MONDAY 1/30

SR368
TODAY:
-The Winter X games article & discussion questions were due.
-Chapter 2 discussion questions were due.
-You took Quiz #1.
-We discussed the NHL all Star Game & Winter X Games SBJ articles.

HOMEWORK:
-Jeff Gloshinski will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Chapter 2 Discussion Questions:
7) What is one of the most important elements of strategic planning for an event?
8) What is one of the first documented examples of the strategic planning process?
9) What are the 3 main types/categories of staff that a sport event/facility manager will work with?
10) Aside from new venue construction, what is the single most difficult aspect of producing a major sporting event?
11) Why conduct pre-event briefings & what are the 3 pre-event briefings that should take place for all types of events?
12) What is the primary motivation for people to  volunteer?

IC212
TODAY:
-Drucker Chapter 2 discussion questions due.
-You took Quiz #1.
-We finished our discussion of Drucker Chapter 1.  Our discussion focused on the last 2 fronts of the Silent Revolution & a discussion of knowledge workers.

HOMEWORK:
-Kylie Clemens will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Drucker Chapter 2 Discussion Questions:
5) Drucker believes that there is never only one customer. What does he mean? How do the Girl Scouts of America fit this?
6) What is the online payment business owned by eBay? What is the Internet phone service owned by eBay?7) Why is it important/helpful for organizations to identify noncustomers?
8) How did Apple figure out that its customers wanted a car charger for the iPod?

MN371
TODAY:
-3 articles & discussion questions were due.
-You took Quiz #1.
-We continued our discussion of the beer industry.  Our discussion today focused on the steps in the brewing process.

HOMEWORK:
-Mike Carr will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read the Foreward, Preface, & Introduction of Brewing Up A Business, and answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) What is the first essential to being an entrepreneur?
2) What is key to having individualistic beers?
3) Who is the world's best-selling author on beer & whiskey?
4) What did Sam major in college?
5) What are entrepreneurs fueled by?
6) What % of of companies in the US are privately owned?
7) To be considered a "small company" a business cannot earn more than how much revenue?
8) What is the #1 reason small companies go out of business?
9) When Dogfish Head opened, what brewery was the smallest in the US?
10) What % of their revenue does Dogfish Head spend on advertising?
11) What state is Dogfish Head headquartered?
12) What ancient Egyptian word was virtually synonymous with beer?
13) Light lager accounts for what % of the international beer landscape?
14) What has been one of the biggest factors in Dogfish Head's escalating success since Sam wrote the first edition of the book?
15) Why did Sam decide to reduce their yearly growth rate?
16) What is Dogfish Head's best selling beer?
17) 99% of the beer sold in the US is sold how?
18) Who are the 2 giant global brewing entities & what is their worldwide market share?
19) Craft beer has at most what % market share?
20) The average American lives within how many miles of a local brewery?