Host an Event
As an IBM Ambassador, your job is to create at least two events per semester for your campus. An event can be:
Watch Party
Workshop
Club, chapter, community or group meeting
Table at a club fair
Panel or speaker presentation
Webinar
Group event with your fellow IBM Ambassadors
Where do I start?
1. Send the Your Big Year team a text on Whatsapp that you are working on an event and we will help you along the way!
2. Check out our resources to get you started:
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We’ve created a checklist to help you get organized. Make a copy and use this as your planning form.
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Here is a list of topic suggestions that your peers have used. We have selected a few for your first event:
For your first event:
Artificial Intelligence advent and how it has been changing everyday life
Cybersecurity and why it’s important
Data Science and several career paths
Watch party for IBM TechTalks
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Need more support and tips?
The easiest way to learn how to plan an event is to join a group event. Speak to the team if you would like to join a group. Also, we host event planning sessions in our Leadership Meetings. Here is a video recording of an online event planning session from IBM Champion Sabine Diemt: