The Marketing You!

Assignment
(Approval Required*)

This is an assignment that addresses you on an individual personal level. It’s about You! It’s an
assignment to help market you to yourself first, to those around you, to your future and to the
world! I’d like you here to do something new for the first time.

You need to do something new that you have never tried before in your life and write a paper
about your experience..

It also includes anything you’ve always wanted to do but never got the chance to and which you
know is something that will benefit you greatly. I’m also very open to all ideas.

For this assignment, while each activity can be different you still need to provide me a write-up of
what you learned from it and how was this experience in details. As a reminder, the idea needs to
be something you didn’t do before and you didn’t start it yet (no historical credit given of course).
If unsure, you can always ask.

The Marketing You assignment is still a totally optional assignment, so it’s a choice, but I highly
encourage you to take advantage of it. It’s a golden opportunity.

The Proposal
If you want to do the assignment you need to first submit a proposal and we need to discuss it
individually in an office meeting (online). The proposal should include
Your top 3 choices of ideas. This should include:
What is Choice 1/2/3?
Why You Want to do it (for each idea)?
And how do you plan to do it (brief methodology)?
Write at least half a page on each choice and state your final choice and why.

The Final Report

The Final report should include your progress, complete experience, final learning and conclusion.
The report should include:
1) Cover Page (includes: Marketing You: Your Choice”)
2) Table of Contents
3) Introduction
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4) Research: here you provide some of the research you have done on the topic. For example
in learning a new language, the best ways to learn a new language, best reviewed apps,
methodologies, references, books, articles etc.
5) Plan: What do you plan to do in brief? Your process and methodology.
6) Execution: Executing your plan and a detailed explanation of the experience (with any
necessary figures, statistics, pics etc.). This represents the major part of the report since
that is the main point of the Marketing You.
7) Include pictures of the activity/etc. Always provide documentation and evidence.
8) Challenges you faced.
9) Conclusion
10) Assignment Reflections:
a. So how did you find this assignment?
b. what would you do if you were to redo it again?
c. Would you recommend it for others? Why/Why not?
11) Appendix:
a. Any other details you can include.
b. PDF scanned copy of the Approval Signed & Dated

The report should be between 4-7 pages (excludes cover page, table of contents and appendix)
with 12 points Helvetica font (or Times Roman) You should answer all the questions above.
Make sure you also include a PDF scanned copy of your proposal and my approval on it in the
appendix as stated. All should be in ONE single pdf document (including the appendix) Do
not send multiple files. All should be in 1 pdf file.

Below is a long list of ideas that you can choose from. Some may need further clarification.
They remain suggestions and you can create your own as well. However in all cases you need
my approval.

Enjoy it, make the most of it, & Market Yourself to the World!

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 The Marketing You Assignment: Ideas List
(Choose what’s impactful, appropriate, applicable and relevant to You):
1. Break a bad habit (check the book the Atomic Habits /Tiny Habits and others)
2. Add a good habit
3. Build Your Personal Brand. Discover & Create what you’re really great at. What excites
you? What’s of Value & purpose? Make the most of it.
4. Work on a Part time job (for the first time preferred)
5. Volunteer for a nonprofit
6. Take a MOOC course (either in http://www.coursera.org or http://www.edx.org ). You
need to complete the course and get the certificate. Other MOOC sites need my prior
approval.
7. Read and share 2 interesting business/self development books. You need to specifically
state which books.
8. Become a TED Translator: Translate a TED talk
http://www.ted.com/pages/becoming_a_ted_translator
9. Listen to 3 audiobooks on business/self development (total 20 hours minimum) (you can
check out www.audible.com for audiobooks). You need to specifically state which
audiobooks.
10. Help An Oria (Orientation Student)
11. Teach someone something really useful.
12. Help someone in a significant way e.g. Help Employ a Saudi
13. Help a colleague in class solve an important problem they have.
14. Write an Article for a well-known media outlet (newspaper etc.). It needs to be published.
15. Create a Youtube channel for something useful (5 videos minimum)
16. Learn a new language (check sources). Report should also include a video of you speaking
the language.
17. Learn to do something in a new better way. For example a productivity innovation, a
lifehack, etc.
18. Volunteer for translating 3-5 articles at Ollemna.com http://www.ollemna.com/joinus
19. Subscribe and listen/watch a podcast (30 episodes minimum). You need to specifically
state which podcast. You can choose more than one as well and spread the number of
episodes required.
20. A Random act of kindness for 60 days (you have to help/aid someone in anyway everyday
for 60 days straight. They need to be different each time.)
21. Start a blog
22. Participate in a competition (local, regional, or global) e.g. https://www.w3iaward.com,
http://qomrah.tv
23. Solve a personal problem you have.
24. Solve an important problem at work.

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25. Interview the CEO/CMO of a well known company (either listed in the Saudi Stock
exchange or is a very popular startup). Needs to be face to face.
26. Attend a series of webinars online (HBR, MSI etc.) a Total of 20 webinars.
27. Get certified in some professional certification. E.g. CFA, PMP etc.
28. Write a detailed case study about a local company or several short case studies (local).
29. Work in a Startup and share your experience.
30. Start your own business/nonprofit idea
31. Start a social media account creating value.
32. Start a Podcast
33. Launch a social cause campaign
34. Conduct a research study on something you’re very curious about.
35. Conduct a social experiment and report it’s findings.
36. Write a book on something you really love to write about.
37. Write a novel.
38. Create something really creative & interesting!
39. A combination of ideas.
40. A new idea.