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I love finding appropriate quotes for my blog each week, and
I believe so much in the above quotes that I had to use them again this
year. As we prepared for our Business
Plan Competition this past week, I hope everyone became more aware of the importance
of preparedness. The more time we
devoted to our presentation and understanding the talking points, the more
prepared we sounded during our practice.
This week we have one final class period to get ready for
Wednesday’s presentation. See below for
our daily objectives:
Tuesday:
Clear Target: We can
analyze and critique a business presentation.
Objectives: Analyze
and Critique business plan presentation, Discuss VE Trip to Gatlinburg
During class, we should plan to run through the presentation
(timed) and questions at least twice.
When finished, I will address any last minute fine tuning (should be
minimal) and address any questions you may have with respect to our trip to
Gatlinburg (tentative head count, address questions about cost, etc.).
Wednesday:
Clear Target: We can
analyze and critique a business presentation.
Objectives: Compose
blog entry about business plan presentation competition
While the presentation team and I are out of the building
attending our competition, remaining employees will compose a 200+ word blog
entry about what they observed from our presentation team during their
preparation for the competition. They
will also discuss how they think the team will do and whether we will make it
to the State Finals.
Questions to be addressed include, but are not limited to:
What sections of the presentation were strongest? Which sections were weakest?
Which presenter(s) do you think will stand out and perform
great?
Do you think the team is well prepared? Why or why not?
Did our presentation appear to be worthy of an appearance in
the State Finals? Why or why not?
Based on the above answers, how do you think our competition
team will perform?
When finished,
please complete the following tasks for the rest of the week:
Wednesday through
Friday:
Clear Target: We can
apply concepts to operate a successful business
The following tasks must be completed for the remainder of
the week:
Payroll:
Finance department – in the event that we failed to pay
anyone last week, please make sure you do so as quickly as possible. Employees must be paid and receive their
wages consistently.
Track Sales:
Finance and Sales departments – Please check the company
email address regularly, produce invoices and send the invoices to the
customers.
When the invoice is generated, you must journalize the transaction in
the sales journal. When funds are received, you must journalize
the transaction in the cash receipts journal. All transactions must be journalized.
Furthermore, inventory must reflect what has been sold, so
when we get low on an item, we must purchase more inventory. Please don’t forget to do this.
Determine Item(s)
of the Week:
Sales and IT Departments should determine what we want to
discount. When finished, please also
create a flyer for the item(s) of the week.
Make sure to send this flyer to our customers.
Create Newsletter
HR and Admin Departments: Sections of the newsletter should focus on employee
motivation, opening of basketball season, preparation for business plan
competition, and one employee spotlight.
Please email all employees and me when finished
Bulletin Board:
All employees: Please display any pertinent information our employees need
to know (upcoming events, forms to fill out, etc.)
Update Website:
IT Department: Please make sure our entire product line is loaded for
purchase. Please also work on the
shopping cart on the site. Finally,
focus on some design improvements if you think they will make our website
better
I look forward to seeing how well we do on Wednesday and seeing
the business operating like a well-oiled machine. See you all tomorrow!
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