Hamza Khan talking about hip hop, cultural appropriation and the experiences of being a first generation student and racialized minority.
Hamza Khan is an award-winning digital strategist and entrepreneur. His proven record of success blends experiences from his work in the post-secondary education and technology startup sectors. In under two years, Hamza has helped establish Ryerson University – Canada’s leader in innovative, career-focused education – as a benchmark for online student engagement. Hamza is the co-founder of Splash Effect, a Toronto-based marketing agency at the intersection of higher education and digital technology. He is also the creator of Year One, an online publication aimed at motivating people through periods of personal and professional transition. In his spare time, he writes about productivity and peak performance at 99u and Medium. Hamza teaches social media marketing at Seneca College and regularly speaks on the subjects of social media, digital marketing, professional development, and more. Hamza holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and has previously served as a social media advisor to both the Endeavor Volunteer Consulting Network as well as the Small Business Program at the Rotman School of Management.
Hamza regularly speaks about marketing, leadership, productivity and peak performance. Hamza’s insights have been featured by The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, University Affairs, Academica and the Educational Advisory Board. He has been interviewed by CBC News The National, CBC Radio Canada and CTV News. A speaker and facilitator, Hamza has presented at numerous conferences and events including Social Media Week, Ryerson Marketing Conference, White Ribbon Conference, Seneca Leadership Institute, CACEE National Conference, UofT Leadership Conference, Pathways to Education, InboundCon, and more.
During our conversation, Hamza talked about:
– The single event during his university days changed his life
– How Splash Effect came into being
– His competitiveness coming from his overexposure to hip hop and the challenges he had growing up being from a challenging neighbourhood and having no blueprint for success and how hip hop kept him going
– The event that started the turn in his life (The Dr. Vibe Show™ exclusive) and how difficult it was him to change his life and where has new life taken him
– What he is hearing from young people and what society needs to know about young people
– If post secondary institutions preparing their students for the future
– What society needs to do to help young people prepare for the future
– His message for men in his age group
You can connect with Hamza via:
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Splash Effect
Twitter
99u
Medium
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