Tuesday, January 31, 2012

1/31/2012 What title would be appropriate for such a day as this?

Quotables:

"We cling to hierarchies because our place in a hierarchy is, rightly or wrongly, a major indicator of our social worth."
— Harold J. Leavitt

"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."
— Ronald Reagan



SEM

Economic Impact of...
Economic Impact of... pt 2
Economic Impact of... pt 3
1.02 - Activity 1 & 4 - Let's finish out Economic Impact of....

MM

Fun blog! No, not really, but fits in well with the lesson
Mini-review of Autocratic
1.02 - Leadership Styles (Murphy's website)...cont.

Mkt
SAT Question of the Day
Quizlet exercise - everyone will build the first one...and study by it...30 minutes to complete
1.01 & 1.02

Monday, January 30, 2012

1/30/2012 Did somebody say Football?

Quotables:


SEM
"Are you Ready?"' - Food sales surrounding the Superbowl
Are you ready pt 2
Can you believe a part 3
Let's talk entertainment
Finance...by the numbers
1.02 - Activity 1 & 4 - We will talk first

MM
College Management - When your workers screw up
Quizlet Exercise - Obj 1
1.02 - Leadership Styles (Murphy's website)

 Mkt
SAT Question of the day - Everybody plays and a few will even win
Online image - the new public relation front
"Are you Ready?"' - Food sales surrounding the Superbowl
Quizlet exercise
1.01 & 1.02



Friday, January 27, 2012

1/27/2012 Friday...Did we ever think it would come?

Quotables:
None today...nothing great today.  Sorry!

SEM
Economic Impact Continued (1.02 will help)
Quiz next Wed or Thurs

MM
"No jerks" rule at Barclays
Review the History of Rules
Utopia applied pt1
Quiz
1.02 Anew

Mkt
Vocab Quiz
PPT - Recognize the Importance of Marketing
1.01 Word Doc

Thursday, January 26, 2012

1/26/2012 No real title could fit

Quotables:
"A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”


Lao Tzu



SEM
Impact of Sports and Entertainment in a geographical area

MM
See quotes
Rules, Rules, Rules...the history behind rules
What is a leader...characteristics therein..."Who's your leader?"

MKT
Continuance of the Functions of Marketing...there are 6
Vocab definitions

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Jan 25 - Now do we get to start?

Quotables:
Relativity applies to physics, not ethics Albert Einstein 


SEM
IMPACTION 2012
The impact of sports on the economy
Let's get ready to play online...a bit


MM
Let's jump into the notes
Teacher site, obj 1.01...quickly

Marketing
Who are we as Marketers?
my site, 1.01...open both powerpoint and word doc

Monday, January 23, 2012

Jan 23, 2012 - "Let the Wild Rumpus Start!" ~ Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are"

Quotables:
Beginnings are always messy.
                             ~John Galsworthy 



SEM
1/  Bookmark me
2/  1st Assignment:
               Email me
               Subject Line = SEM Spring 2012
               Body = Answer the question "What possessed you to take MY class?"

MM

1/  Bookmark me
2/  1st Assignment:
               Email me
               Subject Line = MM Spring 2012
               Body = Answer the question "What skills/experience do you bring to MY class?"

Mkt
1/  Bookmark me
2/  1st Assignment:
               Email me
               Subject Line = Mkt Spring 2012
               Body = Answer the question "Why will you succeed in MY class this semester?"

Thursday, January 12, 2012

1st Block Exam - Link and codes

Link:
elements.schools.nc.gov/guilford/taketestsignin.htm


1st Block Code - 197765501075 
Robert's Code - 198603501075

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

1/11/2012 The last day together...short of the exam itself

Quotables:
 “A student who changes the course of history is probably taking an exam”
           -unknown

SEM
FAMU update - Hate Crime or Hazing?
New Stadium - Let's pool our money together and buy one
Finish 6.02

https://elements.schools.nc.gov/guilford/taketestsignin.htm
1st - 777658632 
Robert - 786038632 
3rd - 780428632 

HSM
Chap 4...we are now finished

Monday, January 9, 2012

1/10/2012 Fleeting moment of time

Quotables:

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

          -Maya Angelou





SEM
-Nascar Kasey Kahne's big mouth tweet
-Facebook...the fallout in the real world
-6.02 Finish
- Final Exam Review

HSM
Facebook...the fallout in the real world
Techies Descend on Las Vegas for CES (I will link there for you)
Chap 12
Several commercials/advertisments - please open Chap 15 slide 22 & 24

Friday, January 6, 2012

Monday 1/9/2012 Three days...so short, yet so long of a journey

Quotables:
The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.

           -Peter Drucker
Customers buy for their reasons, not yours.
           -Orvel Ray Wilson

If you don't sell, it's not the product that's wrong, it's you.


SEM
-Chalres Barkley open mic slip up
-Ethics - USA Swimming
-Seth Godin Post
-A Good Fit - Monster Trucks/Jam Segmentation for sponsorship opportunities
          -Grave Digger...for all you fans
-Continue with 6.02

HSM
-OCE write-ups due today...email is preferable
-Kodak - A story of monopolistic ruin...the Product Life Cycle personified
-Chap 12
-Test due back tomorrow

Friday 1/6/2012 - Sniff Sniff, the end is drawing nigh...I will miss some of thee.

Quotables:
“There are parties and stuff, but I don't go to a lot of them. I just have to go because the sponsors are there, but not to have a crazy time. I'm a normal person. I like to stay at home, watch a little TV if I can.”
                                                -Anna Kournikova


“Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.”
                                               -Tallulah Bankhead

SEM
- Lunch menu!
- NCAA Partnership
- Public Relations Disasters
-Continue 6.01


HSM
- Public Relations Disasters of 2011
-Coca Cola Promotion - Representing Coke Zero
-Chap 16
-Hand out Take Home Test

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

1/5/2012 Doritos are good! Talk about a promotion

Quotables:

After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.

                                       -Jackie Chan


There was a three hour differential in performances because the sponsor insisted it be done live for California. You would go on at 8 pm in New York but you would also have to go on at 8 p.m. in California. That meant coming back in to do the show at 11 p.m. 
                                        -Dick York

SEM
1/  Vote for your favorite Doritos commercial in hopes you will see your choice during the SuperBowl
2/  Continue with 6.01

Quiz on Friday covering whatever from Yesterday and Today

Test Next Tuesday or Thursday

HSM
1/  Vote for your favorite Doritos Commercial in hopes you will see your choice during the SuperBowl
2/  Seth Godin's insight into the marketing mind

Bonus - Viewing Fun!

3/  Field any questions from Chap 14
4/  Chap 15 awaits us

Take home test given out on Friday.
    Bwah ha ha ha ha

1/4/2012 A new era begins...again

Quotables:
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”



          Edith Lovejoy Pierce


“The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul”



          G. K. Chesterton

SEM
 - Funny - $1,000,000
1/ Event Breakdown - Winterfest 2011
2/ Event Breakdown - Holiday Classic
3/ Obj 6 outline and pacing.

HSM
- Funny - $1,000,000

1/ Pacing for remainder of semester
2/ Christmas in review
3/ Chap 14 awaits (along with friends 15 & 16)