June 20th - Re-thinking my project (Entry #10)

I was thinking over my topic, and I thought simply joining the committee is definitely not challenging enough, I also made sure by asking Mr. Paetzold (Personal Project coordinator) if what I thought was correct. Therefore, I have a new idea for this project.

Here is my new idea: To organise a business (eg. hotdog stand) during the marathon and write a professional business report on it, along with recapping the whole process on video (including meetings, and the actual day) so it is easier to present during the personal project exhibition. I'm going to answer these guiding questions for my new idea once again for my new topic so that I can give myself a better understanding on my new idea.

Why is this project interesting for you?

Click here for my response for the questions before I changed my topic (being the CDNIS Student representative). My response is similar to the last one for this question here is a quick summary:

• Marathon is for a good cause - Cancer
• Secretary of the UNICEF Club for the upcoming year
• Learning experience and improving skills such as public speaking
• Enjoying sports in general - Marathon

As for the new part of this project (business report), I am interested because I am a person that likes Maths, Science and Business over English, Geography and History. I love working with numbers and organising a business definitely has to deal with numbers, I also did a similar project (made a business report) during grade 9 and I had lots of fun putting it together, however, I didn't have to actually order real items, but I will have to this time. Also, I put together a professional looking modern report for Design Technology during grade 9, and designing a report that is visually appealing really interests me.

What do you know about it?

• Basic knowledge of how to create a business report that is visually appealing due to classes from grade 9 (Intro to Business and Design Technology)
• Basic knowledge of how to run a business

How I know I've been successful?

• Being a committed committee member by attending meetings and doing what they tell me to do
• Successfully run a hotdog stand with a mass amount of customers (runners: around 1500)
• Complete a professional and visually appealing business report with informative content
• Create a short video about the process and the day of the actual event
• Be able to follow specifications I will describe later on

Appropriately challenging?

Definitely much more challenging than my previous topic, being able to estimate demand, complete analyses such as the break-even analysis, find a supplier, making the report look professional and visually appealing will definitely be challenging. Along with still attending meetings, completing tasks I get assigned from the committee and creating a short video about the event after the marathon.

June 14th - Third meeting with supervisor (Entry #9)

Ms. Nobert, Nicole and I met up yesterday at an ice cream parlour nearby Ms. Nobert's house for our third and final personal project meeting before the summer. It was pretty quick however we discussed a lot of important things for us to remember about this project during the summer:

• Ms. Nobert recommends both of us to finish the final product before school starts
• This is a challenge for me since the marathon takes place in November, therefore, in the mean time, I will be attending meetings, completing tasks the committee assigns me... but most of my creation will have to take place after the run
• Ms. Nobert also suggested Nicole and I to create a shared Google Calendar with each other, where we can track our progress, set goals and check weather or not we are caught up with our schedule

June 7th - Walking the marathon route (Entry #8)

Today, I visited the route and location for the marathon, which will take place at Renaissance College, close to Ma On Shan. We (the committee and I) basically walked the route, looked at the site, took pictures so that we could discuss and plan at meetings. Here are some pictures I took during the time:

This is the entrance of Renaissance College from the MTR station, we discussed that this is the place that the runners would be reporting to once they arrive.

This outdoor area will be where most activities take place (After the marathon) - such as the hot dog sale and performances

This indoor area is where the intro would take place, runners would report to the indoor area upon arrival with a short intro from several people and some speeches.

 Finally, this is where the whole marathon will take place, it is along this harbour near the school. Since it's non-competitive, runners will take off at several different times.