At the very start, we took too long deciding what we were all about, but once we had decided we knew what we were doing. I was unable to begin the cost list over Easter without the bank loan figures from Liz.
I do feel the amount of research I did over Easter was not adequate, which matched some of the other member's work, although I am not in anyway justifying this. Over Easter I had looked at some properties for us in Headingley, as this was our original location, again, without loan details, I could not select a property.
When we returned from Easter, it was extremely clear what needed doing and it was a case of doing it. However, we were a team member down, Liz, so again the costing was put off, until I decided to take on the job into my own hands which I actually found interesting, although it was stressful, it was something I knew nothing about, and I entered with my eyes shut. I found a selection of appropriate business loans from different banks, and selected the one I felt the most suitable. From here I could begin my job properly.
Sourcing equipment was confusing, in terms of stationary and stock, as I had no idea how much we would need for a year, so made some kind of educated guess. Originally, we were going to all use our personal macs, but we could afford to factor in new macs. And from briefly looking at the technological factors in the PEST analysis, I realised how important it is to be completely up to date with software and technology and decided, if we were financially stable to buy macs, then we definitely should.
In terms of preparing for the presentation, putting it together was done the day before with a few run throughs, but from Jane's meeting we already knew the content of the presentation. It was mainly Amy's job to put it together, mainly due to her concern for it not being done properly, and for the finance and premises section, I helped to set up the slides as this wasn't her area. I was incredibly anxious due to Emma and Liz not wanting to partcipate in the presentation, leaving it to Amy and I to deliver. In any other situation this wouldn't usually bother me, but as I had to take some of the other matters into my own hands in areas I was completely unsure of I had very little confidence. Amy had assured me that what I had done was correct, but none of us could be sure as this was something none of us had dealt with before. Due to the workload being the job of Amy and I this turned into a very long night, and there was significant tension because of this, but we stayed optimistic and ploughed on.
On the day of the presentation, it was arranged even with my reluctance, to meet up early to have a few run throughs, however, I found myself turning up early with swollen glands and feeling under the weather to sit on my own. This increased my anxiety and my confidence fell even more. What panicked me more was Amy's oversleeping, I worried that if she didn't turn up I would have to do the whole presentation on my own, and I didn't want to let the group down. This was not the case and she eventually arrived.
Time management seemed to be one of our weak areas.
The overall delivery of the presentation was clear and fluent, compared to our previous run throughs, where there were areas of hesitation. I did notice a few flaws in the presentation, things missing, but as the presentation was so packed with information, it would have been hard to include more content. Although I did mention to the group that it would be really important to include the PEST analysis and the 4P's, as this would help to gain more presentation marks.
By the end of the presentation my throat was really sore, and I just wanted to leave. Amy handled the question and answer part well, it would have been good for the other group members to have spoken but nevertheless it was handled. Bridget gave back some really positive feedback on Amy's research into our target market for the magazine. What was noted, and was missing from the presentation was research into our target audience of clients.
This evening Amy and I discussed our next move, to rectify this comment, was it a case of creating a new slide to add on as an after thought, or to leave it. Amy's suggestion was to cut out the complications of having several target audiences and just run the magazine, I wasn't so sure.
Overall, it was an interesting experience and it gave an insight into what makes up a business, and what's required to start a business.
In terms of preparing for the presentation, putting it together was done the day before with a few run throughs, but from Jane's meeting we already knew the content of the presentation. It was mainly Amy's job to put it together, mainly due to her concern for it not being done properly, and for the finance and premises section, I helped to set up the slides as this wasn't her area. I was incredibly anxious due to Emma and Liz not wanting to partcipate in the presentation, leaving it to Amy and I to deliver. In any other situation this wouldn't usually bother me, but as I had to take some of the other matters into my own hands in areas I was completely unsure of I had very little confidence. Amy had assured me that what I had done was correct, but none of us could be sure as this was something none of us had dealt with before. Due to the workload being the job of Amy and I this turned into a very long night, and there was significant tension because of this, but we stayed optimistic and ploughed on.
On the day of the presentation, it was arranged even with my reluctance, to meet up early to have a few run throughs, however, I found myself turning up early with swollen glands and feeling under the weather to sit on my own. This increased my anxiety and my confidence fell even more. What panicked me more was Amy's oversleeping, I worried that if she didn't turn up I would have to do the whole presentation on my own, and I didn't want to let the group down. This was not the case and she eventually arrived.
Time management seemed to be one of our weak areas.
The overall delivery of the presentation was clear and fluent, compared to our previous run throughs, where there were areas of hesitation. I did notice a few flaws in the presentation, things missing, but as the presentation was so packed with information, it would have been hard to include more content. Although I did mention to the group that it would be really important to include the PEST analysis and the 4P's, as this would help to gain more presentation marks.
By the end of the presentation my throat was really sore, and I just wanted to leave. Amy handled the question and answer part well, it would have been good for the other group members to have spoken but nevertheless it was handled. Bridget gave back some really positive feedback on Amy's research into our target market for the magazine. What was noted, and was missing from the presentation was research into our target audience of clients.
This evening Amy and I discussed our next move, to rectify this comment, was it a case of creating a new slide to add on as an after thought, or to leave it. Amy's suggestion was to cut out the complications of having several target audiences and just run the magazine, I wasn't so sure.
Overall, it was an interesting experience and it gave an insight into what makes up a business, and what's required to start a business.
wow-feel like I've just lived through the run up and the presentation with you! sounds like a lot of issues hindered and affected your work.hope you have learned about yourself and collaborative working through this.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been useful to comment on how the WHOLE module went for you-how useful the lectures and tasks were,what you learned about business,yourself and your future.