Life Goes on After Shad
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Presented at Shad Valley McMaster 2012 Lessons from a Shad Alumni on the Shad experience that lives on
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Life Goes on After Shad
- 2. Life Goes on After Shad Susie Pan, Shad Laval 2009
- 3. If A is apple, B is banana, C is Fruit Ninja, what is D?
- 4. Table of Contents 2. Before Shad
- 6. Who is Susie Pan? 1. Shad Laval 2009 Alum, working at Shad Valley International 2. Queen’s Commerce 2014, (exchange to Paris) 3. Social entrepreneur – Founder of Science Expo 4. Nomad – Lived in 8 cities, been to 7 schools 5. Dessert addict & sweet tooth
- 7. Me before Shad Valley
- 12. If A is Shad, B is entrepreneurship, C is science, what is D?
- 13. The things that happen at Shad…
- 16. Take everything 1 step at a time.
- 17. The journey is more important than the destination
- 18. What do you think?
- 19. Enjoy the simple pleasures in life.
- 21. Community
- 22. What’s your favourite part about Shad?
- 23. If A is school, B is student, C is locker, what is D?
- 24. How would you describe Shad to your friends back at school?
- 33. Explore.
- 34. The Shad experience lives on.
- 35. If A is Shad, B is Shad, C is Shad, what is D?
- 36. Groups I’m affiliated with Science Expo – President, Board of Directors, Co-Founder DECA Ontario – Provincial Officer 2008 – 2009 Shad Valley – Laval 2009, Shad Valley International Alumni Relations Science Fairs – CWSF (Bronze, Manning), SABC (3rd), ISWEEEP (Bronze) Queen’s University – Commerce student entering 3rd year ESCP Europe Paris – Exchange student Impact Entrepreneurship Group – Impact National Conference, Microcredit Challenge, Shad Internship Global China Connection – Queen’s University Vice President External Guelph Youth Council – Co-Chair SoJo – Partner Outreach Other: Junior Achievement, CCCYC Community Service Award, Guelph Top 40 Under 40, Social Focus Consulting, SIFE Queen’s, University of Guelph Research, Back to Business, Various case competition winner
- 37. Let’s Connect susie@science-expo.org @susieshier Linked In www.susiepan.com susie@science-expo.org www.susiepan.com www.twitter.com/susieshier
- 38. “20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” –Mark Twain
Editor's Notes
- Simon says
- 48 hours left in ShadNotice this picture?
- Playing this game through the presentationSee if anyone figures it out in the end
- Purpose of this talk is to convince you that your Shad experience goes on and does not end on Friday. I was in your seat 3 years ago, my last day was yesterday.
- Very lost in terms of what I want to doExperienced my worst failures, had a breakdown, wanted a fresh start
- Who’s heard of DECA, DECA story, switching categories the day before, Susie the DECA nerd, leaving someone behind, Eat Breathe and Sleep DECA, sharpening pencils
- Who’s ever heard of science fairs? I did my science fair on dye sensitized solar cells, essentially turning fruits into electricitySpent over 1000 hours in 2 years
- This is what the solar cells looked like.CWSF 2009, ISWEEEP 2010, CWSF Ambassador 2011Lots of money and scholarships, SABC, start of Science Expo
- Then the Shad magic happened…
- Quick break, guess again
- Shad Olympics, PI, stuffing my face, doing things I would never do, washing machine story, getting lost in the tunnel
- Talk about Korean dance group, and Chinese singing, cutting someone’s hair, sharing secrets, sleeping in a classroomWho has a crazy Shad story to share
- Shad encourages you to get outside your comfort zone.Talk about B2B, going to Paris, making yourself vulnerable Comfort zone slowly expands to become greater, rollercoaster
- My hike story, science fairs (solve global warming)
- I stayed at the peak for less than 15 minutes and I took one picture. It wasn’t about seeing the view at the top, it was about getting to the top. Awards and titles – don’t get so caught up in them, enjoy the process of actually doing them, President/Founder/RecipientProudest accomplishment is not on resume
- Favourite line by program director…whenever you ask a question…even if it’s where’s the washroom, that’s the answer you getShad challenges you to think, you’ve been taught a traditional route, but that’s not the only route.Commerce route VS social entrepreneurship, Next 36
- It’s NOT all about marks, looking at flowers, a chat about life, spending time doing nothing with Shads, Once you hit university, you’ll forget this, get caught up, my 2nd year addicted to being busy
- This is the best lesson I learned from Shad. Shad was my happiest month because I can be anyone who I wanted to do. I never felt happier being myself. If you had to create a definition for your name in the Oxford dictionary, what would it be? What would you want it to include? Titles? Adjectives? Awards and accomplishments? People or events in your life? were you all trying to get somewhere? Prove something? Be something else?
- Lastly, the community, it never goes away. 3 years later, we’re still bonded by the magic behind Shad. You complete each other and these people are some of the most important people in your life. They share a special bond with you, pick up the convo whenever
- Shad is the start of my journey, it doesn’t STOP here, it STARTS here.Take what you learned at Shad, apply it to your life, your experience never endsHere’s what Shad gave me
- Internship with Impact Entrepreneurship GroupExposed me to entrepreneurship – to becoming a social entrepreneurBeen with the group for over 2.5 years, worked on INC, Microcredit, and directed the internship
- Who’s heard of SE?Founder of Science ExpoHow Science Expo got started, the progress we have, up until now, leavingPoint out Hamza
- Brief description of SE 2012, advertise for SE 2013
- What I’m most proud of…what SE means to me, what social entrepreneurship means to meBiggest impact Shad has was getting me the courage to start SE
- University choice…business…Commerce frosh uniform
- Working in a lab on fatty acids
- Choose based on what feels right, more opportunities than med school, learn ancient humourVery happy with my choice, you want to belong, so many of Shads regret their choices, Suffer now, enjoy laterWell enjoy now and suffer laterShad made me realize I was the business person
- Greatest impact is just to explore opportunities, GCC Prime Minister, Model UN, go on plane rides, self discovery
- Shad never ends, me working at Shad now, want to become a PA, alumni clubs, you never forget, some alumni work
- Your last chance
- You have about 48 hours left from Shad, if there’s something you want to do, you have less than 48 hours to do it.When you come back, Shad withdrawal, FB, reunions, Skype calls, it’ll be a lot easier to go through withdraw with no regretsMy withdrawal lasted 4 days without leaving the house…some meds (monthbook, t-shirts, memories), most importantly SHAD NEVER ENDS