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Georgina develops outside of her comfort zone
Student: Georgina Douglas
Age: 17
Training provider: City College Coventry
Course: Peter Jones Enterprise Academy – Level 3 Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Employer: Totem Learning
My placement lasted for four weeks and was project based, which was set by my tutor at the
Peter Jones Enterprise Academy and Totem Learning. The project was based around designing
and gaining funding for a new entertainment game that was going to be created by Totem
Learning under a new division called Totem Play.
During my time with the organisation I was able to use their expertise and knowledge to guide
myself through the steps to completing the project.
The first hurdle I came to was the project.
Gaming is not one of my interests and I did not have a clue
where to start! After speaking to my manager and mentor
about my doubts we came up with a plan for me to write the
game idea as a story, going into detail on how the ‘story’
would develop.
This was right up my street! Once I got the story down and I
pitched it to the team it was time to work with the Graphic
Designers. It was amazing to see my random doodles and
descriptions become something real.
This took up the first two weeks of my placement, so the third week was solely focused on
gaining funding to create the game and not just a preview. After some initial research, a project
plan was put together and a funding method was decided on; crowd funding.
The fourth week was spent watching the donations go up and my confidence soar. During this
week I drifted from the project so I started working on mini projects such as creating a phone
application and going to a local school to talk to other students about my Work Experience
placement.
Unfortunately I was no longer at Totem when the crowdfunding deadline came so I am unsure
of if this was successful or not.
Fair Train (Group Training Association) Limited
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My proudest moment on placement came right at the end; I was compiling all of my work
together and seeing the amount I had completed and how I had developed over four weeks was
brilliant. I was initially out of my comfort zone but with support from Totem I was able to thrive.
My placement with Totem Learning has changed my views on what environment I wanted to
work in. Before starting my placement I always pictured myself working in a big busy office but
Totem Learning was the opposite. The environment was small, friendly and laid back and I was
comfortable and happy.
Without this placement I wouldn’t be in the position that I am now. Out of the whole placement
the main aspect that stood out to me was the development of the project and the fundraising
aspect. It is because of this I started to look at fundraising as a career and this is how I gained
my position as Fundraising Apprentice at Fair Train.
Fair Train (Group Training Association) Limited
Registered as a company limited by guarantee
Company number 7313191, Registered Charity No: 1148867