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| Top LR Beaton Winsor, Kyle Tysler, Gorvin Greening Bottom Tracy Holloway (Advisor), Nathan Vey, Sherry Smith, Paul Tilley (advisor), Krista Skiffington, Olivia Best, Sherrell Penney and Debbie Strong |
- Acadia University (NS)
- Cape Breton University (NS)
- College of the North Atlantic - Clarenville (NL)
- College of the North Atlantic - Grand Falls Windsor (NL)
- College of the North Atlantic - St. John’s (NL)
- Dalhousie University (NS)
- Memorial University (NL)
- St. Mary’s University (NS)
- Université Sainte-Anne (NS)
- University of Prince Edward Island (PEI)
- St. Francis Xavier University (NS)
There were three competition categories including Entrepreneurship, Financial Education and Green (environmental awareness).
Each team presented on at least one of these categories and Clarenville Campus took part in two – Entrepreneurship & Financial Education.
The team's first presentation was in the Entrepreneurship Category. This year our team worked had building on a Social Media project from last year. Social Media is a relatively new internet based marketing tool that allows organizations to get to better know their customers by developing two way communications and building a relationships. Last year we developed a series of “Video Blogs” that were distributed over the internet through social media to let potential buyers know sellers existed. This year we took the project further in adopting what we called a “teach a man to fish” strategy where we showed local businesses like Clarenville’s White Hills Ski Resort how to more effectively use Social Media tools to reach their target market. We competed against Acadia, SIFE Grand Falls Windsor, Memorial and Cape Breton in this category. Each team had 10 minutes to show the merits of their project to a panel of 20 judges. Our team took Second Place in this competition behind Memorial and in front of third place CNA - GFW.
The second presentation was in the Financial Education Category. This year our team has completed several projects in this category, including working with schools, and Sparks (Brownies), clients of Ability Employment Corporation and the Regional Action Committee on homelessness (REACH). In this category we competed against St. Mary’s, Saint Anne, Acadia, and UPEI. Again, each team had 10 minutes to show the merits of their project to a panel of 20 judges. Our team impressed the judges and many insightful questions were asked and suggestions made. I this category we took First Place ahead of UPEI and St. Mary’s.
These 10 minute presentations represent a tremendous amount of work by the students, and their partners within the College and within the community – these partners share in the effort and share in the rewards.
Likewise, these presentations are symbolic of the real-live skills that students develop over the course of these projects. Leadership, Management, Presentation and Networking skills are just a few of the many benefits of ground-truthing the theory that students learn in school. Most importantly, these projects teach the most valuable and least tangible of concepts – Citizenship.
CLARENVILLE & EMPLOYERS TAKE NOTICE!!
These Students - Our Town's and Our Region's future leaders - did us all proud. They highlighted Clarenville as a progressive and proactive town. Employers - If you are looking for future employees who will take you and your business/organization further - look no further to see what these students have to offer!!
A very special thank you goes to members of our local Advisory Board and our key financial partner, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency – their support has been instrumental in making these projects and competitions possible. It is truly an investment in our collective futures whose payoff to the community can be so clearly seen in these presentations.
These Students - Our Town's and Our Region's future leaders - did us all proud. They highlighted Clarenville as a progressive and proactive town. Employers - If you are looking for future employees who will take you and your business/organization further - look no further to see what these students have to offer!!
A very special thank you goes to members of our local Advisory Board and our key financial partner, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency – their support has been instrumental in making these projects and competitions possible. It is truly an investment in our collective futures whose payoff to the community can be so clearly seen in these presentations.
Taking part in such competitions and self-education seems to be an optimal way to raise my own educational level. I would like to take part in such programs which widen the horizons and are so challenging. But you constantly need to work on your research. Luckily there are professionals on-line and really good resources. When I wondered where can I get dissertation in Economics, my friend recommended it to me and it helped a lot! I would recommend it to all students.
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