May 30, 2010 in Blog, Media Coverage by Ryan
Talent Egg features our project
Our project was featured in an article on Talent Egg, a Canadian career website for students and recent grads. Not only does the organization offer job listings, but it writes articles on student initiatives and career advice. True to their mission, they get students and recent grads to write the articles.
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May 20, 2010 in Blog, Project Updates by Ryan
Organizational meeting Wednesday 26 May 2010 at 5:30 SLC 2143
You are invited to attend an organizational meeting for the Waterloo Banking Project. Learn more about our plans to create student-run financial services in Waterloo. Students from both the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University are welcome to attend. Find out how you can contribute to this worthwhile initiative.
Waterloo Banking Project Organizational Meeting (UW)
Wednesday 26 May 2010 5:30 p.m.
SLC 2143
Update: We added another meeting at WLU campus
Waterloo Banking Project Organizational Meeting (WLU)
Wednesday 26 May 2010 3:30 p.m.
SBE 1230
If you plan to attend the meeting or are interested in participating, please fill out this online form:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dEktQTJ2UUxGSUpxMExsb1JkV1VoZnc6MQ
The purpose of these questions is to collect information about potential staff members. We want to know about people, what they expect from the project, what they can offer, and when they’ll be available. As well we want to know people’s ideas.
Email questions or comments to waterloobanking.com@gmail.com.
May 10, 2010 in Blog by Ryan
Project overview video explains our initiative
So, people can get a better understanding of WaterlooBanking Project and our plans, we made a screencast presentation.
In it we describe our problem statement, our vision for student-run financial services, and the basics of our plan. We also outline our plans for the next two years and tell interested people how they can contribute to our efforts.
Please watch the video and tell your friends.
May 1, 2010 in Blog, Media Coverage by Ryan
TechVibes interviews Abhi about our initiative
Prashanth Gopalan from TechVibes interviewed Abhi about the Waterloo Banking Project in April.
He posted the interview in question-answer format. Abhi’s answers describe the project well and he mentioned Megan’s contribution too.
Here’s an excerpt.
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May 1, 2010 in Blog, Media Coverage by Ryan
Our project has now received ‘international media attention’
A student named Peggy from Taiwan’s Chengchi University e-mailed us asking to interview us a few weeks ago. We agreed and she sent us some questions. We sent back responses and answered her followup questions.
About a week later she sent us the link.
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