EXAMPLE IMPACT PROJECTS

An Impact Project is a mini-mission where students help a business solve a problem. Examples 👇👇

  • CHATGPT/AI PROJECTS

    Build ChatGPT powered customer service chatbot.

    Podcast Crawler: An AI-powered chatbot that’s trained on your podcast data, where your audience can ask questions and get relevant answers based on your podcast data!

    Google Chrome Extension build-out.

    Social Media automation with AI-powered tools. Help with integration into your business.

    Notion Chatbot build! Train a ChatGPT bot on your Notion data.

  • SUSTAINABILITY + SUPPLY CHAIN::

    Students research 20 top sustainable suppliers, provide recommendations on supply chain partners

    Students put together a model for reducing carbon emissions at your company

    Students evaluate your company and come up with ways to improve sustainability or interject a sustainable approach

    Interview employees around the company about sustainability priorities + provide recommendation and report

    Research a set of suppliers in ______ country, evaluate their pricing, delivery, and quality based on reviews, and produce a report.

  • INTERIOR DESIGN::

    “Back to Work” proposal – have team of Gen Z’rs create a proposal for how to make physical office spaces more appealing, effective, and enjoyable

    Host a series of challenges for “Best draft plans for a space” and have student teams compete for the chance for their design to be showcased.

    Have team of students research furniture sourcing + mock-ups for art based on a set of desired outcomes

  • MARKETING/SOCIAL MEDIA (Connect with Gen Z!)::

    Group of students "sprint" to create a tagline for your product, service, or merch launch

    Logo design sprint

    TikTok/Instagram Reels campaign launch

    Design a social media calendar

    Street interviews - humorous marketing campaign

    Website review - Recommendations from a Gen Z'rs perspective

    Create hype video campaigns for your upcoming product/service launch

    Set up executives/managers on LinkedIn/Instagram/etc.

    Market research! Have a group of students discover how relevant your company is and what your reputation is in the area. Do interviews. What would persuade them to give us a try? Ask adults, ask Gen Z’rs.

  • DIGITAL DESIGN + PRODUCTS::

    App prototype build-out

    Hire team of students to leverage their own coding skills + AI tools to create multiple test versions of an app

    Graphic design work of any kind

    Build an online community on Discord, Geneva, or Circle to engage customers and/or employees

    Brainstorm + help you create an online course or subscription-based offering from your company’s expertise (i.e. a hair salon could offer “daddy/daughter” courses on how to do hair, digitally, and charge a subscription)

  • DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION + DATA::

    Build out your e-commerce platform/drop-shipping capabilities

    Bring your documents online and organize them

    Design a pricing model based on a large set of data.

    Based on a set of data, evaluate the efficacy of a company's advertising efforts.

    Get companies into Meta! Design a meta and/or VR interactive space.

  • CONSERVATION + FORESTRY::

    Research + identify ways for a company to better utilize a piece of land/property, identify native plants, topography, etc. What would best grow? Coordinate with local agricultural resources and/or colleges to plan out a project.

    Design a greenspace, plan out the project for the corporation and send initial plans, designed in digital software

    Conduct market research on cost + life cycle of of plants + the greenspace

  • HIRING/RECRUITING::

    Students "mystery shop" your onboarding experience

    Students review job descriptions and provide a report/suggestions on findings

    Students build out "day in the life" videos for your staff

    Update/re-design your career website to attract Gen Z'rs

    Help set up Learning Management Systems

    Identify "Career Influencers" at your company and work with them to set up a social campaign promoting working there.

    Build a candidate referral strategy

    Students design graphics for your onboarding + training materials

    Interview employees and create video campaign for Career Website

  • MYSTERY SHOP/MYSTERY ANALYZE EVERYTHING::

    Competitor mystery shop – students call and research competitors (including their chat bots, customer service) with a specific set of criteria and assess

    Customer service mystery shop – students visit your physical store or locations with a specified set of criteria to analyze, then produce a report

    Onboarding mystery shop - Gen Z’rs go undercover on their first few days of work to see how your onboarding process and training are

    Merch line mystery shop

  • PERSONAL BRANDING::

    Hire a Gen Z student to get execs at your organization modern LinkedIn profiles

    Podcast pitching - have a Gen Z student book you or execs at your company on a podcast tour

  • MICRO CONSULTING GIGS::

    Have students shadow a department for a few weeks, then write a report on inefficiencies or recommendations they have.

    Get a student's perspective on online advertising strategies.

  • BOOKS::

    Book full first-run edit

    Sprint to a cover design

    Interior graphic design

  • RESEARCH + STRATEGY::

    Research and organize the laws, rules, regulations, processes and required permits relevant to your business or industry.

    SWOT Analysis

  • MERCH/FASHION:

    New window display for boutique or store with QR codes? Phygital experience.

    Help a company with their meta/virtual fashion line

    Photograph merch or product line