Algonquin Connections – 2007

The ‘Pitching your Product’ Game
Done	Time	Activity
	8:15 am	Registration – Gym
	9:00 – 9:30	Welcome – Dan Coates Intro to ‘The Game’ – Harold - What will we be doing? - Who will I be working with? - What can I contribute to my team?
	9:30- 9:40	In teams (with mentors): - choose name for your team - draw item to 'sell' & discuss potential product
	9:40- 10:00	Brainstorming and mind mapping presentation - Jeremy
	10:00- 10:30	In teams (with mentors): - use brainstorming to explore potential products and decide on one - decide on a creative name for the product Use Powerpoint to build the first page of your Web presentation: - at this pont, show simply your team name and product name - be as creative as you like in choice of background, font, etc. - save the file as a web page called default.htm Use Internet Explorer to upload your work to the Web server - first ensure that Passive FTP is not checked in your browser - server is at ftp://algonquinstudents.com - userid is wce0045n@algstudent where n represents your team number - upload the default.htm file and the associated default_files folder - place these in the folder called wwwroot on the server Check that your page is visible to the world: - address is http://www.algonquinstudents.com/wce0045n - n represents your team number
	10:30- 10:50	Web marketing presentation – tips and hints – Chris
	10:50- 11:40	Use brainstorming, web research, etc to plan: - USP’s, target market, logo, price, marketing strategies etc. Update web site to show your plans & forecasts - use graphics, spreadsheets, prices, pictures, video etc.
	11:45- 12:15	Working LUNCH
	12:15 – 1:25	In teams: - finalize web site - plan presentation to ‘sell’ web marketing idea to ‘investors’
	1:25 – 2:20	Team presentations of Web sites
	2:20 – 2:40	Award ceremony & Question Period
	2:45	Departure P.S. don’t forget to show off your web site to your family and friends! http://www.algonquinstudents.com/wce0045n