not going to utilize it while we were up there. As he had done preparation I decided to let him speak first and cover any spots that he didn't while adding my experiences that differed from his.Then just yesterday I got an email from this partner asking if I would be interested in participating in an event the non-profit he currently works at is hosting. I didn't believe myself to stand out that much that he would go through steps of approaching his boss with information on me to convince them that I would be a good fit to take a major role in an event that I knew nothing about, to have him take the time to go through that means a lot to me. In the email that I was sent his boss was 'CC'ed to make it official that he had asked me and that final paragraph is what will stand out to me.
"In the past, I have worked with you several times. You have excellent organization, data collection, communication, and Excel skills that lead us to our successes. Therefore, I thought of you for this title. If you are still looking for some volunteer or community service hours I was hoping you could consider being our scorekeeper for our annual ScrabbleBee."
I have finished my required volunteer hours for my classes this semester already, this didn't stop me from accepting as I knew it would have taken him time to get approval from his boss and I didn't want to disappoint him and I am also available for the time slot that this event takes place in. I hope I can fulfill his expectations and be a valuable asset to the event's success.
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Have you had an experience like this?
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