Sparko - Issue #003
Featuring 3 opportunities, products, learnings and interesting reads.
Hey friends, Mahmoud here 👋.
Welcome to the third issue of Sparko.
In this issue we will be presenting 05 opportunities for the community.
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🚀 Opportunity #005
MACS stands for Moroccan Association for Computing Sciences and it is the largest problem-solving contest between universities and schools in Morocco.
Teams are formed of 3 contestants from the same school.
Qualified teams get to participate in the next stage of the competition: ACPC against other teams from Africa and Arab countries region.
The last stage of the competition is on an international level: ICPC where students get to take on the best problem solvers in the world!
Languages used are C, C++ , JAVA and this year Python as well.
🚀 Opportunity #006
The Youth Platform of Sidi Abdallah in Salé, in partnership with the Moroccan Center for Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship MCISE, announces the launch of a new program to support the sense of entrepreneurship among young people.
This program aims to:
- Inspiring young people to find ideas for creative projects and support their structuring.
- Providing technical support and financial support.
- The contracting companies that have already started their activities are required to have:
Service period not exceeding 12 months
Good economic model
Activated initial module
Accessibility to the largest number of beneficiaries, as well as creating job opportunities
Registration applications must be submitted at the headquarters of the Youth ¨Platform, Sidi Abdullah. From here .
🚀 Opportunity #007
The Building Better Bootcamp aims to support civic engagement, leadership and communication skills for young people.
The Building Better Bootcamp is an opportunity for 20 young men and women from Dakhla city to have their voice heard and share their ideas regarding education and psychological safety during the Corona crisis.
Terms & Conditions:
- You are a young man(s) between 15 and 18 years
- A resident of the city of Dakhla
- Interested in the field of mental health and developing life skills.
- You want to benefit from a free training for 5 days
- Keep pace and learn new technologies.
Date: from September 26 to 31, 2021
Place: city of Dakhla
This is the opportunity for you. This training camp will have distinct activities that you will learn from Bizzaf.
- A series of training workshops approved by experts in many fields
- A series of training workshops on personal skills
- Opportunities for personal development
⏳ The last date to apply is: September 24, 2021
📨 Registration link from here .
Jobs
The U.S. Mission in Morocco is hiring a Human Resources Assistant.
For more information and applications, please visit the website.
Internships
Twitter Students Internships - Global (virtual) 12 weeks
If you intern at Twitter, you’re a Tern. And our Terns are just as important as any member of the flock. Our virtual internships for third year (and above) undergrad and grad students let you experience day-to-day life in the company.
Twitter PhD Student Internship - US, APAC, and EMEA (virtual) 3-6 months
You love research — so do we. Here, PhD students work on a research project with a Machine Learning team.
TikTok MBA Internship Program
Regardless of the function you choose to specialize in, you will be able to participate in meaningful and innovative projects. Your potential for growth at TikTok is limitless. Join us to enhance your skill set and develop your network in the tech industry.
TikTok PhD Internship Program
Join us as a Research Intern, where you'll work with top researchers and scientists to solve important business challenges. You'll develop innovative solutions and gain world-class experience working at an emerging technology company. Discover the full benefits of a PhD internship at TikTok, as we continue to inspire creativity and enrich life through our technology.
Community Events
Orbit Community Beings Events Series
Before Community - An Orbit Learning Sprint
October 04, 2021 - October 08, 2021
A free one-week community-driven sprint focusing on what to do before you build a community.
Program
- Community Discovery - how to do meaningful community research.
- Conversations: creating and starting conversations.
- Your vision: how to use Community Discovery and Conversations to inform your goals.
Starting Community - An Orbit Learning Sprint
November 01, 2021 - November 05, 2021
A free one-week community-driven learning sprint focusing on how to get started with creating a community.
Program
- Minimum Viable Communities: experimenting and doing things that don't scale is crucial when starting out.
- Community Culture: how to practically set a community culture.
- Community Conversations: conversations are at the heart of community, though the types of conversations at each stage vary. We will focus on ones that matter most when starting community.
Growing Community - An Orbit Learning Sprint
November 29, 2021 - December 03, 2021
A free one-week community-driven sprint focusing on how to grow your community.
Program
- Go-To-Community Framework: an opportunity to co-create a Go-To-Community Framework
- Community Flywheels: creating and starting conversations
- Understanding The Orbit Model: The Orbit Model is a way to visualize and quantify your entire community, so you can better engage with them and provide a more valuable experience. Get guidance on how to use the framework to build your community.
📰 Interesting Reads
Twitter Communities
Imagine an alternate timeline where everyone just gets you.
Say hi to Communities—the place to connect with people who Tweet like you. testing now on iOS and web, Android soon!
Shopify E-commerce Business Starter Kit for Kids
Shopify Free Business Starter Kit (US and Canada residents only!)
To raise entrepreneurial kids, we need to give them opportunities to start a business, take some risks, and learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Get started.
ADMISSION opened up their Premium Membership for free
This news came out to my inbox from Jeremy, Founder of Ad Mission, and this will give you everything you need to create a Successful Black Friday plan for your brand.
Their team will be covering how to create a data-driven game plan for your business this holiday season, how to set up your ad account for success and scale, and how to create a winning offer that breaks through the noise.
🔥Products
Get Paid from Unsplash
Many of us, including me are using Unsplash photos for commercial use or in our blogs and social media. Natalie, explained in this blog how you can make your Unsplash profile, add features, social links, handles and PayPal account so you can get paid directly from your photography work.
Follow these instructions to set up your profile.
GeoLeads
Massively extract local business data from Google Maps. Ideal to generate new local business leads. Use Geoleads
Airschool
If you’re considering launching an online courses based on your unique knowledge, then you should at least try it out. They take a commission on payments but there is no monthly fee + free all-in-one tools.
💎 Learnings
Twitter Academy US (virtual) 12 weeks
Twitter Academy is a paid 12-week summer internship program for historically underrepresented second-year computer science students.
Twitter Academy has a set of opportunities to learn, while getting paid, this opportunity gives you real, hands-on experience in the tech industry.
Making Money Online Selling Info Products
Learn How Daniel made $404,473 selling an e-book and a video course on the internet.
Fast forward to today, he made and sell educational info products, did some contracting. He made $550K+ in revenue since he started working for himself, with over $400K coming from info products.
How I Built This
The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs
A book written by Guy Raz in 2020, his book offers priceleessinsights and inspiration from the world's top entrepreneurs o how to start, launch and build a successful venture.
Sparko is a bi-weekly newsletter born to primarily help first-time founders and entrepreneurs to discover new opportunities & unlock collaborations across the world.
We cover entrepreneurship news, startups ecosystem markets and opportunities to help you boost your side project, your startup and your teams.
Until next week,
Mahmoud