Conferences

I'm looking forward to meeting all of our parents tomorrow.  I've always thought that conferences are fun.  I've heard kids say that they don't want their parents to show up at conferences, but kids do want their parents there.  They want to know that their parents are paying attention.

My sports and entertainment marketing class discussed the marketing of products through sport.  Tomorrow they will be working on a project where they will come up with a new sports energy drink and develop a plan to generat sales for that product.  Click here to see the assignment.

In our Intro to marketing class we discussed social consciuosness in marketing, and we also discussed the fact that if companies do good things in their communities that they need to make sure that they take credit for it.  Remember that if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it, it doesn't make a sound.  We had a short worksheet that was assigned toward the end of the hour.  Click here to see it.

Congratulations 2010-2011 Larson 7th Grade Basketball Team

Please congratulate this year's Larson Middle School 7th grad boys basketball team:
Tyler Kukla
Jake Vincent
Brad Robinson
Bryan Bowles
Andrew Orow
Joseph Korkes
Raphael Thomas
Dennis Volostnyich
Torin Gebauer
Brendan Genereau
Osama Hashmi
Christopher Mishreky
Eddie Oprinca
Jeremy Patrick
Bradley Vandekerkhove
Tyler Wentzel
Kevin Hazen
Demetrius Berry
Justin Strbenac
Jerrod Kniffen
Collin Kermath
Neeraj Patel
Ali Turkomani

Go to larsonbball.blogspot.com to find out more about Larson Basketball

Mobile Coupons

Clipping coupons is a dead activity. Take a quick read here.

Extra credit Opportunity for Intro. To Marketing

I know that some of you are done with your Chapter 6 Prezi assignment while others still need more time.  Today will be the last day to work on your Prezi  as it is due at the end of the hour.

If you have completed it and would like some extra credit or if you have time this weekend you can take advantage of this opportunity.  Remember that I rarely give these types of opportunities.

Create a blog using Blogger.  Your first entry in the blog should be titled "Social Responsibility".  In that entry you need to write about one of the following topics:

Tylenol Cyanide Scare of 1982 or the Jack-In-The-Box E-coli deaths of 1993.

In your entry give a brief summary of what happened, talk in detail about how the company responded to these horrible incidents.  Then I want you to give your take on how the company handled things.  Why do you feel that they did or did not handle things correctly?  Why was this harmful or not harmful to the company?  Be detailed in your reasoning and make sure that you give facts to back up your opinions.

Extra credit will be due on Monday Nov. 15th

Good luck!!!

Athens School Store Advertisement

Excellent work by Ray Lim and Joe Colo!!! Thanks guys

Prezi

Here's the assignment for Intro. to Marketing.  Click here

1st Quarter Complete

I published grades via Edline on Friday.  Kids should talk to me after class if they have any questions about their grades.

Tomorrow we are going to use Prezi for a new project in the Intro. to Marketing class.  I think it's very exciting because it will give the kids a useful tool that they can use to express themselves.  Exceedingly cool!!!

I gave my last classroom presentation covering the role of government as a regulator via Prezi.  Click here to see my first effort in this area.

We will take a look at market segmentation in Sports Marketing, particularly the issue of segmentation shifts.  Tim Lincecum may have started a shift with the San Francisco Giants.  See this article.