Events by The Climber
The Challenge /
To enable students to explore various career fields by learning and applying their knowledge on real-world projects. To harness the power of youth to bring about a revolution in the education sector.
Year /
2014 - 2019
Role /
Creative Direction
Systems Thinking
Team /
Fatema Hussain
Sameer Ramesh
Mohammed Zeeshan
Ruhan Madni Naqash
Learning can not be confined to classrooms and one sided conversations. It needs to be driven by experiences, interaction and inspiration.
Solution Overview /
Establishing a community of students who are driven by initiating change and revolutionising the education system. This organisation conducts events and workshops that help introduce and open up career options for their peers. By ideating and executing these initiatives, the organisation members can explore opportunities to network, understand the importance of team work, and develop their leadership skills. The Climber student organisation has conducted 30+ events in 10+ cities in India.
Take Responsibility & Ownership
Impact & Inspire Peers
Getting to know about the organisation
Making the decision to Apply
Getting Inducted
Choosing roles & responsibilities
Applying for leadership positions/ Electing leaders
Ideating & executing events & workshops
New students attending the events/workshops
Student user journey in brief
The Process /
Refine
Observe
Design
Execute
- Evaluation of Impact
- Feedback & Changes
- Trend Analysis
- Stakeholder Map
- Qualitative Interviews
- Persona Mapping
- Empathy Building
- Ideation
- User/ Event Journeys
- Op Model Execution
- Event Planning Structure
- Event Ideation
Research & Analysis /
We spoke to a diverse set of students, parents and teachers to understand their views on learning and the education system. Following are the insights we gathered.
Lack of information for choosing careers
Students do not feel connected to the school system
Rote learning does not work
Young people are eager to learn by doing
Students value personal interactions & are looking for mentorship & guidance
Parents are skeptical about new career choices because of lack of evidence.
The current learning environment does not help with any soft skill development
Students are looking for certificates & experiences to put on their resumes.
We boiled down the research and qualitative interviews to create 3 persona profiles for the most typical students. This helped us understand their goals and behaviours which in turn helped us empathise & ideate from their perspective.
Motivators:
- Freedom to express her visions
- Feeling empowered and heard
- Being able to see results
Demotivators:
- Dealing with rigid structures & authority
- Losing her voice/opinions
- Existing prior commitments
Name: Nibani Arya
Age: 20 yrs
Description:
A charismatic person with a strong need for validation. She is very ambitious and has her career path mapped out. She is looking for opportunities to network and build connections which may help her achieve her goal.
Motivators:
- Chance of finding a goal/purpose
- Feeling involved and included
- Having a good company
Demotivators:
- Monotonous work
- Being pulled out of comfort zone
- Being unable to relate
Name: Vimal Jogi
Age: 17 yrs
Description:
An academic under performer with a kind and creative spirit. He is practical and extremely hardworking but gets easily distracted and requires an external push from time to time. A good team player with many hidden qualities.
Motivators:
- Meeting new people
- Working on something unconventional
- Being part of a team
Demotivators:
- High time commitment
- Monotonous work
- Desk work
Name: Abhi Mehta
Age: 18 yrs
Description:
An enthusiastic & energetic person who enjoys trying new things and social interactions. He leads his university basketball team & is well liked by his peers. Short sighted and has too many things on his plate
The Outcome /
A youth organisation that gives the students the power to initiate discussion with their peers, parents and school/university authorities. As a part of the organisation, the students design & conduct various events and workshops that help motivate students to pursue their passions. While these events inspire and motivate their peers, the organisation members themselves learn a plethora of soft skills. Their active participation leads to both experiential and transformative learning, forcing them to find unique solutions to the challenges at hand.
One of the major factors that impacted the design of the organisation structure was to facilitate bottom up innovation. It was clear from our research that the students did not feel heard and needed a platform to express themselves and their interests.
Another factor was that the students did not have a lot of time to dedicate to this. We needed a structure that could help maximise participation while keeping in check the time requirement.
The structure was designed to help students understand the different roles and departments involved in managing a service/event. This helps students experience the roles of different departments in companies and organisations in the real world and figure out their calling.
Once the 1st set of members delivered an event, we spoke to them about the shortcoming of the structure and refined it.
Organisation Mentor/Co-ordinator
Members
National EB
City/Uni EB
- President
- VP Sales
- VP Marketing
- VP Finance
- VP Logistics
- VP HR
- President
- VP Events
- VP Sales
- VP Marketing
- VP Finance
- VP Expansions
- VP HR
- President
- VP Sales
- VP Marketing
- VP Finance
- VP Logistics
- VP HR
Initial Organisation Structure
Once this structure was implemented we realised that students were interested in participating and organising events, but a major drawback was the time commitment. Also, the national Executive Board(EB) was unable to understand the local realities of the different city/University Entities and hence became stagnant.
Organisation Mentor/Co-ordinator
OC
City/Uni EB
Core Members
- President
- VP Sales
- VP Marketing
- VP Finance
- VP Logistics
- VP HR
- VP Business Development
- President
- VP Sales
- VP Marketing
- VP Finance
- VP Logistics
- VP HR
- VP Business Development
Revised Organisation Structure
An Organising Committee(OC) was added which was recruited only before an event to help execute it.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
Organisation Mentor
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Approval on initiatives and budgets
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Helping maintain the vision of the organisation
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Providing strategic guidance
Recruitment : The organisation mentor is selected by the board members of The Climber Knowledge and Education
Pvt. Ltd.
Local Executive Board
Term : President - 1 year,
VP's - 6 months
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Conceptualising events and initiatives
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Conducting and leading meeting with core members
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Managing respective teams
Recruitment : The EB is elected by the core team members.
Application Process : The core members who wish to apply for the different positions pitch their event plans and ideas to all the members and the organisation mentor at the start of each new term.
Core Members
Term : 6 months
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Planning and executing the events and initiatives
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Attending respective team meetings
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Inducting and guiding the OC before events
Recruitment : Two recruitment drives take place every year. The first drive starts in mid May and ends in mid July. The new members are inducted and added to the teams by 1st august. The second drive starts in mid December and ends in mid Feb. The new members are inducted and added to the teams by 1st Feb.
Application Process : Fill Form > Get shortlisted > Give interview > Get selected
Organising Committee
Term : 2-3 months
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Helping with the execution of a particular event
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Helping their team achieve the respective targets
Recruitment : The organising committee is recruited after an event has been planned and is ready for execution.
Application Process : Fill Form > Get shortlisted > Give interview > Get selected
As a part of the organisation, the student entities have executed 30+ events in 10+ cities in India.
Once an event is executed by a city/university entity, it is picked up by another city/university entity based on its success and relevance. Following are a few of the events that have been conceptualised, planned and executed by the student organisation till the year 2019.
Scale:
Indian Youth Conclave
Career Fest, Multiple Events & Workshops
Large
Avg. Footfall 750
Focused
Diverse
IYC is a carefully curated youth fest which celebrates being young and being passionate. An event designed to bring together entrepreneurs, technologists, scientists, performers and artists. The event offers exclusive workshops, amazing exhibits, speaker interaction sessions & amazing competitions to help students find their tribe.
Co lab
Technology Events & Workshops
Scale:
Medium
Avg. Footfall 150
Focused
Diverse
An event to broaden the horizons for technically inclined youngsters. It provides an incredible opportunity for students to broaden their knowledge and explore the future of technology. It comprises of talks, workshops and hackathons and internship opportunities.
Litup
Literature Events, Workshops & Retreats
Scale:
Medium
Avg. Footfall 150
Focused
Diverse
LitUp is a carefully curated event for school and college students to mentor them in various forms of writing and enable them to meet various personalities in the field and gain greater knowledge and depth in the field of literature. The students get to interact with writers, bloggers, poets, theatre artists, journalists etc.
Recess - Take a break from school
Personal Development & Management Workshops
Scale:
Small
Avg. Footfall 50
Focused
Diverse
A monthly event focused on mental health and stress management issues that school students go through. Students are one of the most common victims of stress. This event aims to help students learn how to manage their stress efficiently and reminding them of the available help.
Kickstart Summit
Entrepreneurship Events, Workshops & Retreats
Scale:
Medium
Avg. Footfall 150
Focused
Diverse
The Spurt of start-up culture in the country and a drive to become revolutionaries of society is the inspiration of ‘The Kick Start Summit’. It includes talks, workshops and startup internships from some of the most established entrepreneurs across the country. It also includes a start-up expo and a B-Plan pitching competition.
i - Seize the day. Your way.
Personal Development & Career Exploration
Scale:
Small
Avg. Footfall 150
Focused
Diverse
‘I’ is a day long journey of self discovery where students through the medium of travel experience changing sceneries while meeting people who change their perspectives. It's called ‘I’ because every individual is unique and should get an opportunity to celebrate their individuality.
Event Branding /
The members of the graphic design and marketing team brand the event from scratch as well as come up with the marketing strategies for their events. This helps them get an insight into the industry and also contributes to their portfolio. Over the years I have mentored and led student designers as young as 16 year olds to come up with brand guidelines as well as all the marketing material required for the events.
I have worked with multiple student teams in helping them bring their creative visions for the events alive. I have mentored them to understand the basics of graphic design, branding and the value it brings.
In the News /
The events organised by the organisation have been covered by national and local newspapers. Here are a few links: