This term has been an incredibly
exciting term for members of Stage2’s
Marketing and Fundraising committees.
Stage2’s Marketing Committee is always very interesting and
exciting, and provides its members with a wealth of
experience through helping to promote the company to the rest of the world!
The committee
meets twice a term, and this term focused on the Promotional Mix. This meant that members as young as 11 were
taking part in training on degree level marketing! As well as being provided with hand-outs and
talking about the theory side, we also got the chance to explore the concepts
through looking at popular television adverts and working in groups to come up
with an advertising plan for a hypothetical unlimited budget!
As well as the
training members have had the chance to complete a huge variety of tasks. Members have been involved in everything from
making an advertising display to writing press releases and researching
potential advertising avenues.
After a great
term, the whole committee is very excited to be able to put their newfound
training to work by spreading the word about the company and A
Chorus of Disapproval on the company’s distribution day on Saturday
21st December!
“Through the Marketing Committee I have learned so much about how I can
help Stage2 through marketing as
well as how I can market myself in interviews and things like that. Every term we learn something different and interesting.” – Jake
Hotchin, Marketing Committee Member
As usual, Stage2’s Fundraising Committee has also been hard at work looking
at how to raise money for the company, which is incredibly important for Stage2
to continue to be able to offer all the options it does. This committee is much
smaller than the Marketing Committee and is more ‘academically’ focused because
it involves tasks such as writing high standard applications and compiling
budgets. But don’t let that put you
off! The Fundraising Committee is a
fantastic way to get involved in Stage2
and gain invaluable work and life experience.
All members are fully supported through their time on the committee with
a number of tasks suitable for all levels of confidence.
This term has seen all the usual types
of tasks, which have varied from designing invitations to invite past, current
and potentially future funders to the LAMDA evening and production, all the way
up to starting our own complete fundraising projects.
As well as completing tasks, this
term the committee has received excellent and professional training in two
different sessions. The first session
included an overview of reading and understanding budgets which was really
useful for old and new members alike.
The second training session was held by Ellen Jurczack, an ex-member who
is now a professional fundraiser who started out in the Stage2 Fundraising Committee. This session was based on fundraising schemes
involving alumni and was incredibly interesting! Not only did we learn about how to run and
participate in one of these schemes we also learned how to improve basic skills
such as confidence and talking to strangers.
Because this training session was such a great opportunity, company
members outside of the committee were invited to come and experience it, an
offer which many members eagerly took up.
“This is my first term on the Fundraising Committee and I have learned
so much already! I put off joining the
committee because I wasn’t sure if I was suited to it, but have found
everything we have looked at this term really interesting and was offered help
with all my tasks, although in the end I didn’t even really need any!” – Wallis
Allen, Fundraising Committee Member
You don’t need any
experience to join the committee (most new members have none at all) as you
will be taught everything you need to know.
Both committees are available to join in the Spring term to anyone who
is interested and willing to commit!
“As a Stage2 member who is on
both of the Committees, I feel like I am really part of something
exciting. Every time I leave a committee
meeting I am incredibly excited to be part of such a fantastic company, telling
people all about Stage2 is only
difficult in that I could go on for hours!
I have been able to be part of a huge range of different tasks with Stage2 that have complimented my work
at University and made me feel both much more confident and much prouder!” – Andrew
Brown, Member of the Fundraising and Marketing Committees
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