Contemporary Selling Challenge Professional Development Plan Competition 2016-2017 Dr. Carlos Valdez Integrated Business Program College of Business Administration University of Central Florida

Professional Development Plan Competition The Integrated Business program is proud to announce a competition for IB majors in their final semester. We plan to launch the contest in fall 2016. Entry instructions and deadlines will be provided then.

Overview The purpose of this competition is for an IB student to create a detailed professional development plan that highlights the skills and knowledge he or she gained in the program’s coursework. A graduating student will enter the contest by submitting a link to an electronic portfolio created in Canvas (Webcourses@UCF). The portfolio will include required components from each of the eight required IB classes, and will also reflect the student’s restricted elective class.

Overview Each component will demonstrate skills and knowledge acquired in that course. In total, the portfolio will contain a plan describing the student’s professional motivations, goals, and intended activities for the five years after graduation.

Course Components Instructions for the individual course-related components will be provided in IB classes. Included with the instructions will be the rubric that will be used to evaluate the component in the first round of the competition. Opportunities to learn how to create an electronic portfolio in Canvas will be provided.

Competition Structure A team of faculty will score each entry using the rubrics provided in the instructions. The five students earning the highest total scores (added up across the portfolio’s components) will advance to the final round. Finalists will make 15 minute presentations to the Integrated Business Advisory Board, who will determine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Scholarship prizes will be awarded.

Contemporary Selling Challenge

Purpose

Purpose The purpose of the Contemporary Selling challenge is that you combine some of the most important skills learned on the course to prepare, present and explain persuasive arguments about an specific topic to a specific audience.

Audience

Audience Integrated Business Faculty and Advisory Board members of the program.

Challenge

Challenge The Contemporary Selling course challenge consist in planning, preparing, recording, editing and sharing a 7 minutes video presentation about yourself. The goal of this video is that you make a sales pitch about yourself to the faculty and advisory board members based in: what you learned in the IB program, how you are going to use it in your future career and your portfolio for the competition.

Format

Format The 7 minutes video you are going to upload it in YouTube as Private video that you are going to share only with the Integrated Business Faculty and Advisory Board members. You are going to submit the private link on web-courses in the specific section for this challenge. The video needs to have a professional setting, that is a white or gray background, good lighting, good sound, and good quality video. Is recommended that you edit the video to add a cover page, slides, titles, graphs, sound effects, credits etc. The tone of the video is expected to be business professional and creative.

Evaluative Criteria

Or doesn’t meet criteria The Integrated Business Student provides a clear sales pitch about themselves and what they learned in the program. 3 Meets the criteria at high level; clear sales pitch about themselves and what they learned in the program. 2 Meets some criteria; uneven sales pitch about themselves and what they learned in the program. 1-0 Meets few criteria =1 Or doesn’t meet criteria =0 Total Points Criteria 2: The Integrated Business Student provides a clear sales pitch about how they are going to use their skills and knowledge in their future career . Meets the criteria at high level; clear sales pitch about how they are going to use their skills and knowledge in their future career . Meets some criteria; uneven sales pitch about how they are going to use their skills and knowledge in their future career .   Criteria 3: The Integrated Business Student provides a clear sales pitch of their portfolio for the competition. Meets the criteria at high level; provides a clear sales pitch of their portfolio for the competition. Meets the some criteria; uneven sales pitch of their portfolio for the competition. Criteria 4: Video have a professional production and at the same time a creative presentation. Meets the criteria at high level; the video is professional and creative. Meets the some criteria; uneven video about professional and creative presentation.  1-0