Advertising Futures Competition Signup

See Below:  I need 5 volunteers interested in marketing and advertising from either Carpe Diem or Cafe Impresa.  We will be meeting after school after the kickoff, and will be traveling to our partner advertising agency after school, 3 - 4 times between the kickoff and the competition date.  Professional Dress Required.

VOLUNTEERS WHO SIGNED UP:
1.) M ARAUJO
2.) A AHMED
3.) D DURAN
4.) A GUZMAN
5.) J AHMED

ANYONE ELSE WHO IS INTERESTED, WITH A STRONG INTEREST IN A CAREER IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING, PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP AT: mr.filipinas@gmail.com 

For the past six years, a number of schools in the Virtual Enterprise program participated in “Advertising Futures,” an activity that brought major Madison Avenue advertising agencies and classes together to create an advertising campaign that was part of the broader week-long celebration of the advertising and media industries entitled “Advertising Week.”  

For 2011, we will again expand on this outstanding applied learning activity. For your reference, Advertising Week 2011 is scheduled from October 3-7, and you may look at www.advertisingweek.com to learn more about “The Week.”

In consideration of the above, we would like to invite your VE coordinator, along with five students who are enrolled in your fall VE program, to meet their advertising agency mentors at a welcome kick-off ceremony, which will be held on                        Wednesday, September 14 at 1:45 p.m. at BB King’s, 237 West 42^nd Street (between 7^th and 8^th Avenues), New York City.  During this time, the group will be briefed on the particulars of the 2011 Advertising Futures program and competition.  The students will then be matched with their advertising agency mentors to plan schedules to execute their assignment as preparation for the competition, which will take place on Wednesday, October 5 (location TBA) at 1:30 p.m.  The winning ads will run in The New York Times and the participating schools and ad agencies will be credited.

From our experience in past years, this is a wonderful program with an established track record of success. As a result of their involvement with our students, many of the advertising agency mentors remained partners to the program and to the school throughout the entire year.

We look forward to seeing your VE coordinators and students on Wednesday, September 14. 

Thank you for your support of the VE Program in your school.  We look forward to working with you in 2011-12 on what I know will be a very productive school year. 

Best,

Iris

Iris Blanc

Director

Virtual Enterprises, International

New York City Department of Education

P: 212-769-2710

F: 212-799-7528

E: iblanc@schools.nyc.gov

W: www.veinternational.org