{"id":3200,"date":"2019-07-03T09:57:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T08:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2021-06-22T09:32:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T08:32:33","slug":"introductory-blog-alex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/07\/introductory-blog-alex\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing TeamKinetic: Alex &#8211; Rising To New Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How My Marketing Journey Began<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Marketing was never something I thought about properly until year 10 in school when I chose business studies as one of my GCSE options. Marketing was a big part of the subject and I loved it. Studying it in depth throughout GCSE and A Levels made me realise that I had secretly always had a love for marketing, even when I didn\u2019t know exactly what it was. 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Having three separate households of aunts\/uncles\/cousins on one road, you could say that we were quite close! This strong family presence shaped me as a person and introduced me to my first volunteering experiences. My grandad and uncle were both pastors at our local church and once I was old enough, I started to help around a lot more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first proper role came on the annual church holiday where members of churches across the UK would come together for a week. I volunteered to help run a class for kids aged 4 &#8211; 7. This involved helping to plan and carry out activities for them, ensuring they all had fun and that everything ran smoothly. Although it was a lot of fun, it was also challenging as I had no experience looking after a group of children of this size prior to the event. I certainly had no experience trying to sort out the drama that somehow arises between such young children! On the whole, it was a valuable experience for me as I had proper responsibility over a group of children and could help to positively shape their holiday experience. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Media Surprises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s go back to summer in 2016 for a minute. Most people were out enjoying the sunny weather after breaking up from school for the holidays while I was stuck in bed, feeling ill, binge-watching <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Great British Bake Off (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/the-great-british-bake-off\" target=\"_blank\">The Great British Bake Off<\/a>. Sounds like a boring way to spend part of your summer but it actually changed my life a little bit. After watching endless episodes of the show, I decided, in my boredom, to create a Twitter account based on the things contestants say but taken out of context. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"No Context Bake Off (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nocontextgbbo\" target=\"_blank\">No Context Bake Off<\/a> was born &#8211; an account that now has around 116k followers and has highlighted to me how quickly things can spread on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190701_141933.jpg?fit=629%2C629&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"No Context Bake Off Twitter page. 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I sit here reflecting on an incredible holiday in France watching the Women&#8217;s World Cup with a true appreciation for the volunteer work that has contributed to the success of the tournament so far. I remember sitting in PSG&#8217;s Parc Des Princes stadium for the USA v Chile game as the announcer told us that there were <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"2,500 volunteers (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/news\/france-2019-volunteers-tasks\" target=\"_blank\">2,500 volunteers<\/a> for the World Cup that year. This is an increase on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the 2,000 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/womensworldcup\/news\/fifa-women-s-world-cup-and-adidas-celebrate-national-volunteer-week-2591552\" target=\"_blank\">the 2,000<\/a> that were at the 2015 Women&#8217;s World Cup in Canada. I hope it&#8217;s a figure that increases further at the 2023 Women&#8217;s World Cup too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/wwc-volunteers.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019. Volunteering in football.\" class=\"wp-image-3208\" width=\"595\" height=\"333\"\/><figcaption>Volunteers at the FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I am yet to sign up to any opportunities, I did sign up to the MMU Sport volunteering page after I joined the women&#8217;s football team in my first year at university. 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