A review of our teams semester long project raising money for the Greater Mankato Area United Way

1. GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY PROJECT TEAM MULTICULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

2. ORIGINAL GOALS AND PROJECT IDEAS SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT THE GMAUW TWO WAYS WE THOUGHT TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND HIT OUR TARGET GROUP: ORIGINAL IDEA –POT LUCK HAVE INTERNATIONAL FOODS, HAVE A SPEAKER(S), SPREAD AWARENESS BACKUP PLAN- PARTY FOR STUDENTS OFF CAMPUS

3. Problems… +Holding both of these events was not feasible Pot luck - Location? Volunteers? Attendance? Permission? +Party- Location Attendance Permission?

4. Issues and solutions Finding a date Getting the right price Entertainment Advertising Funding

5. Smart goals Hold the event October 22nd, 2009 Have at least 100 people attend Form partnerships with student organizations Advertise creatively and effectively Contact local businesses for door prizes

6. TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT DATES Goal (SMART)  Have 100 people attending our party on the 22nd of October  Raise $250 To donate to GMAUW by the 22nd of October Timeline: Action Team member Due date Create Black and White Flyers Christian and Spenser 10.07.2009 Reserve Ballroom Bianca 10.07.2009 Get volunteers for party Roman 10.10.2009 Get GMAUW guest speaker Christian 10.10.2009 Design and Print Color Flyers Scott 10.10.2009 Talk to RSO’s for partnering Bianca, Roman 10.11.2009 Talk to KMSU about partnering Scott 10.11.2009 Spread Party Flyers Everyone 10.12.2009 Set up table to sell tickets Everyone Between 10.15.2009 and 10.20.2009 Get beverages & snacks AmericInn 10.22.2009 Get Door Prizes for party Scott and Christian 10.22.2009 Set up party location for party Everyone 10.22.2009 Party Everyone 10.22.2009

7. Spreading awareness Speaker: Bukata Hayes Informational Handout

9. TEAM STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT + Forming Shy Unique Skill Sets Brainstormed Ideas + Norming Email Replies within 24hrs Meet at least once per week

10. Team stages of development continued… +PERFORMING AND STORMING Event was early in the semester Short time period created Storming No time to ignore problems Mostly worked well together and worked quickly Clear roles were set during this time` + Adjourning Reflection and Evaluation What we would do differently

11. ADVERTISING KMSU COUNTRY 103.5 FLYERS FACEBOOK TABLING WHY COME? DJ DOOR PRIZES GOOD CAUSE

12. ADVERTISING….. 9:00 pm October 22, 2009 AmericINN Greater Mankato Area ADMIT ONE ADMIT ONE Fundraising Party

13. A learning experience LESSONS LEARNED COMMUNICATION IS KEY SET GOALS AND DATES TEAM WORK IS ESSENTIAL PARTNERING AND SEEKING HELP COMPROMISING WHAT TO DO DIFFERENTLY BETTER COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR MORE TIME More Advertising Planned for two weeks

14. Party PICTURES

18. THANK YOU OUR SPONSORS Papa Murphy’s Affinity Plus Credit Union Chipotle Maverick Bookstore Noodles and Company AmericInn COUNTRY 103.5 KMSU GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY!

19. THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS DJ KrisP SECURITY GUARDS MIKE AND DARIUS BLACK STUDENT UNION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION BRETT WENZEL (GRAPHIC DESIGN) BUKATA HAYES