Saturday, March 31, 2012

April 2, 2012 - April Fools!!!!! ......not really.

Quotables

4 days left.  Will it come soon enough?

SEMII
Google Nascar
Again, what have we discussed?
Obj 2 And Obj 3

MM
Google vs Facebook Employee Benefits
The joy of group and presentations roled un into one.
Obj 3.01
Obj 3.02
Quiz on each tomorrow

Marketing
SAT Question of the Day
Brand image in the media
Google Nascar
Google Maps 8-bit
Google's really advanced search
Finish 2.06 - Brand
Smart Car Ad

Quiz on Tuesday - 2.05 - 2.06

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

March 29, 2012 - wow, this is a lot of creativity Murphy created

Quotables

When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.

Steve Jobs

SEMII
EQ: What does it take to host/run an event?  True cost
Going back to ethics and sports agents
Let's review the expenses from the last expense sheet
Today we begin to build the event out.  Change of plans from yesterday.  We are now hosting it either in the parking lot or on the football/lacross practice field.  You get to choose.  utilize 3.03 (Mr Murphy Pages) for a guide.  Also use the Expenses from 3.02 as your spreadsheet.

What I need:
     Event Name
     Time Frame
     Target Audience
     Expenses (spreadsheet) with total
     Planned # of people showing up
     Tix/ride price to justify the event

Good luck!

MM
EQ: What do you remember from Financial Analysis?  Test Day cometh.
Test ID# 8754711222     Obj 1 & 2 cumulative look on your desktop for the sign in link
Product Line Extension...is it always good?
Once you have finished with your test, turn your collective attention back to the Obj 3 projects.

Evidence I should have from each team:
     3-5 Bullet points from your powerpoints of critical information from the lesson (emailed)
                        (ie - what do I need to know)
     5 question quiz (on Google docs) (link provided in the email)
     Activity (either emailed or link provided in the email)

All elements should be emailed to murphyk2@gcsnc.com

Marketing
EQ: What is your story?  the development of a brand.
SAT Question of the Day
Customer Service or Stalking? An interesting turn of events in retail
Continuing of Brand...2.06 (Mr Murphy Pages)
Potentially questionable videos on Brand
Let's consult the wall, not to sell the items, but to see and understand the brand.

March 28, 2012 - I imagine it is doughnut day somewhere in the world

Quotables:

"C" is for Cookie that's good enough for me,

"C" is for cookie that's good enough for me,


"C" is for cookie that's good enough for me,


Oh! cookie, cookie, cookie starts with "C"!



                                              ~Cookie Monster

SEMII
Group up.  Teams of 3.  Best you find somebody smart.  Limit one smart person per group...hahahaha.
Mini excursion

Sheet hand out

MM
Assignment of groups...what fun.
Instead of listening to me through Objective 3 material, you will be the star...well, you and your team.
The basics:
-1 day prep of the material
-everyone must help present
-all resources given must be used
-one activity per section (3.01;3.02;etc)
-at least one outside resource (ie article, printed story, website)
-must develop a quiz for the material presented.  5 questions, essence, not minutia
-you will give the quiz the following day, grade said quiz and present to me in a spreadsheet (I will provide)
- groups will be randomly drawn (hahahahahahaha)
- Should not simply read from the powerpoints...so boring

Let the team grouping commence



Marketing
Seth Godin post...options concerning Money

Monday, March 26, 2012

March 27, 2012 Breaking Dawn, er, no, A New Hope, er, no!, The 4th Quarter begins

Quotables

“Beginning is easy - continuing hard”



                       ~Japanese Proverb
 
                                   9 short weeks to go.  Do not stop achieving before you really start.
 
SEMII
Finish Expenses.
Activties on expenses

MM
Capturing the Creativity Muse...can it be bottled?  Warning: This is a 32 min long audio file, but it is quiet good, covering brainstorming, side actions, 3M, P&G, Swifer, Amphetamines, etc.
No, we will no listen to it all, rather, a small selection.


Marketing
SAT Question of the Day
Let's start with the recap of 2.01-2.05
2.06 vocab sometime today
2.06 smart car write up
2.06 itself.

Friday, March 23, 2012

March 23, 2012 - Did time really slow down?

Quotables

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.William Penn

Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.Charles Richards

SEMII
Seth Godin - worth reading today

Promoter expense sheet
Promoter liability insurance
Anyone like MMA?
Boilerplate

Let's dabble in expenses once more

Practice test for you...Test ID# 8758511137 
Megan and Driggers Test ID # 8739511137 

MM
Seth Godin - worth reading today
A small excursion in time management
Pushing forward...way behind

Practice Test - Test Id # 8754711140  


Marketing
Seth Godin - worth reading today

Continuance of Obj 2.05...activity
Let's go to the LAP!  Document Manager...2.05 Promises Promises and 2.05 Raise the Bar

Practice Test ID # 8727211138




Wednesday, March 21, 2012

March 22, 2012 A day in the life of you

Quotable

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.
William Howard Taft


SEMII
Basic costs of an event
Cost of a wedding...with details
I really like this spreadsheet!  At the bottom, download it.
Look at #8...meal costs
The Royal Family
Even for a semi-pro team that loses money, For the Greensboro Coliseum, it loses more if there is no semi-pro team.  An event, even how poorly attended, is still better than no event at all.click here

Contine with the expenses!

MM
Found a great video, let's watch
We return to 2.05

Marketing
Found a great video, let's watch
One more (the essence of Marketing)...here
Onward to 2.05

March 21 - Three days til the end of quarter

Quaotable



SEMII



MM


Marketing
Quizlet - 2.04 material



Tuesday, March 20, 2012

March 20, 2012 Tick, Tock, the quarter is winding down

Quotables:

Why go into something to test the waters ? Go into it to make waves.

SEMII
Let us begin the exploration of monetary benefit of a professional sports team or venue.  We have chatted concerning the "Economic Impact of..." specific sporting events.  We change the string slightly and begin the conversation of the "Economic Impact of...venues and franchises"  Go explore.

3.02 - budgetary items

MM
2.04 activities...the IRS in Review
History of Taxes pt 1
Theme 3, 4 and 5...let us look together

Test ID # - 8754710705

Marketing
Test ID # 8727210697

Quiz 2.01https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uufkNFglRX10ewucwl1sZG9Ws15e3KfofAxqpNRTv0g/edit?pli=1#

Monday, March 19, 2012

March 19, the day air was discovered

Quotables

ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business.
     ~Robert Sternberg


SEMII
3.01 continued

MM
AIG Exec goes to jail...false financial statements
O.com, did you ever wonder why they changed their name? click here 
2.04 continued

Marketing
SAT Question of the day
Finish out the video - snapshot of TV gold\
What's in a name...Nike
2.04 continued

Friday, March 16, 2012

March 16 - St Patrick's Day Eve

Quotables
A best friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have. ~Author Unknown



SEMII
3.01 Continued ~ 30 minutes
Lesson 6 Personal Finance

MM
See the tests a bit more in depth
Worldcomm, let's explore

Continue 2.04

Marketing
See your tests, quickly
Venue Breakdown...the bar
Break back into 2.04 material
Depending on time and if you do well, a bonus for thee.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012 Bye bye test day

Quotables:
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.

SEMII
Begin 3.01
At end of class, review tests

MM
2.04, need I say more?

At end of class, review tests

Marketing
All hope is lost....not really,
2.04 begin today.

Seth Godin addition

If we have time, review yesterday's test.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

March 13, 2012 The Day Of Reckoning...er, I reckon

Quotables:
                 I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.



                                                                              Benjamin Franklin

SEMII
1st Block 8:40 - 9:35
Test id # 8758510696
Red Tape - Facebook passwords

MM
2nd Block 9:40 - 10:35
Test id # 8754710705

Accounts receivable....selling those assets
So...how much does it cost?
part 2
Cash Flow top 10 rules
Why is this important? Salesforce.com

Marketing
3rd block 11:40 - 1:35; lunch 12:05 - 12:30
Test id # 8727210697
As you finish the test, a very timely note from Seth Godin

SAT Question of the day




Tuesday, March 13, 2012

March 13, 2012 - Pauvre, Pauvre UNC - Ethics return to college sports

Quotables -

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating”



                              ~Sophocles


SEMII
Look back at yesterday's post.  Let's look at the last two items.

Recap 2.00 material

Personal Finance - Recap Lesson #5...please do not begin a new one yet.

Test on Wednesday...online

MM
Looking back at the wonderment we call Marketing Managent, let us reflect on the errors of our ways.
Question from 2.03 - small recap...and today, let us listen.

Test tomorrow on 2.01-2.03

Marketing
Let's try to finish 2.03

We will test on 2.01 - 2.03 material so as not to overload you with the embodiemnt of information presented thus far in this class.

Whee!  What fun!

Monday, March 12, 2012

Quotables:

Buying is a profound pleasure.

                                                ~Simone de Beauvoir
SEMII
Moral Terpitude
Career Advice...abridged
Collective Bargaining, Free Trade (haha) and Salary Caps
Salary Cap vid
Salary CAp rationale

MM
Where are we again?
2.03 material.  Terms and notes. 

Didn't we say Quiz on Tuesday?

Marketing
SAT Question of the day
I think a bit of QVC would be fun to begin with...feature benefit selling at its best
2.03 Resolving customer conflicts

Friday, March 9, 2012

Quiz - Marketing 3/8/2012

Quotables:
Make a Friday a day to celebrate work well done that you can be proud of knowing that you just didn't put in time to the next pay check. ~ Byron Pulsifer


SEMII
Let's circle around and chat.
Personal Finance...lesson 5 - look Stafford, buying a car.

MM
Coral up at the oblong table cowboys and cowgirls (or maybe we can just call you cowpeople, cowpersons, you know, like police person...hahahaha)

A puch for Finances finish

Marketing
Quiz...first 5 are for you to study.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LXJKzDpvxta0PxHdpSROoA-prBIXfOVk764t64SVu7E/edit#

Circle up for reflection
Begin 2.03

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

3/9/2012 Take ACT-ion...now!

Quotables
Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

SEMII
We will begin today with a bit of background into car ownership...hopefully a fun topic of note.
Handout
Additional Handout

Let's do a little 2.03

MM
Why did I even write MM down today?  You aren't here.

Marketing
2.02 a ppt please. 

Don't worry, we learn more today.

Friday, March 2, 2012

3/2/2012 Beware the Ides of March

Quotables:
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
       ~Lyman Abbott



SEMII
Sherman Antitrust Act - Monopoly buster
T-Mobile AT&T deal...shot down by govt regulators.  Sprint and all of the other cel phone companies rejoice!
2.02 - Sherman Antitrust and finish 2.02
2.03 if time
MM
2.02 finish, looking forward to 2.03
Anyone with a sales story?


Marketing
Per class vote, the Quiz.
2.02 and 2.03

Thursday, March 1, 2012

3/1/2012 Did I just jump over leap day?

Quotable:
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face...You must do the thing you think you cannot do.



                                    ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
SEMII
One video...ad for a game.  Quite well put together.
Finish 2.02 and look ahead at the pacing guide...2.03

MM
2.01 finish

Marketing
In having finished 2.01 Selling, we dive into 2.02 once more.
Quiz on 2.01 on Friday
Enjoy!