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GLOBAL
Take the lead on addressing pressing humanitarian challenges by designing and running fundraising campaigns, spreading awareness, and securing support for impactful causes. Your role will involve crafting campaign strategies, engaging your network, and driving real results to support those in need. Top skills you’ll build: fundraising, campaign strategy, communication, leadership.
Marshall Community
Service Day
Help plan and execute Marshall’s annual day of service by preparing event materials, budgeting costs, collaborating with external partners, and inviting guest speakers. Your focus will be on creating a positive experience for participants while ensuring strong volunteer engagement and building partnerships. Top skills you’ll develop: event planning, budgeting, stakeholder collaboration, organizational skills.
ESG
Stock Pitch
Research companies through the lens of financial performance and social impact, selecting and analyzing stocks with strong business fundamentals and positive ESG (environmental, social, and governance) practices. You’ll present your investment thesis to a panel of judges, clearly articulating your research and reasoning behind each pick. Top skills you’ll build: financial analysis, public speaking, ESG evaluation, persuasive communication.
Impact
Insights
Explore major trends at the intersection of business and social impact, then turn your findings into concise reports and blogs. These pieces will be published on MOVE’s website, LinkedIn, and newsletter, building both the club’s presence and your personal portfolio. Top skills you’ll build: research, analytical writing, trend analysis, content strategy, thought leadership.
Conaxion
Serve as an advisor to small business owners in a government-backed accelerator, helping them refine their business models and develop effective go-to-market strategies. The main goal is to guide entrepreneurs as they create polished pitch decks for a funding competition, making a real difference in their ventures’ growth. Top skills you’ll build: market research, go-to-market planning, client communication, pitch development.
Case
Competition
Team up to solve cases by researching, analyzing data, and crafting strategic solutions and represent USC in case competitions. You'll compete against other universities, developing structured approaches to problem-solving and showcasing your skills on a larger stage. Top skills you’ll build: critical thinking, research, teamwork, business strategy.
Apateu x MOVE
Apateu is a university-based platform focused on making student housing and second-hand exchanges safer, accessible, and more efficient. Through the Apateu × MOVE partnership, students will work hands-on with go-to-market strategy and implementation. MOVE members will help design and execute campus launch plans, develop student acquisition, and outreach strategies, test messaging and incentives, analyze user behavior, and iterate based on real-world feedback and data. This project gives students direct exposure to how early-stage ventures are built and scaled, while working on a product that creates tangible impact for the student community.