Learning about storytelling at LinkedIn HQ

AVA Academy took part in a cohort session at LinkedIn HQ in London, and it was useful. We are one of the eight ventures in the AI and Social Mobility Challenge Prize cohort, which is delivered by Social Tech Trust and EY Foundation, in partnership with the Social Mobility Commission, and supported by Microsoft, HSF Kramer, EY, Fieldfisher and LinkedIn.

We are grateful for that support. At the session, speakers from Microsoft talked about the power of storytelling: how to explain the problem you are tackling clearly, and in a way people remember. Dr Yusuf Ben-Tarifite, an Oxford graduate, NHS doctor and founder of AVA Academy, took part alongside the other founders in the cohort.

For AVA Academy, the lesson is simple. Students and the institutions who work with them are best served when we say plainly what we do, show the work, and keep every claim in proportion to the evidence. Being part of the cohort is a programme selection, not an award and not evidence of student outcomes.

We share what we learn here as the work develops.