Algonquin Connections – 2007
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The ‘Pitching your Product’ Game |
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Time |
Activity |
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8:15 am |
Registration – Gym |
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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? |
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9:30- 9:40 |
In teams (with mentors): -
choose name for your team -
draw item to 'sell' & discuss potential product |
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9:40- 10:00 |
Brainstorming and mind
mapping presentation - Jeremy |
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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 |
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10:30- 10:50 |
Web marketing presentation – tips and
hints – Chris |
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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. |
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11:45- 12:15 |
Working LUNCH |
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12:15 – 1:25 |
In teams: - finalize web site - plan presentation to ‘sell’ web
marketing idea to ‘investors’ |
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1:25 – 2:20 |
Team presentations of Web sites |
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2:20 – 2:40 |
Award ceremony & Question Period |
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2:45 |
Departure P.S. don’t forget to show
off your web site to your family and friends! http://www.algonquinstudents.com/wce0045n |