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Changes made 2-8-2012

All FBLA/SCORE Presentations will held at Linn-Mar High School,  located at 3111 Tenth Street. We will use North Parking Lot,  Enter Door #2 (this a new entry).  Arrive 15 minutes early.  Although this Joint-Venture is sponsored by Linn-Mar Business Department, it should be known that any FBLA or business oriented student  is more than welcome to attend.  Please use the comment section at the end of the page, providing: Name, School, grade, and number of individuals who would like to attend.

See you there. 

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Change made for February 27, 2012

February 27 –      7:00-8:30       Arrive early (6:30) for mixer and introductions.  We begin at 7:00 PM.

The Entrepreneurship exercise scheduled for February 27 has been canceled.  Instead we are inviting interested SCORE Volunteers to pitch in during this time period to act as judges.The main reason for the change is to provide input to the students, instead of a case review. So parents, advisers and Volunteers are being recruited to review the students’ work as they practice their speeches, review their reports, resumes, etc  A tentative schedule has been set up for this new event, coinciding with the original date (February 27) set last year.

The tentatve schedule for this event will be found on this spreadsheet “Click Here”

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Change Made

Dana Lampe has requested J.R. Wright speak to her Web Design class on Client Services. This exercise was postponed due to weather conditions. Students are beginning their web sites for the final. This exercise will be planned for the week of Feb 27- March 9 during class time 10:15-11:45. The scheduling for this exercise will be discussed with J.R. Wright. For a few details Client Services and Help Desk Information

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Change Made

Chuck Murphy had planned to be the presenter for the original plans. Due to the fact we do not have any students participating in Entrepreneurship at the conference we hope that Chuck will still be able to participate. In addition to the February 27, 2012 event, Corey Brinkmeyer has expressed a desire to have Chuck speak to his Entrepreneurship class before the end of the quarter. The scheduling for this exercise will be discussed with Chuck Murphy

Entrepreneurship-A new slant on a previous topic   This exercise will be  presented, schedules permitting during class time with Brinkmeyer class.________________________________________________________________________________________

Last sceduled Exercise for the school year.

March 19 –             7:00-8:30         Arrive early (6:30) for mixer and introductions.  We begin at 7:00 PM.   

    Look below for agenda and exercise plan.   Greg Probst- Presenter  J.R. Wright-Facilitator

Network Design Exercise 

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 ALL EXERCISES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE:

“Completed”         ”Entrepreneurship”   and     “What it takes to be an Entrepreneur”.

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“Completed”       Business and Financial Plans

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“Completed”       Effective Marketing Concepts

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“Completed”     One on One Consultations Student and Mentor   Mentors and facilitators will be contacted if a need arises.

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“Completed”    February Special Event  set aside for one on one mentoring. 

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“Completed February 6 –        One on One consultations Student and Mentor   

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THE  EXERCISE AGENDA

                  What do we intend to accomplish

           Basics of the Topic     

  Practice Case Study and/or Scenarios      

  Specific exercises worked out                         Panel/ Group Discussion of Topic                        

 Wrap Up meeting with a summation by lead of the Topic covered with specific suggestions

 and warnings of what to be ready for when covering topic in Competition.

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

 THE EXERCISE PLAN

In the Exercises we are attempting to help prepare the students for competitions in the Spring, we will be using a similar format for each nights’ exercises

#1 We will explain the goals and ground rules of the exercise.

#2 We will provide the details of each exercise.

#3 We will break into convienent groups for preparation and/or problem solving

#4 Each  group will be given a specific time to present a case for each exercise.

#5 A specific time will be alloted for suggestions, improvements and questions interacting with Mentors and school staff.

• To help guide our exercises with students we will use exercises created from Mentor/Presenter experience.  If unable to provide these examples, others will be prepared by the staff.
• The sessions will be led by one or two Mentors who will cover real life example to demonstrate how sample cases would have been handled
• Case studies include A) Management Information Systems  B) Management Decision Making  C) Business and Financial Plans D)Effective Marketing Concepts  E) Help Desk and Client Services F) Network Design each given on a different night.