07 Ted Talk Outline // Due the week of Nov. 3, 2014

Hi Everyone!

Last week, we brainstormed ideas for your own personal Ted Talks! Please bring an outline next week for your speeches—however, the speech is not due until the week after that :)

Thanks!

06 Ted Talks // Due the week of Oct. 28, 2014

Hi Everyone!

In a couple of weeks, we're going to be performing a speech very much like a "TED Talk." Therefore, I'd like you all to get the chance to see what these look like!

Go to:

Ted.com

and pick two different presentations to watch (they range from about 10-30 minutes each). You can pick anything that looks interesting to you. Then, either:

MONDAY: Come in ready to talk about the presentations you watched

TUESDAY: Write ~3 sentences about each presentation, showing that you watched it and what it was about.

Thanks!

05 Business Pitch // Due the week of Oct. 14, 2014

Hi Everyone!

Next week, you will be presenting your business pitches/presentations!

You will pretend that you are speaking in front of a board of investors/bankers/etc (our class) who will decide whether they would like to invest in your proposed business and give you money for it or not. In order to convince the investors to give you money, you will need to:

• Prepare a 5-7 minute speech that tells us about your business, why you are qualified to own it, why it would be successful, etc, and asks a couple of engaging questions of your audience.
• Prepare a powerpoint presentation to go with your speech that has the following things:
• An explanation of what your business is
• An explanation of why your business might succeed
• Some of your qualifications
• A breakdown of your budget—how much money you need and what it will be used for
• A couple of helpful pictures that could show:
• The building you would like to use
• What your design/decorating of your building might look like
• etc

**Feel free to make some things up, for example:

• You could make up statistics proving how important/successful your business would be
• You could make up your qualifications
• You could find pictures of a random neat building online

Email me if you have questions!

04 Business Decision // Due the week of Oct. 7, 2014

Hi Everyone!

This week, you will be thinking of a business you would like to create and do a pitch for! (We'll discuss the pitch more next week.)

For this week's homework:

• Write a 1/2-1 page explanation of what business you would like to create and why!