Project Title: My Story Matters brand growth, thought leadership and vertical expansion

My Story Matters

Details
Project Title My Story Matters brand growth, thought leadership and vertical expansion
Project Topics Entrepreneurship Growth Strategy Marketing Sales & Business Development
Skills & Expertise
Project Synopsis: Challenge/Opportunity
My Story Matters: This project is built to get the expertise, focus, out-of-the-box ideas, and creativity that comes with the Project-Based Interns to help continue building our business to achieve these aims.My Story Matters, a (501c3) organization, promotes healing, inspires hope, and celebrates courage in everyday heroes by engaging them in a process that helps them reflect, recount, record, and reframe their stories. We educate individuals to take the lead in their story. In doing so, communities engage in embracing stories of all individuals as heroes of their own personal journey and, in that process, become more united in compassion, understanding and empathy as we ​realize every story really does matter!
Project Synopsis: Activities/Actions Required
My Story Matters, a 501c3 charity, is a catalyst for lasting transformation. Our revolutionary curriculum is backed by and adopted as a therapeutic model to develop social emotional learning skills among youth and adults alike, as well as those that have experienced trauma. It promotes healing and inspires hope and positive action, by engaging them in a process that helps them reflect upon and reframe their stories. This is a rapidly growing and forward looking empowerment curriculum that directly address the issues of our time. It is changing the space of helping individuals transition from difficult circumstances like incarceration, homelessness, addiction and mental illness. It is also being used proactively in schools and corporations to help address stress, anxiety and emotional health and wellness. We have worked with schools, homeless shelters, refugee communities, justice impacted communities and their families, treatment centers, sober living providers, TAL groups, foster care networks, domestic violence shelters, after-care centers and other community service organizations. Each of these communities are at-risk to homelessness. We have witnessed first hand the role this instability plays in affecting all of their decisions and ultimately impacting their world and the society around them. As we seek to expand our reach this project will create a solid foundation for sustainable growth. Working with our various partners we will achieve the following outcomes. Expanding current markets by supporting sales team with messaging analysis, social strategy, data analysis, and insights to drive sales/marketing/PR efforts in existing channels. Researching new markets, market trends, and compiling competitive analysis which converts to further product development. Solving scalable product training, communications and deliverables to instructors and participants using technology. This would include inputs and management of our training content creation and social media messaging. Create a social media strategy across all verticals within the brand establishing a social media calendar and marketing campaign.
Project Synopsis: Expected Results
Market/Competitive Research to inform company strategy- Marketing messaging for upcoming product releases- Online/Social strategy with implementation for 3 month product launch cycles, and social media calendar Research and development within therapeutic models

Project Timeline

My Story Matters - My Story Matters brand growth, thought leadership and vertical expansion
Due Date
Activities
Deliverables
Status
Action
Wed, 01/17/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Team Roles and Meeting Times
Required Deliverable
Please submit a document or picture with Each members team role, phone number and email.
Please include in this document at least two scheduled team meeting times each week and one scheduled meeting time with the company sponsor
Required Deliverable
Deliverable submission is required.
Guiding Questions:
Please submit a document or picture with Each members team role, phone number and email.
Please include in this document at least two scheduled team meeting times each week and one scheduled meeting time with the company sponsor
Deliverable Instructions:
Document or picture with required information.
Tue, 01/23/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Student Pre-Kick-off Self-Assessment Form
Required Evaluation
Evaluation submission is required.
Wed, 01/24/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Engagement Letter Draft
Required Deliverable
Complete a draft of the Engagement letter based upon the discussion with the company sponsor at the Kickoff meeting. Use the attached Engagement Letter template to create your letter. Do not change any of the red legal words in the template. When you have made all of your updates and individual additions to the template change the red wording to black and remove the big red box in the top left corner of the letter.
Required Deliverable
Deliverable submission is required.
Guiding Questions:
Complete a draft of the Engagement letter based upon the discussion with the company sponsor at the Kickoff meeting. Use the attached Engagement Letter template to create your letter. Do not change any of the red legal words in the template. When you have made all of your updates and individual additions to the template change the red wording to black and remove the big red box in the top left corner of the letter.
Deliverable Instructions:
Upload the the Engagement Letter draft submitted to the company sponsor.
Wed, 01/31/24
11:55 PM UTC
Submitted Fully Signed Engagement Letter
Required Deliverable
After further negotiations, following the initial draft, make modifications to the engagement letter so that the team and the company sponsor are happy with the final document. If the company sponsor wants to change any of the legal wording (the sections that were in red) you will need permission from the class professor to change any of that wording. When agreement has been reached each team member should sign the document and submit it to the company sponsor and have them sign it also. 
Required Deliverable
Deliverable submission is required.
Guiding Questions:
After further negotiations, following the initial draft, make modifications to the engagement letter so that the team and the company sponsor are happy with the final document. If the company sponsor wants to change any of the legal wording (the sections that were in red) you will need permission from the class professor to change any of that wording. When agreement has been reached each team member should sign the document and submit it to the company sponsor and have them sign it also. 
Deliverable Instructions:
Upload the fully signed Engagement Letter (signed by all of the students and the Company Sponsor).
Fri, 02/02/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Student Temperature Check
Required Evaluation
Evaluation submission is required.
Fri, 02/02/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Complete a full Project Plan
Required Deliverable
Complete a Microsoft Project Plan using the Project-Based Internship Project Plan - Template (see the attached link). Make assignments to team members for the project process activities, and develop Deliverables and tasks with assignments also made to teammates.
Required Deliverable
Deliverable submission is required.
Guiding Questions:
Complete a Microsoft Project Plan using the Project-Based Internship Project Plan - Template (see the attached link). Make assignments to team members for the project process activities, and develop Deliverables and tasks with assignments also made to teammates.
Deliverable Instructions:
Upload the finished project plan or a link to your team's project plan.
Fri, 02/02/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Student Post-Engagement Peer Assessment Form
Required Evaluation
Evaluation submission is required.
Wed, 02/28/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Industry Mentor Temperature Check
Required Evaluation
Evaluation submission is required.
Wed, 02/28/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Midterm Project Report
Required Deliverable
Prepare a report to be used during the Midterm report meeting. This report should include a summary of what has been completed, what is left to be completed, and re-negotiations of deliverables, and any other outcomes from the meeting.
Required Deliverable
Deliverable submission is required.
Guiding Questions:
Prepare a report to be used during the Midterm report meeting. This report should include a summary of what has been completed, what is left to be completed, and re-negotiations of deliverables, and any other outcomes from the meeting.
Deliverable Instructions:
Upload the Project Midterm Report.
Mon, 03/04/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Student Post-Engagement Peer Assessment Form
Required Evaluation
Evaluation submission is required.
Mon, 03/04/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Student Temperature Check
Required Evaluation
Evaluation submission is required.
Mon, 03/25/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Student Temperature Check
Required Evaluation
Evaluation submission is required.
Mon, 03/25/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Industry Mentor Temperature Check
Required Evaluation
Evaluation submission is required.
Tue, 04/02/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Create a Final Written Report
Required Deliverable
Complete a final written report following the instructions found in Canvas. Be sure the report includes an executive summary, a complete review of all deliverables, finding and data created during the project. Where possible describe activities that created value for the company and try and quantify the value created. Where appropriate include users guides, temples, and an appendix with data sources, surveys, research and other information generated during the projects.
Required Deliverable
Deliverable submission is required.
Guiding Questions:
Complete a final written report following the instructions found in Canvas. Be sure the report includes an executive summary, a complete review of all deliverables, finding and data created during the project. Where possible describe activities that created value for the company and try and quantify the value created. Where appropriate include users guides, temples, and an appendix with data sources, surveys, research and other information generated during the projects.
Deliverable Instructions:
Upload a completed Final Project Report.
Fri, 04/05/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Create a Final Presentation Document
Required Deliverable
Complete a final presentation using the top down, commercial styles report using the pyramid principles and following the outline of the executive summary from the final report.
Required Deliverable
Deliverable submission is required.
Guiding Questions:
Complete a final presentation using the top down, commercial styles report using the pyramid principles and following the outline of the executive summary from the final report.
Deliverable Instructions:
Upload the Final Presentation
Mon, 04/08/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-07:00)
Invitations sent to all invitees to the Final Report meeting
Required Deliverable
Prior to the Final Presentation meeting invite all relevant individuals to the meeting. This will include the company sponsor and anyone they wish to have in the meeting. This should also include the Ensign College professor, teaching assistant and any other mentors associated with the project.
Required Deliverable
Deliverable submission is required.
Guiding Questions:
Prior to the Final Presentation meeting invite all relevant individuals to the meeting. This will include the company sponsor and anyone they wish to have in the meeting. This should also include the Ensign College professor, teaching assistant and any other mentors associated with the project.
Deliverable Instructions:
Upload a confirmation that all of the participants have been notifies, and the date, time, location or link to the Zoom or other meeting tool of the Final Report Meeting.
Thu, 04/11/24
11:55 PM US/Mountain (UTC-06:00)
Company Sponsor Project Evaluation
Required Evaluation
Evaluation submission is required.

Program Managers

Name Organization
Roger McCarty Brigham Young University (BYU)