Enterprise Day

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Enterprise Day
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What is an enterprising person?
A person who creates new ideas, puts them into
practice, and takes risks for a business idea
Can you think of any examples of an enterprising
person?
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Which business are these enterprising people
famous for?
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Answers
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What is an enterprising person and what do they
do?
1. Watch the Enterprising People
presentation 2. What does an enterprising
person do? Why have they been
successful? What skills did they have? Create a
double bubble diagram for 2 of the enterprising
people. Work in pairs using A3 paper.
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What qualities do you have?
Use the self assessment quiz to find out which
skills you have got
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Reflective
Respond well to new challenges
Responsible
Come up with new ideas
Competitive
Responsible
Attributes
Capabilities
Resourceful
Working outside comfort zone
Enterprise skills, attributes and capabilities
Resilient
Skills
Decision Making
Team working
Budgeting
Designing and making
Reasoning
Leadership
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Dragons Den

• Think of a business you could create in
  Cramlington.
• In pairs make a 2 minute presentation to the rest
  of the class.
• It should show-
• What your business idea is.
• Why you think this would be a good idea.
• Who your typical customers might be.
• Which skills you would need to run this
  business.
• Where it might be
• What would you need to make the business
• What equipment do you need,
• Do you need any other people,
• How much money would you need
• You have 50 minutes to make your presentation,
  you may use sugar paper to create a visual aid.

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Production Challenge
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Production Challenge
Challenge- On Saturday you will be involved in
Super Science Day, you will make a stall for that
day. Today you will make some corporate gifts
that you can give out to your visitors at your
super science stall and your personal challenge
stall. The gifts should all have a science based
theme.
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What to do?

• Success Criteria
• You will have made as much profit as possible.
• You will have produced a range of gifts to be
  given out at Super Science Day. These will all
  have a science based design or feature a Super
  Science Day theme.
• You will have been responsible for making
  significant contribution to the success of the
  team.
• You will have been resourceful as a team

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What to do?

• Decide what you are going to produce
• Design your products and trial your ideas with
  your friends
• Choose the best design
• Agree a price with the 6th Form Business Students
• Buy the materials you need to make the products
• Make the products.
• Think about-
• How to minimise the amount of materials you need.
• How to organise your group so you produce lots

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Timeline
Work out the challenge
12.00pm
Production of a variety of gifts You should end
up with a whole variety of gifts to give out on
Saturday. You should try different designs and
gifts.
Lunch
2pm
Prepare your sales pitch
Present your sales pitch
Calculate finances and tidy up
3pm
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Sales Pitch
The main buyers from WH Smith have heard about
your ideas and are keen to hear a sales pitch
from you. Watch the sales pitch video. What are
the similarities between the different sellers?
Why are they effective? Your group needs to
produce a sales presentation that would tell a
potential buyer about your products. It should
last no longer than 5 minutes. It might involve
1 person or most of the group, you decide. It
should be Lively         Interesting     
    Clear Persuasive
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Sales Pitch
When you are ready, you should record your sales
pitch on video.
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Learning Journal