Session 1 Scenarios Activity

Assistant to CEO:

You are an assistant for a CEO of a large company. She has just approached you with the following task.

“I have a meeting in 20 minutes with a perspective new client named Mint.com. I know nothing about them! I need you to research the company for me and have an e-mail in my inbox in 15 minutes with the run down of who this company is and what they do, and the potential for growth in the market in which they operate.”

Broker:

You are a broker for a large financial initiation. Your boss has heard of a new company that will be launching an IPO next month and needs to know more about the company before he walks into a meeting in 15 minutes. He only has a stock symbol of ACOM.

Advertising:

You work for an advertising company. You have a client who is getting ready to release a new product called the “Nook Reader”. You are do in a meeting in 20 minutes to pitch a slogan for the “Nook Reader”.

Broker:

You are do in a meeting in 20 minutes and the firm you work for wants you to quickly come up with a recommendation on whether they should invest in Netflix.com.

Senator Assistant:

You are an assistant to a Senator Mike Crapo (Idaho) in Washington D.C. The senator has been away on a golfing trip for a week and has just landed back in D.C. and in 30 minutes is headed in to vote on the new Educational Policy. He’s asked you to research the bill and give him a recommendation for vote in 15 minutes. The bill is: The Early Education Act of 2009 (Introduced in Senate)[S.206.IS]

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