I trust everyone had a relaxing March Break with family and friends. 

The big news this week is that we are going on a field trip to see the Degree Lecture Series @ Humber College on Wednesday, March 19th with Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons! Please remember to get your parent signatures and return the FORMS!! We leaver at 10:30 A.M. We will leave from class. 


Before the break you should have ....

1. Met with your Event team to identify your Top 3 Event ideas. 
   
2. Handed in the Text Scavenger Hunt on the 6 Thinking Hats.
3. Completed Section 1 (Ideas & Creativity) of the Event Unit.
4. Completed your Entrepedia topic for Unit 1
   
5. Added your Entrepreneurship Web Sites on the Wiki
   

Here are the next steps with the Enterprising Event Section 2 (Marketing Research)

1. Ensure your Team Wiki Pages + Manager Pages are created?
2. Finalize your Event Topic and meet (including MOM) with the Teacher Sponsor of the Organization you will be working with.
3. Complete your individual Event Research Questionnaire
4. Create a Things to Do List for your Team (include dates and person responsible)

Finally, I will hand out the Enterprising Person Interview Project, but it will not be due until April 24. You can work with a partner and you may want to start thinking of an Entrepreneur you can interview. 

Thanks for completing your Event Management applications. The results are in and I did my best to match who you wanted to work with, your event interests, and friends. As the limit is 6, teams that wanted 7 are split in two. To find the list of team, you must go on the Wiki Event page and create your event team page. 

The schedule this week is as follows:
March 3 - Idea Generation and Creativity , Event Teams and Event Wiki page Review
March 4 - Lab 225 - Wiki Work - Add top Entrepreneurship Website, Create Wiki Event Team & Manager pages, Entrepedia
March 5 - Motivational Speaker -  Ty Jackson of Maximized Potential 
March 6 - Start Marketing Research section



 

Today, we completed a test review, watched Dan Pink's Ted Talk on Motivation, and introduced the Enterprising Event project.
Here are our plans for this week:

1. Feb 24 - Started the Enterprising Event Project
2. Feb 25 - Complete Enterprising People Presentations
3. Feb 26 - Unit 1 Test
   
4. Feb 27 - Lab - Wiki Work and Event Application
5. Feb 28 - Idea Generation

To help you organize yourself for the Entrepreneurship class here is a review of last weeks work and the plan for this week.

Last Week (see Calendar for dates)

1. Complete the Enterprising Person Project Questions and start PowerPoint and Wiki Page. Feb 13
2. Hand in the Enterprising Characteristics worksheet. Feb 12.
3. Research and add some information on your  Entrepedia topic on the Wiki. Remember to cite your sources.
4. Complete, Save the results in a word document, review, and print the BDC Entrepreneurship Self-Assessment results
   
5. Start the Top Entrepreneurship Website Competition. On the Entrepreneurship Website page of the Wiki you will add a link and short summary of an informative Entrepreneurship website that meets the Dalhousie University's 6 Criteria for Website evaluation. 
6. Reviewed Dr. Dweck on the Mindsets of Successful People

Next Week (see Calendar for dates)

1. SUBMIT Enterprising Person Project PowerPoint and hand in questions including APA bibliography. Feb 19
2. Present your Enterprising Person to the class - Thursday, Feb 20
3. Complete your Enterprising Person Wiki Page. You can just add key highlights and be creative (links, videos)
4. Complete the Top Entrepreneurship Website Competition project by adding your info on the Entrepreneurship Website page of the Wiki. Feb 18.
5. Continue to add information to your Entrepedia topic on the Wiki. 
6. Watch Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation
7. Unit 1 Test - Feb 25 ( Entrepreneurship, Enterprising People, Workers, Characteristics, Skills, Attitudes, Motivation, and Mindsets.)

Welcome back to the Entrepreneurship class blog. To help us avoid the Monday morning blues, we will review last weeks accomplishments and this weeks goals.  

Last Week

1. Selected your Enterprising Person on the Wiki and started your research by answering the questions from the Enterprising Person Project Overview.  
2. You hit the SUBMIT button for a completed Interest Inventory (What Lights Your Fire?) and Web Quest.
3. Watched the Wiki Work With Gill Videos and selected an Entrepedia topic on the Wiki.
4. Reminded me to look at the course Calendar to remind us that we had the Library booked. 

Next Week (see Calendar for dates)

1. Complete the Enterprising Person Project Questions and start PowerPoint and Wiki Page.
2. Hand in the Enterprising Characteristics worksheet.
3. Research and add some information on your  Entrepedia topic on the Wiki. Remember to cite your sources.
4. Complete and Print the BDC Entrepreneurship Self-Assessment
   
5. Start the Top Entrepreneurship Website Competition. On the Entrepreneurship Website page of the Wiki you will add a link and short summary of an informative Entrepreneurship website that meets the Dalhousie University's 6 Criteria for Website evaluation. 

Hi Event teams,
Great work on all of the events to date.
Here is a summary of the work that needs to be completed this week related to your events.

1) All students to complete your individual Event Self Assessment.
2) Finance Manager to complete your final team memo to the teacher in charge of your PCSS organization asking for their signature on receipt of the money you made. You need to summarize your revenue (sales) - costs = Profit. You should also count and package the total coins and bills. Arif, can you please add your final example we were working on yesterday to your teams letter page. It needs updating.
3) Marketing manager to add some pictures of your event on the Wiki
 4) All students must write and SUBMIT, in Word, a summary of your event with one picture that can be used in the Port Credit Newsletter, the Credit Comments.

Once this is all done, I will provide feedback on your individual and team event participation and organization using the Rubrics.

The Entrepedia Wiki presentation assignment is due on Tuesday, May 28. Please also have your Entrepedi Unit 2 and 3 topics completed

 This week we will learn about Leadership. 

“Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right things” , Warren Bennis

The priority is to complete, print, and SUBMIT your Event Final Proposal.
You should also be updating your Entrepedia # 2 topic on the Wiki , which should be completed by May 22. Please also ensure you update your individual and team Event pages on the Wiki are also updated. 

The following is a summary of what is scheduled this week and what might be past due:

This Week - Organization and Planning (Chapter 8 & 9)
- Meeting with Organization (Agenda & MOM) to finalize dates and obtain approval of Executive Summary
- Finalize Team Final Proposal – Due May 6 (1 Week Extension)
- Event  Advertisement – Due May 1
- On Going - Entrepedia # 2 - Due May 22

Past Due Work
- Organization & Stakeholder Diagram – April 26
- Individual Event Proposal Sections – April 24
- Project Plan – April 15
 - Event Approval Memo to PCSS Organization Teacher and Executive Summary – April 19
 - Finalize Research – Add to Event  Wiki - April 5