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.