在全速航行中 游戏业务 & 的电子竞技 程序, students have the opportunity to build skills for the business side of gaming – strategic, 社区中心, revenue-boosting技能. In month eight, about halfway through the 程序, students enter 项目及作品集一. 在本课程中, 他们创造媒体资产, define objectives and identify engagement benefits, and begin to develop their personal brands.

在四周的课程中, instructor Becca Godsey helps students collate the work they’ve completed so far and determine what steps to take next in developing their portfolios. “This is kind of the first benchmark to say, “好, 让我们把所有的东西集合在一起, 看看我们在哪里, 建立我们的基础,’这样他们就能继续前进, they are now adding things into their portfolio, and they're seeing their work come into this very professional context,贝卡分享道。.

Becca brings a unique resume to the 程序 with over a decade in 教育, years of experience in social media management, and forward-facing roles as a media personality with Norton, 的gameHERS, 作为共同所有人, 联合制片人, and co-dungeon master on the web series D20开头死亡竞赛. Becca was even able to share her series with the 满帆 community by hosting a live episode of D20开头死亡竞赛 在名人堂期间.

Becca on stage at 满帆’s 13th Annual 名人堂 during her D20开头死亡竞赛 表演.

Having left traditional 教育 to work at 满帆, 贝卡找到了社区, 创造力, and real-world applications 满帆 is known for to be the perfect fit.

“满帆 really flips the script when it comes to curriculum, 并说, ‘What's going to be the most helpful for students?’ And allow it to be adapted, to be driven by their needs, and their interests. 这就是我想要的. I want to have that flexibility to say, ‘Yes, we can switch these assignments around. We can make sure that your final project isn't just the same thing that everyone else's final project looks like.’”

因为她丰富的经历, Becca can better help students determine what roles their skillsets apply to in a field as broad and constantly evolving as the gaming and esports industry.

“When people think of the gaming world, they might be able to just name a handful of job titles or responsibilities, especially if you just narrow it to esports. Some people think like coach, team manager, and maybe, the player,” she says. “But there are literally hundreds of different job titles and responsibilities that go into these huge events, 建立伙伴关系, 有品牌发展, to create communities developed around it, to launch activations that you've created. Knowing how these roles and responsibilities exist will help you to use them to your benefit, and to really make the impact that you hope to make.”

Becca believes wholeheartedly in the future of the industry with students like hers at the helm, 说, “让我们明确一点, the gaming and esports world needs change. 地基并不牢固. I want [my students] to go out there, and I want them to build communities that I can be a part of. Selfishly, make places that I want to be in…As a gamer, I'm not just in this as a professional. I'm in there as a personal casual gamer. 我接受, 我是这些东西的消费者, and I want them to create a world where everyone, 包括我自己, 可以享受它.”