Tuesday, January 27

• Perform Business Idea Pitches.
• Vote on Business Pitches.
• Complete blog entry, Rhetorical Choices (directions found here) by 1:30 on Wednesday.

For Next Time:

• Write a blog about why the pitches you voted for were persuasive. What, specifically, made you vote for the person you did? Person? Idea?  Presentation? Ethos? Be clear and specific. Tag it with Pitch
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Thursday, January 29

• Perform Business Idea Pitches.
• Vote on Business Pitches.
• Introduce Job Application Project.
• Complete blog entry, Rhetorical Choices (directions found here) by 5:00pm on Friday.
• Discuss qualities of effective Business Pitches.

For Next Time:

• Finalists prepare second round of pitches. You will have up to FIVE minutes to give this pitch--sort of like a presentation/discussion at a cocktail party, or an initial meeting with a potential funder. But, you might consider NOT using all 5 minutes; your audience seems to have a limited attention span!

• Write a blog about why the pitches you voted for were persuasive. What, specifically, made you vote for the person you did? Person? Idea?  Presentation? Ethos? Be clear and specific. Tag it with Pitch
• Post links to three sample job ads (here are some job search resources) and write two paragraphs analyzing what they suggest about writing and responding to job ads. Tag this blog post with Job Ads