How to be a student champion with community services and ambassadors program.
Community services and ambassadors programs are a great way to simultaneously grow your career, serve the community, gain experiences and prepare yourself for the future. As the Lead Ambassador for I4G circle in my school, I can say that it has greatly impacted my career prospects as I am currently serving as a Community Admin at Ingressive for Good HQ. and the possibilities are endless.
It's also worth saying that been an ambassador will positively affect your intellectual and leadership skills as you will be confronted with a lot of questions daily and you need to provide answers to those questions, in providing answers you will be propelled to read and research more which in turn will help and enhances your overall performance as a student.
Serving the community also helps you to create a network you can leverage presently and later in the future. As you will have to interact with people and key stakeholders in the industry as you work and build your community. These networks you have created will be very helpful as you continue to grow your career.
Some Ambassadorship programs you can join
I4G Circle Ambassadors
I4G Circles are communities in cities and campuses all over Africa made up of Young Africans passionate about Tech and leveraging it to solve problems. I4G Ambassadors are the individuals who lead I4G Circles across various institutions all over Africa passionate about building the tech communities on their campuses. To apply keep an eye on the website here
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors
Finding your community is more important than ever as classes and social activities take place virtually. Amplify your impact and bring together your peers to learn new skills, solve real-world problems, and build communities across the globe. Apply here
Developer Student Clubs Leads
Google Developer Student Club Leads are passionate leaders at their university who are dedicated to helping their peers learn and connect. These Leads may be pursuing various undergraduate or graduate university degrees but have a good foundational knowledge of software development concepts. Google collaborates with Leads and supports them as they start and grow their on-campus community. Apply here
Twilio champions
The Twilio Champions program is a global network of expert developers who actively support developer communities by speaking at events, publishing content, contributing to online communities and hosting Twilio Superclass events. Apply here
AWS Educate Student Ambassador Program
The AWS Educate Student Ambassador Program gives AWS Educate student members recognition, access to career development opportunities, and other benefits for helping their peers learn about AWS Educate. The program is available to AWS Educate student members globally ages 18+ who are enrolled at a public or private school, college, or university. Apply here
Auth0 Ambassador Program
Do you want to empower the developer community, make the internet safer, and build your brand while you’re at it? Apply here
GitHub Campus Expert
Learn skills to enrich the technology community at your school. Become a GitHub Campus Expert with training from GitHub. Learn public speaking, technical writing, community leadership, and software development skills that will help you improve your campus. apply here
These are some of my Leadership roles and achievements as a student while still maintaining a good academic stand. I hope it inspires you.
Lead Ambassador 14G Circle Lagos state University
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador
Chapter Lead Open Source Community Africa
TEDx, Lagos State university committee member
Head of Class 2017 - Present
Vice President Music Student Association of Nigeria Lagos State University Chapter
Organized the first World Music day Celebration on Campus with an attendance of 2000+ students.
Initiated, proposed and organized with other community leads one of the most engaging Tech Conference on campus. #LASUTECHX
Selected and exclusive training with the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor representing my faculty and Department.
Lagos State Scholarship Recipient.