We’ve (officially) launched! 🎉
Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate our official launch party with us on last month! It was lovely to see so many familiar faces.
It was also really exciting to welcome new entrepreneurs and investors to the community, including the founders of Alpaca Coffee, Little Moons, The Smart Container Company (check them out!).
In fact, one such new addition to our JV community, has something very exciting to share with everyone - a free invitation to the QS-Wharton Reimagine Education Conference (the Oscars for EdTech!).
More details below!
Free passes to the Reimagine Education Conference 🗓
Virtual 6-10 December 2021
New educational approaches are everywhere, but only some of them are truly world-class. Identifying and rewarding those gems is the mission of the QS-Wharton Reimagine Education Awards & Conference: The Oscars of Education.
Thanks to our lovely member Serena Ricci, all JV Investment Network EdTech entrepreneurs and investors can join the conference for free!
What is it?
Reimagine Education offers Universities, Chief Learning Officers, investors, policymakers, and EdTech companies a premium forum for driving educational innovation.
By attending Reimagine Education you will:
Discover education’s best teaching and learning innovations all under one roof: attend over 140 pitches from the people behind the most successful submissions to this year’s Reimagine Education Awards;
Meet Deans, CIOs, and policymakers from world-class universities and EdTech companies, providing an opportunity to identify international partnerships and investment opportunities.
Learn how to transform your classroom, institution, or educational organisation during our 2 active learning days, featuring workshops from selected thought-leaders;
Listen to key industry experts. Speakers include Jeff Schwartz (Future of Work Leader, Deloitte), Keith A. Grossman (President, TIME), Rebecca Allyn (Education to Workforce Lead, Amazon Web Services), Anthony Salcito (Vice-President - World Wide Education, Microsoft), Leila Guerra (Associate Dean, Imperial College Business School).
You can consult the conference program here.
Grab your full access conference pass (worth $300!) in the JV member zone.
Member Office Hours (a.k.a. Ask Me Anything)
What is it?
Member Office Hours are an efficient way to volunteer your time / knowledge to other members, or to benefit from 1-1 mentoring/Q&A from members in the network.
How does it work?
Volunteers: Block off 1-hour sessions as regularly as it suits you (and entirely ad-hoc, as you desire) through Calendly. A Calendly link is then shared with members who can sign up for a 30 minute slot. You can see who has signed up when, and you connect directly through Zoom.
Mentees: If there is a volunteer offering knowledge in a topic which interests you (e.g. marketing or business plan modelling), book a 30 minute slot through their Calendly link to connect with them. Make sure you prepare questions / share an agenda with the volunteer prior to your session to maximise efficiency.
How do I volunteer?
If you’re keen to volunteer for Member Office Hours:
Sign Up: Fill in the form here
Induction: Once we’ve collected sign-ups, we will host an online session explaining how to set up Calendly and make these sessions productive.
How do I sign up as a mentee?
We will provide sign up details in our next newsletter, once we’ve onboarded our volunteers. Watch this space!