The Windows UCrew Ambassador Programme is designed to help students embark on a journey to nurture their portfolio, as well as their leadership and communication skills. Being a UCrew Ambassador is more than just a programme for students, it is a journey that allows you to expand your social circle with other like-minded individuals in other Institutes of Higher Learning – as well as expanding your social connections towards the people in Microsoft. It is a journey filled with fun, friends and not to mention Technology in itself.
Being a UCrew Ambassador, I had several responsibilities with regards to promoting Windows 8 and Office 2013 in my school, as well as during events. We were required to demo to the students a simple introduction to the features of Windows 8 and Office 2013, excite the student community on how they can use their touch-capable Windows 8 devices and collect feedback about how the student community feels about Windows 8 and Office 2013. We were trained to describe the new features in Windows 8 and how to present it to the students. All of us sat through a whole day of training understanding the concepts of marketing the latest interations of Windows and Office itself. Not to mention, after going through the training we had to socialise and get to know each other right? Almost everyone attended the UCrew Welcome Party which was organised by Microsoft and I’m pretty sure everyone had so much fun even though I did not get the chance to.
My Journey as a UCrew Ambassador is slightly different from a normal UCrew Ambassador, as I felt that I had more opportunities to hone and improve myself due to my overlapping role as the Singapore Polytechnic Microsoft Student Partners Campus Lead. I was the point of contact for organising the roadshow that was to be held in my school, which required me to work together with different individuals from all the various divisions in the school. The planning took almost 4 months in advance with a lot of discussion about logistical issues and what not. Next time perhaps when you see a moderate-sized event, think about all the people in the background that helped contribute to the realisation of the event.
Other responsibilities instead of just organising a UCrew event, I am glad to say that I have attended a lot of the other UCrew related events along the way. Some events consist of the Surface Launch in Singapore that was held at Funan The IT Mall at Challenger, Japanese Pop Rock Band Scandal Live in Singapore at *SCAPE, and NBS Week. The photos below speak for themselves!
All in all, good things must come to an end, right? We had another UCrew Gathering Party to just keep each other upgraded on our progress and for us to sit around bond and hopefully getting to know more people around all the other IHL’s. Personally I really enjoyed my time and I definitely feel that this experience has contributed a significant amount of experience in the marketing of products as I was never a promoter to begin with. At the same time, making a lot of fun and wonderful friends along the way. We ended our journey at Seoul Garden with our UCrew Graduation Party and I used ‘We’ because this journey would not have mattered were it not for my fellow ambassadors. I look forward to the Second Iteration of the UCrew Ambassador Journey where much more exciting journeys will be sure to begin.
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