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November 22, 2021
Bonus: Digital Connection for Gen Z: The Importance of Developing Relationships Before Stepping Foot on Campus with ZeeMee’s Vanessa Didyk

Digital Connection for Gen Z: The Importance of Developing Relationships Before Stepping Foot on Campus with ZeeMee’s Vanessa Didyk

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About the Episode

This fast-paced show drops listeners into a compelling conversation about higher education. In Your Element asks innovative leaders about the challenges, wins, and future of everything from meeting enrollment numbers to equity in education.

Vanessa Didyk, CEO of ZeeMee, joins Eric Stoller to chat about the ZeeMee app and how the digital connection landscape has rapidly changed as more and more students report feeling lonely. Together, they discuss the importance of connection among peers and how ZeeMee helps colleges foster the kinds of relationships that are beneficial to Gen Z students. Topics covered include:

  • Why students, and especially incoming or prospective students, need a space of their own to form bonds.
  • How schools can use ZeeMee to quickly and seamlessly run student events.
  • What sort of insights schools can glean from ZeeMee’s student analytics.
  • What digital functionality will be standard for all students in the next two to three years?

People in this episode

Host

Daniella Nordin is the Director of Customer Success and Engagement at Element451 and the host of In Your Element.

Brendan Henkel is the Manager of Solutions Engineering at Element451 and host of In Your Element.

Interviewee

Vanessa Didyk

Vanessa is a serial entrepreneur with over 16 years’ experience building and leading edtech companies to support the academic journey and increase access to quality education. After college Vanessa started her first company, Scholar’s Station, a full service academic support company serving students throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in person and across the US remotely for tutoring, test prep, and college advising.

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