Final Term 1 Group Presentation

Thank you Term 1 group mates~  (Photo c/o Rachel Wilson)

Last Friday I had the pleasure of working with my Term 1 work group for one last time... for Strategy class. We presented to the class our analysis for Samsung Electronics, more specifically its IT & Mobile Communications division. While we had already submitted our final presentation and report the previous Wednesday, we could only present on Friday due to time constraints.

That's my group right there! (Photos compiled by Ghazal Jabr)

During one of our meetings, I expressed to the group that I was getting bored of our presentation formats... and I wondered whether they would be willing to entertain one of these crazy ideas that lingered in my head.

Most presentations followed a typical format... and so I wanted to try something a bit different. And so, I suggested doing something like a TV show.

I found a royalty-free news intro clip on the Internet and put together a microphone visual with a "IE Business News" label on it and had it printed across the street. The group then thought of creating a large Samsung TV screen visual from cardboard that would serve as our offline set. Fortunately, everyone was pretty game with the idea and created their own TV personalities.

Anar acted like a natural field correspondent, often touching his "earpiece" while delivering the news. Carolina represented your vibrant news anchor in sunny, outdoor locations. Luis, one the other hand, delivered his part with much gusto and confidence~ it was perfect! Rachel transformed into "Dr. Thomas", as she always brought in with her a credible image (She's just so articulate and structured! And yes, the English accent helps too!).

3D TV Indeed! (Photo c/o Carolina)

But of course, the best performance was Stefano's... who brilliantly came up with the idea of bringing an umbrella as a prop! It was completely hilarious~ and his concerted Italian hand gestures made him the star of our program!

The presentation was very well-received! And I guess it wouldn't have been possible had it not been for very willing (and risk-taking) group mates! It was a good way to end the term~ and I'm very thankful for the wonderful experience of working with all of them.

With my new work group for Term 2, I'm very optimistic of the things we'll all be doing together. But that said, I also know that my previous group mates are going to other groups as well... thus making competition much harder! It'll be an interesting experience indeed.