LAST CHANCE FOR CANTOR BUSINESS LIBRARY SHIFTS!!!!

This is your final chance to sign up for shifts for the Cantor Business Library. For details see the blog post entitled "Cantor Business Library Stipends". If you haven't already done so, please post a comment on the following blog posting, and Agatha & Saranda will put you on the schedule.

http://dwcvirtualenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/03/cantor-business-library-stipends.html

DEADLINE: April 5, 2010 - 11:59pm EST

Improvements for Trade Fair - Carpe Diem Advertising

Was the trade fair successful for us?

There are clients who want to drop us because we are not doing what we say we are doing.

Who did we lost?

Torche- We can try to contact them. Do we want to pursue them.

Printing Depot- They are unsure.

VE management- They are unhappy because they payed and they have not received what they wanted,

When we go out to sale we all need to walk around with the clipboards. WE DID NOT PERSONALLY CHANGE.

We did not advertise ourselves good. We did not have our booth number in the fliers that we had. We also need a map so that the other firms can find us.

We have to figure out a way so that people can see the websites that we are doing, they can see them before we can sell it to them.

We also need a TV to show people the websites.-- For trade fair

How can we make our booth fun?

Universal Promotions- they had a wheel of fortune.

Another school had a basketball hoop.

If anyone has any questions or comments or concerns - please post on the blog.

-Mr. Filipinas

Cafe Impresa - Improvements on Trade Fair

Improvements for Trade Fair

Booth Decorations

No table maybe instead a coffee theme (internet, chairs, music, coffee beans)

Only 2 pounds of jellybeans,

Procedures for invoices, flyers, brochures…

Blended coffee mixes,

Pricing Structure

Bringing the T.V

Logo on cups

Logo on water

Price list, Non VE and VE prices

Pins with logos

What went well: Sales for Café Impresa

Giving away coffee (price it $2000)

Booth 136, 137 (Good spots)

If anyone has any questions or comments or concerns - please post on the blog.

-Mr. Filipinas

Devry Spring Courses

More educational opportunities from Ms. N. Laguardia:

Attached please find the information on the DeVry course for the spring.

Devry Passport Letter Information

DeVry is holding its courses starting April 17, 2010-May 29, 2010

Orientation and more information: For detailed information about the class dates, credits, course description and the complete application process, your participation in an onsite orientation session is required and scheduled on Monday, April 12, 2010 from 5:00PM-7:00PM.

This is mostly for students who have already taken courses at DeVry. If you have students who have not taken courses there but are now interested in doing so, please contact me ASAP.

Health Career Summer Internship Opportunity

This is from Ms. N. Laguardia -

See Attachments:
Monte Application
Monte Program Description

MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER’S HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
(Monte-HOP)

Are you interested in a career in the health field?

Are you a High School Senior or a College Freshman/Sophomore?

Are you Hispanic/Latino-American, Black/African-American or American Indian?

If so, apply to Monte-HOP’s Summer Program…….

Program Description: This is a stipend funded program that serves to promote, educate and encourage underserved youth to pursue careers within the health fields. Students will gain valuable knowledge and professional skills through interactive workshops, mentorship by physicians, observation of physician-patient interactions, lecture activities and independent learning.

Specific Program Activities:

- Participate in interactive-health related workshops (ie: suturing)

- Visit health-related organizations throughout New York City (ex: March of Dimes, Morris Heights Birthing Center, NYC Department of Health, etc…)

- Observe patient-physician interactions and gain knowledge about the medical interview by following health care professionals (ie: Nurses, Physical Therapists, Physician Assistants, Medical Doctors, etc…)

- Develop and refine professional skills to pursue a career in a health-related field (ex. resume development, interviewing skills, written health paper, project presentation, etc…)

Eligibility:
1. Must be a US citizen or a Permanent Resident
2. Students from the following underrepresented groups will be considered: African-American,
Hispanic-Latino-American and American Indian/Native American
3. High School Senior or College Freshman/Sophomore

Length of Program: Program will run over a 6-week period between July 6^th and August 13^th, 2010. Students are required to attend activities from 8am – 5pm/6pm, Monday – Friday. There will be several evenings where students are expected to stay later, latest 7pm.

Application Deadline: April 23^rd 2010. Interviews are being scheduled as completed applications are received. As such, please apply early as slots may be filled on rolling admission basis.

For further information or an application please contact:
Ms. Carol Whittaker, Program Manager
Department of Family & Social Medicine
3544 Jerome Avenue
Bronx, N.Y. 10467
(718) 920-4678
cwhittak@montefiore.org

Trade Fair Documents

The following are links to completed Trade Fair Documents:
If the links do not work, then they are incomplete and not ready to print.

Cafe Impresa
Business Cards
ID Cards
Catalog PDF PUB
Payroll Account Info (needed for I.D. cards) XLS
Sales Pitch Presentation (on Powerpoint)
Sales Pitch Script (on Word)
Flyer PDF PUB
Brochure
Website Files ZIP
Invoice PDF PUB

Business Plan PDF PUB
Business Plan Presentation PPT


Carpe Diem Advertising
Business Cards
ID Cards
Catalog (Final?) PDF PUB
Payroll Account Info (needed for I.D. cards) XLS
Sales Pitch Presentation (on Powerpoint)
Sales Pitch Script (on Word)
Flyer (CDA contrast on logo?) PDF PUB
Brochure
New Website Files (on Zip file)
Old Website Files (on Zip file) - mirror
Invoice PDF PUB

Business Plan PUB
Business Plan Presentation PPT
New Carpe Logo JPG

Trade fair permission slips available

Come see me for your trade fair permission slips for:

1) trade fair setup -
Wednesday March 24,
12:10p - 6p
5 or 6 per company

If unavailable for trade fair setup stay after school on Monday March 22 & Tuesday March 23 for FREE pizza to finish our preparations for trade fair.

Volunteers will get preference for Cantor Library shifts & grade boost for mid-marking period.

2) trade fair
Thursday March 25,
8:30a - 4:30p
MANDATORY


Mr. Filipinas
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Cantor Business Library Stipends

I spoke with Ms. Ambrosio regarding the stipends for working the Cantor Business Library, The pay will be $10 / hour, or rather $7.50 / 45min period. You may work only during your free period, or after school. Preference in scheduling will be given to students who stay after school to help complete whatever is needed for Trade Fair over the next week, as well as the Year-End Summary Financial statements. (it will be especially important early next week because we will need to print a number of things for trade fair).

If you are interested, please comment on this post with your availability (free periods) by Thursday evening to be placed on the schedule by Friday. The periods that students can work the Cantor Library are from 1st thru 10th period. The schedule will be posted in the VE room and also on the DWC Virtual Enterprise blog.

- Mr. Filipinas

EURO RSCG debriefing

Tawhid, Mandell, & Kenneth -

I spoke with Jasmin from EURO, and I need to debrief with you about our meeting with EURO. Please see me when you have a chance.

Thanks,

Mr. Filipinas

Progress towards VE Internships

The following students need to discuss with me their progress with internships with Ms. Laguardia:

Julian
Shani
Agatha
Gigi
Saranda
Pedro
Ruth
Melissa
Christopher

You need to make sure you:
1.) submitted your resume
2.) Met with Ms. Laguardia
3.) Signed Parent Consent form
4.) Provide Social Security Card
5.) Provide Working Papers
6.) If applicable, provide Permanent Resident Card
7.) Provide revised Resume


Please let me know if you need my help looking over your resume - I will actually help anyone who needs assistance with their resume, not just those who are applying for an internship with Virtual Enterprise. For more information go to the following website:

http://schools.nyc.gov/ve/anew/newyork/internships.htm

-Mr. Filipinas

New York City VE Trade Fair - Important!

69th Regiment Armory
68 Lexington Ave (between 25th & 26th Sts.)

Travel Directions by Subway

Take the # 6 subway line (green line) to 23rd Street. When you exit the subway, you will be on Park Avenue and East 23rd Street. Walk two blocks north and one block east and you will find the Armory.

SETUP FOR TRADE FAIR
Wednesday, March 24
1:00-6:00 P.M.

DAY OF TRADE FAIR
Thursday, March 25

8:00-9:00 A.M.
Arrival at the Armory

9:45 A.M.
Opening Ceremony and Announcement of Prizewinners for the U.S. Network of Virtual Enterprises & Merrill Lynch National Business Plan Competition. Note: Celebrity guests will cut the ribbon marking the opening of this event.

10:00 A.M.
Exhibits Open

11:30-1:45 P.M.
Lunch

3:15 P.M.
Awards Ceremony

3:45 P.M.
Booth Breakdown and Cleanup

For More Information:
http://schools.nyc.gov/ve/anew/trade09-10/index.htm

Dress Code

Cafe Impresa:
Black Polo (provided)
Black pants

Carpe Diem Advertising:
Red Polo (provided)
Black pants

CAFE IMPRESA RESPONSIBILITIES
Thaddaeus: I.D. Cards? Business Cards =Mon.
Shanice: Catalog= Weds.
Javier: W-2= ASAP!
Tamika: Catalog=Weds.
Fatoumata: Payroll= ASAP!
Tony: Supplies= Mon.
Ruth: Sales Pitch= Mon.
Leo: Sales Pitch= Mon.
Alisa: Flyers= Weds.
Emilio: Brochure= Weds.
Lisa: Sales Pitch= Mon.
Nadira: Trade Fair Supplies= Mon.
Geeta: Sales Pitch= Mon.
Vincent: Website= weds.


CARPE DIEM RESPONSIBILITIES
Julian: Catalog= Weds.
Shani: Business Cards= thurs.
Aaron: Updating old Website= Thurs.
Mandell: I.DI Cards= Mon.
Agatha: Sales Pitch= Mon.
T'sian: Invoices= Weds.
Kenneth: Brochure= Weds.
GiGi: Sales Pitch= Mon.
Saranda: Sales Pitch/ Supplies= MOn.
Pedro: Flyers= Weds.
Devin: Creating new Website= Mon.
John: Brochures/ Invoices= Weds.
Melissa: W-2/ Payroll= ASAP!
Chris: Catalog= Weds.
Tawhid:Catalog= Weds.



Mr. Filipinas
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EURO RSCG website feedback

The following is feedback from EURO RSCG's Vice President of Digital Strategy regarding
www.dwc-cafeimpresa.com
www.carpediemadvertisingve.com:

Overall the sites are impressive and well thought out. The team has done a tremendous amount of work and you should be proud so far!

Café Impressa

I like the content choices and the color scheme.

Some tips:
Homepage: Try to make a big splash with your home page. Raise the importance of the graphics, possibly Increase the size of the title or brand name.

Think about not showing the full letter from the CEO but a few sentences with his name and a link to the full letter so you can spend more of the valuable real estate talking about your product.

Utilize some Social Media tools to allow users to easily spread the word. Create a Facebook page with link, have some “share this page” features, and possible rating scales for your product.

Add testimonials from consumers.

You could run a contest for the best Coffee recipe with a showcase of the best with customer profiles, photo of the coffee recipe, and maybe a give-away to the winner.



Carpe Diem:

Overall, try and simplify the organization of the Carpe Diem and its associated network. It was hard at times to tell if I was on a network division page, a company that had its site built by your agency, or a separate initiative.


Home page needs to be visually more appealing, with bolder choices, and should have all of your key messages within a click. Try using some curves within the graphics to produce rhythm across the page.

It is a great idea to have “Advertisement of the Month”.
You may want to let customers submit their choice for Ad of the month.

Put the Awards or at least one on the home page.




Mr. Filipinas
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Feedback from EURO RSCG

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Euro RSCG on Wed Mar 10, 2010

DWC Virtual Enterprise meets with Euro RSCG
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
4pm to 5pm

Meet here at the end of 8th (2:45p) and we'll come down together.
Take 4 train downtown to 42nd st - Grand Central




Euro RSCG Life Worldwide
200 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
http://www.eurorscglife.com
P: 212-884-1156
F: 212-251-8872

Agenda:
look over and improve
www.dwc-cafeimpresa.com
www.carpediemadvertisingve.com

2010 Trade Fair Workshop on Thursday 3/11/10

2010 Trade Fair Workshop

Thursday, March 11, 2010
2pm - 4:30pm

Cafe Impresa - Javier & Emilio
Carpe Diem - Saranda & Agatha

Pace University
One Pace Plaza
New York, NY 10038
(Corner of Nassau & Spruce Streets)

Take the 4 train down to Brooklyn Bridge

Grade Yourself

For the interim marking period, I want you to give yourself a grade based on your contribution to this class. you can grade yourself, an A, B, C, or a D. You may not necessarily receive that grade, however. I want you to list out any duties, responsibilities, that you did in order to substantiate that grade. Please also let me know the time commitment involved with that particular activity. If you say that you were present every day, and participated, you will automatically get a D. I want specifics. Email me at mr.filipinas@gmail.com

DUE 8pm
Tuesday March 9, 2010

Testing First Blog

Hello, this is my first blog.

Mr. Filipinas