Explore-Science: Promoting STEM Education
london, United Kingdom
Year Founded:
Project Stage:
2016
Organization type:
nonprofit/ngo/citizen sector
Start-Up
Budget:
< $1,000
Scaling strategies launched within the past 6 months:
Organizational Growth
Organizing Conferences
Open Sourcing
Campaigns
Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how this solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.
It brings a scientist in a different field each month to talk about their research, instead of associating science with their science teachers they have the chance to associate it with a real scientist, have the opportunity to network and build relationships and add skills to their CV, be aware of the opportunities in STEM, and make connections in various industries.
Impact: What is the impact of the work to date? Also describe the projected future impact for the coming years.
Joint Collaboration
Tangible Science
Exposure to different research areas in this field
Spread Strategies: Moving forward, what are the main strategies for scaling impact?
Create Digital Assets Develop a website using Wix template
Create a Twitter account
Create youtbe
develop an APP
Contact Scientists Research scientists that regularly speak at events
research scientists in different fields of sciences
devise communication strategies via linkedin, twitter and email to contact them
fix schedules
Look for venues identify venues that are for social entreprises
identify venues that are convenient for everyone to get to
identify venues specific for science talks
identify venues specific for science labs
identify venues specific for one da
Financial Sustainability Plan: What is this solution’s plan to ensure financial sustainability?
Monetize by running science labs and creating experiments and writing scientific papers thus boosting CV
Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem outlined here? How does the proposed project differ from these approaches?
Large corporates and Governments funding mroe STEM projects, but I bring in a new scientist each month which is unique to this project
Founding Story
Shwetal Shah (Founder) A creative and highly motivated individual with 2 year experience working in communications, media, account management and client facing roles in Mumbai and London. Junior consultant at a group of 3 IT companies in London (OSSCube- system integration, One point IQ- Big Data Analytics, One point consulting- IT consulting and Entreprise Architecture services).
Whilst acquiring a Masters of Science in International Marketing, volunteered with the Scottish Youth Parliament giving talks on Scottish Policies to young children and organized TEDx at university, after moving to London actively participated in and organized hackathons, Mozilla Science Fest and 3 Day Startup!
Team
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