Category: Student Organizations
Last week, the first year Fisher Board Fellows had their board training session. We learned about the fundamentals of non-profit work and serving on a board from Janie Levine Daniel, a former board fellow herself, and we also learned about non-profit accounting from Brian Mittendorf. The session, combined with the Bridges To The Boardroom luncheons over the last few terms, have helped the first year fellows become more comfortable with the board process and get a better idea of what to expect when we begin serving on our boards.
Yesterday was Fisher AMP’s (Association of Marketing Professionals) annual CAMP (Columbus Advertising and Marketing Powwow) event! I was on the CAMP committee this year and in charge of the social media surrounding the promotion of the event. We did some really cool things this year with social media. We had trivia and scavenger hunt contests on Twitter (prizes, extra raffle entries, and a grand prize were given to winners), individual website blogs for our keynote speakers, and we used #FisherCAMP2015 to let the audience tweet in their questions throughout the day.
One perk of being part of Ohio State is being able to take advantage of all the events the Ohio Union Activities Board (OUAB) puts on. Last month they welcomed Daymond John to the Union.
This past weekend myself and six other MAcc students participated in BuckeyeThon. BuckeyeThon is the largest student-run philanthropy at Ohio State with an ultimate goal of ending childhood cancer. BuckeyeThon raises money to support the kids treated at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. More than 5,100 students registered for the 24 hour dance marathon with the ultimate goal of raising $1,000,000. Hearing about the event last semester we formed a MAcc team, "The Bad Assets", and raised money all For The Kids (FTK). BuckeyeThon is set up in 2 shifts of 12 hours each. During y