{"id":7731,"date":"2021-02-18T10:25:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.educationperfect.com\/?p=7731"},"modified":"2021-06-08T18:53:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T07:53:33","slug":"epeeps-dan-martin-online-events-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educationperfect.com\/epeeps-dan-martin-online-events-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"EPeeps Dan Martin | Online Events Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are very excited to introduce you to Dan, our high energy, always managing multiple projects, fitness fanatic, Online Events Manager. Dan was planning to continue postgraduate study but after a year at EP, he has never looked back! With a year of exciting events and competitions in the pipeline, amongst supporting other teams at EP, he\u2019s a super busy EPeep and we are very lucky to have him in the team!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne year turned into two, and two turned into three – I couldn\u2019t be happier to still be an EPeep!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meet Dan<\/b><\/p>\n

Kia ora koutou! Ko Dan o EP t\u0113nei.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hello everyone! My name\u2019s Dan, and I\u2019m from EP. I\u2019m based at EPHQ, down in beautiful Dunedin. I\u2019ve been described as friendly, approachable, vibrant, positive, and excited by what\u2019s to come. Coupled with this, I\u2019m often described as high energy – you often hear me before you see me! EP\u2019s been a huge part of my life for 3 years and counting, and I\u2019m incredibly fortunate to have found a strong sense of belonging here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside of EP, there\u2019s a variety of different things you can find me doing. I\u2019m a bit of a fitness fanatic – in particular, swimming, running, and yoga! Writing is another big interest of mine – academically, creatively, and just for fun. I\u2019ve always been someone who has needed a creative outlet, and alongside essays and lab-reports at uni, I found myself blogging. Over a couple of years of blogging, I reached over 20,000 followers – something I didn\u2019t intend to happen from what was just a personal hobby to me at the time, and helped solidify for me that anythings doable if you put your mind and heart into it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"I also LOVE spending time with friends and family, and meeting new people along the way – I wouldn\u2019t be who I am or where I am today without all the wonderful people who\u2019ve supported and shaped me along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

As far as experience goes, I\u2019m a very people-based person. I\u2019ve had opportunities to work alongside many groups of people all in different ways (through volunteering, curation of art events, working with hospital patients during part of my degree, various jobs involving customer service, for some examples!). Before my work in EP\u2019s online events, I managed one of our Support Teams, doing what I could to continuously improve the world-class support we offer, and ensuring the team felt supported and empowered in their work. In saying this, I do really love getting a chance to do some behind-the-scenes organisation, analysis, and reporting as well! I really enjoy learning, so having a lot of variety is where I thrive best.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why become an EPeep?<\/b><\/p>\n

EP wasn\u2019t on my radar at all initially! I moved down to Dunedin to study Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Otago. I had full intentions of splitting my time between being a Clinical Psychologist and an academic (I was lucky enough to publish a paper with my supervisor a couple of years back). After completing my post-graduate honours degree, I was incredibly eager to take a break from university before continuing into a PhD. I\u2019d already heard about EP through a number of friends who worked at EP in its early days, who also encouraged me to apply for a job in the Support Team. While my plan was to work for a year before continuing on with my studies, I had absolutely no idea how much I\u2019d grow to love EP, and all the incredible and inspiring work that was happening around me at all times. One year turned into two, and two turned into three – I couldn\u2019t be happier to still be an EPeep!<\/span><\/p>\n

A day in the life…<\/b><\/p>\n

My days differ a fair bit, as much as I try to keep a bit of routine, I\u2019m used to being flexible and dynamic in everything I do – in and out of work! I like to start my day around 6:30am (I\u2019m not a morning person\u2026 but we\u2019re working on that!) and have some time to wake up. I try to squeeze a small ten minutes of meditation into my morning before I head to work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As for my work day, it varies a lot! My calendar doesn\u2019t look the same each day in my role. I get the pleasure to work with a wide variety of wonderful teams, including our Global Subject Heads, our Support Teams, our Content Teams, our Regional Teams, as well as my own team – the Events & Operations Team!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another important part of my day is the schools I support – I have the privilege of getting to work closer with our Dunedin schools to help support and empower them in using EP over what\u2019s been a tricky year for many schools and students.<\/span><\/p>\n

With my evenings, I could be doing anything! Sometimes it\u2019s the gym, sometimes it\u2019s reading a book, and sometimes it\u2019s a project (I\u2019m teaching myself HTML and CSS code at the moment). I\u2019m a bit of a night owl, so it\u2019s not uncommon to see me keeping busier towards the end of the day. I regularly Zoom friends and family too!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Projects of 2020<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n