Participants also completed a range of learning and assessment activities on topics including presentation and promotions; fundraising strategies; sponsorship; grant writing; and volunteer management.

Some of the recurrent themes identified through group discussions so far include the challenges of youth engagement and change resistant Boards, with all attendees sharing their wide-ranging experience and skills.

One student commented that the first six weeks of the course had led to the station creating their first ever Media Kit, while another found the governance topic invaluable for guiding a major organisational restructure.

We also got some great feedback from the workshop: 

“Thanks so much everyone for such a brilliant week of learning and reflecting, I took so much away” - THINK BIG Student

“The whole three days were incredible and I came back to work today raving about the experience. Charlotte and Ren were both wonderful” - THINK BIG Student

The course is designed for staff and volunteers who are active members of a station and provides an opportunity to consolidate and develop the on-the-job skills involved in running community media organisations.

Delivered online over 30-36 weeks, small teams are working with industry mentors to complete a series of assessment tasks based on two major projects.