1) Faculty member who works closely with students
a. This proposal for a service has not been approached, and while most if not all HCW services have been “in-house,” there hasn’t been much consideration to expand in this capacity.
b. Because it is more of an internal operation, they work directly with the company to host them in person within Heavener, with no recordings of the presentations.
c. With this idea being a groundbreaking proposal compared to what is traditionally prepared, they would have to consider the target audience’s usage rate and retention. Depending on the percentages in maybe some sort of pretesting, they would consider.
d. Ultimately, I understand now that this is pretty uncharted territory for consideration by multiple levels and parties involved.
2) Additional faculty member who works closely with students
a. The sentiment remains the same. This proposal for a service has not been approached, and while most if not all HCW services have been “in-house,” there hasn’t been much consideration to expand in this capacity.
b. Due to the direct nature of contact between Heavener and individual companies, all presentations are hosted live and in person. The only virtual aspect of the event is the announcement and promotional features of HCW.
c. This is different than the traditional approach, and for it to simply be considered, there would have to be some testing and polls within the student population for demonstration purposes of the necessity for it.
d. This proposal would definitely be something not considered or enacted yet. There would have to be a lot of in-depth pre-launch testing to make sure this was enacted smoothly and efficiently.
3) Third member of the team with close advising relationship with students
a. Again, it seems like all faculty are on the same page. This proposal for a service has not been approached, and while most if not all HCW services have been “in-house,” there hasn’t been much consideration to expand in this capacity.
b. There is no buying component to setting up the event since it is hosted live within Heavener. From what I was able to gather, it is end-to-end control between the contact of faculty here and the various companies that wish to come to campus.
c. With other programs that were innovative not launching as well as hoped, there would have to be a resounding need from both students and other resources demonstrating the helpfulness of this platform. Special consideration would have to come in from companies as well depending on the nature and restrictions of their presentations.
d. With the nature of this endeavor, there would have to be a portion of resources placed on this launch in order for it to be communicated and utilized efficiently on either end.
I think your interviews were well conducted and that this was a good segment to target when gathering information on whether this idea is feasible or not. Even though it may be uncharted waters or new territory, every company or idea has to start from scratch at some point. Maybe if the numbers and logistics roll together it could pan out to be a real idea implemented.
ReplyDeleteHello Campbell,
ReplyDeleteThese were very interesting interviews! It is interesting to see how internal processes at the Heavener College work and what the thought process behind approving new services looks like. The segment you chose to interview with this assignment certainly seems to fit well with the service you are pitching to them. This was a very interesting take on this assignment!
Hi Campbell,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job with the interviews, they were conducted well and I feel the questions you asked helped get a lot of good information out of the people being interviewed. You targeted a good segment and I feel this will be very beneficial to your business and will help people and companies that come to pitch to students.