We kicked off the day at 7:00 AM with a “Strength Finder” Breakfast in the Owen lobby. Students focused on their Top 5 strengths from the profile assessment.
Shifting our focus a bit, we began the day immersed in Economics with Prof. Luke Froeb – and his famous “Rational Actor” paradigm. The Kerr Magee and Christie Auction cases are always a hit with the Accelerator teams. Next, Prof Clark continued our work with the teams on project management skills.
Following these AM Studios, we moved to the team rooms to continue our work on the Nashville Chamber of Commerce projects. Teams, using the FOCUS Model, are now in the “C” stage where we clarify the data and develop the teams Top 3 recommendations for the client.
After lunch, Prof. Owens continued his sessions on creating innovation. Prof. English then continued his teaching sessions on preparing for public speaking. Prof Pace ended the day with a session on Personal Brand – we had a blast hearing the students’ “elevator pitches” – a 30-45 second way they introduce themselves to others. They will all have the opportunity to use them on Friday morning – we are expecting about 40 Nashville businesses to join us for a 7:00 AM networking session.
After dinner, or teams spent the evening finishing their Presentations, Storyboards and Research Bibliographies for Video Gaming Technologies. It was a VERY LATE night. Team 4 (Brown, Cooper, Foley, LeBow, Quinn, Shesser, Stigerwald, and Tang) shut down the building, finishing their final work just prior to midnight.
Tomorrow, we launch a project with one of County Music’s most well know stars – Kix Brooks. It will be another amazing day!
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Michael Burcham
Faculty Director, Accelerator 2009
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