senior project reflection

1. I am most proud that I was able to make time and keep people entertained at the same time.
A - I would give myself a p because i did everything that was required and i tried my best to go above and beyond
B- I would give myself a Ap or P because i was late on a few thing but the quality of some of the work i did was pretty good.
3. i think bring cookies and having everyone experience what persian culture is really help my presentation.
4 The only thing i think that didn't work would have to be the sideshow, that is only because I a few errors in grammar.
5. From all the experiences I have been in throughout the last year I have truly learned how to run a company. This is very important because my parents will want to retire soon and the responsibility of the company will be on me.

2 hour presentation

Name Ashkan hosseinzadeh___________________________   Topic: persian cookies___________________________           Presentation Teacher ortega________________________

Classroom Theme: (Include materials needed)

                          

EQ: (This document represents one way to structure your 2hr presentation; it is not the only method.  You will be timed during the Body of the presentation, and elsewhere when you present new content; directions to activities and will not be timed.  Throughout this document, delete any text written in parentheses and replace it with your own words.  Write your EQ here.)                                   

Introduction

What is most important in running a successful persian cookie company

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Sponge Activity: (Do not address EQ, but engage your audience in preparation for the presentation.  Speaking length should be 3-7 min and will not be timed; be sure to include the activity time range above.)

1. What is the activity:

2. How it will be done (materials included):

3. How the activity relates to answer:

1. taste persian cookies
2. taste regular cookies
3. ask class how there the same and different

                                                                       

                                   

                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Time: x min 10

Introduction: (To be done after your sponge activity: personal introduction, EQ definition, and your plan for the day; this should take 2-3 minutes.  Summarize the introduction in a few simple sentences.) Hello everyone my name is ashkan hosseinzadeh my senior topic is persian cookies, my essential question is, what is most important in running a succesful persian cookies company. When I say successful I really mean profitable. For this question I had three answers. Custumer service, quality, advertising to a key aduience 

                                                                                                           

                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Time: x min            7

Foundation: (Summarize this section of the presentation in a few simple sentences.  You may choose to speak about the history, career aspects, or other pertinent information that supports your EQ answer(s).  This portion should take 2-5 minutes and will only count towards the minimum speaking time in the Body if (1) it is used as support for the Body and (2) if the length of the Body is at least 28 minutes.) talk about the influence my service learning had and the background of my company

                                                         Time: x min            10                                                                         Time: x min            15                                                             Time: x min 15

Body (Lecture minimum: 30 minutes)

Answer 2: quality

Information taught: the quality of a product

(Be sure to include the lecture time above.)

Answer 3: customer service

Answer 1: advertising to a key audience

                        Information taught: advertising methods and how we advertise to many kinds of audiences

(Be sure to include the lecture time above.)

Information taught:(Summarize this section of the presentation in a few simple sentences.  It is perfectly acceptable to have more or less than three EQ answers, simply adjust the speaking length to reflect a 30 minute minimum lecture total.  Here are some possible scenarios:

●  Three EQ answers: lecture on each answer for 10 min minimum.

●  Two EQ answers: lecture each answer for 15 min minimum.

●  Four EQ answers: lecture on each answer for 7 min minimum, and attach a sheet of paper to this lesson plan outline with an explanation of the information you plan to teach, and corresponding activity details.

Include the time it takes you to lecture on each answer in the space provided above.)

  

Answer 3 Activity:

Give people rolls and problems in customer service and have them ix the problems

        Time: x min            10                                                                              Time: x min            10                                                          Time: x min1. What is the activity:

2. How it will be done: give each person a roll and have them solve the problem

3. How the activity relates to answer: shows good customer service

4. All materials for activity: paper

(Be sure to include the activity time range above.)

Answer 2 Activity: Quality

1. What is the activity: ....

2. How it will be done: ....

3. How the activity relates to answer: ....

4. All materials for activity:....

(Be sure to include the activity time range above.)

Answer 1 Activity: advertising to a key audience

Give everyone paper and a product and they will have to make a advertisment for that product

Conclusion

    Best Answer: advertising to a key audience                        Timing: x min 10         Three Meaningful Sources interview 2, service learning, inc.com                                                                                                              Timing: x min1. (Source and justification.  Minimum speaking length: 30 seconds.)

2. (Source and justification.  Minimum speaking length: 30 seconds.)

3. (Source and justification.  Minimum speaking length: 30 seconds.)

(Brief explanation about which answer you think is the best and why.  Speaking length should be 2-5 min.)

I think advertising to a key audience is the most important because mostly persian peopple know of our goods but with proper advertising you get the attention of all.

                                                                       

 

 

    Product: learned how to run a factory                                                            Timing: x min            10                                                                                               Timing: x min

Conclusion: (Summarize this section of the presentation in a few simple sentences.  Speaking length should be 2-3 min.)

For the past year i have spent 136 hours of service learning, 60 hours of independant component, and many blogs and i now know how to run a business

(Summarize this section of the presentation in a few simple sentences.  It should be a brief explanation about what you gained from your experience, and what your product means/signifies.  Speaking length should be 2-5 min.)

service learning

LITERAL-
136 hours total
 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AprOWaNiM_XRdFpJSWlVd2hSOXNDQl9ta1NNUVJZb1E

Contact- Majid Barmaki- 714 448 9869
INTERPRETIVE-
From all this service learning i now know that in the future i can take over the family business and know that i can run it.
APPLIED-
My service learning was a great help to answering my EQ, I was given time in the field to see how business people act and run there businesses.

independent component 2

LITERAL-
A) I confirm that I have spent 30 hours on my Independent.
B) Contact- Majid Barmaki- 714 448 9869
INTERPRETIVE-
A) The most important thing i learned in this process was to bring out a new product and how i can get into store and in the hands of everyone.
APPLIED-
A) This helped me answer my EQ because it required me to be in the field and truly realize what it take to have a business and succeed in the business world

For getting our product know we created a website that is fully functional and operational. You can tell by the website that 30 hours of work was put into it.
log of hours-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AprOWaNiM_XRdDZzSzUwamNHeUJrQWFtVlo5UUNtS1E&pli=1#gid=0

helping 2013

helping 2013-
interview- Arista Del La Riva
04/26/12
1) Fashion designer-
The feed back i gave her was to make sure she picks a topic that she can easily get service learning. Service learning for complicated topics is hard.
2) I plan to go to a few fashion shows to see what kind of fashion there is and how each person stands out.
feedback- you can also look it up online and start to get programs for designing of clothing.
3)I hope to see a lot of cool presentations on unique topics that might help me with my project.
feedback- make sure to look for detail because you see how how people work through there detail.
4) what's the hardest part of senior project? how did i find service learning?
feedback- I would have to say that the hardest part for me was just to stay up to date with everything. try your best not to fall behind it may put you in a hole.
For service learning I kinda got lucky, my service learning expert is also my step dad.

Research check 15

Article from SBV US small business administration-
1. In order to operate and run and operate a business you must first get a business licence or permit.
2. Beyond the business licence you may also need several other permit such as for selling alcohol or tobacco
3. Many permits can be received online
4. To sell alcohol you must first take a class and take a test
5. The selling of some foods such as fish and nuts also needs permits due to importing issues.
6. Make sure to maintain your licence and fallow the rules that are required for the permits, if you break the rules then your permit will be taken away and you will be fined
Article from INC building a business plan
1. Before starting a business first you must make a business plan, this plan will be your gide to your future success.
2. The business plan isn't made to follow step by step but it will help you stay in line and keep everything on track
3. Before any major company goes into a season they first make a plan that will define what they want to achieve this is there business plan
4. When you make your business plan keep in mind that the economy changes very swiftly and be sure to take that into account
5. Keep the most important thing in your business plan
6. Most businesses don't really stick to the business plan but they use it to outline there business and reac success.
7. Making a business for a smaller business is easier then a big company.... A company has many many workers and all of the workers need to know what we want to accomplish
Small business 101- New York Times
1. First start out by making a business plan to guild your business in the right direction
2. Most businesses that first start out normally end up failing
3. To start a business there must be a demand for what you are selling.... If there are other in your same field of business make sure your the best
4. What can you offer your clients that your competitors can't provide
5. The right kind of advertising can get all toward your business
6. Many business that sell food item do promotions such as buy one get one free, the company loose money on this promotion but the kind of advertising they gain from it can be very beneficial.
7. Location is very important for a business.... If you are In a area that not many people visit then your business may be a failing one.

Answer 3

EQ: what is most important in running a profitable Persian cookie company?



For my third answer I was thinking that I would use a good quality product. A quality product is essential to a good business. If you don't have a good product your business will fail.

Evidence: 1- article by inc.com
2- article by entrepenuer.com
3- article by info.com
My best source for my answer is majid barmaki which is my service learning expert

Room Creativity

1. I hope to address the creativity part of this by showing how to make our cookies, this will show the difference in cultures and will engage the students in the presentation.
2. I plan on doing an activity with my cookies and one activity on how to market these cookies to the right kind of audience.

Research check 14

7 skills to improve on-
1- I- try your best not to take no for an answer anything that you can do in your power to make a sale is critical for you to do.
2- L- aiming toward only the people that will buy your product is a smart move this will ensure that you make the most of your business.
3- I- Sometimes in order to make a sale you must go out of your comfort zone to do so, sometimes this is important to do to maximize profits
4- I- many times working in a partnership conflicts may arise, when conflict arise you must tackle them for the sake of your business. If you are to disagree the business will suffer
5- L- Always make sure to have fun with your business, if you don't have fun with it then work will become miscible.
How to find new customers and increase sales-
1-I- in my line of business to find new customers we must first let out a new product which wil allow us to get the attention of the new consumers
2-l- Understanding your target audience is crucial in increasing sales productivity
3-I- Product placement is very important when it comes to saling your goods, if your product is in the back of the store where nobody can see it then your sales will suffer as a result.

Research

How to choose an advertising agency-
1. advertising is one of the biggest industries in the world. For every product there needs to be a advertiment that goes along with the product.
2. Small companies can use these advertisements to target a certain audience..... Ex: vans is targeted to teenage skaters
3. For a small business or corporation it's very import how you advertise the business, you always want to attract the right kind of business.
4. Theses advertisements are designed to key to a sponsor feeling and emotions causing a very strong message for the viewer.
5. Choosing the right Ad company is essential to get you image to occur. Many companies tend to change the imgag of the client
6. There are so many types of advertisements out there, choosing the right one is the key to a great business.
How to set up sales territories-
1. If your a big corporation you may deside that you would like to break up sales torritories to maximize efficiency
2. In doing so you would set areas of sale up with other companies and only sale your product to a certain area.
3. For major corporations this a great tool because if there product is the only one of its kind around then the consumer only has one choice.
4. When establishing a sale territory keep your ultimate goal in mind, to expand creating more profits.
5. For a move like this you will need to collect a good amount of data to make sure that what your doing is even worth the risk.
Perfecting the Halloween pop up-
1. Many businesses running Holliday based meaning that they only stay in business for a certain amount of time but the profits are exceedingly high.
2. These kinds of business are very risky to have due to the fact that the Economy is very unstable and anything can happen.
3. These kids of businesses employ there employees for only about 3 months.

Answer 2

Eq: what is most important in running a successful Persian cookie factory?
answer 2: My second answer to my question is hitting a key target.
1. my service learning expert stated that you must always aim for a key audience when trying to sell products
2. In my service learning i learned with any product comes a audience to buy your product
3. from research I received from inc.com a business website i concluded that aiming toward a crowd is essential.

the product

The product from my project so far has been that I can talk to business people or people with money or high status. When I first started I did not know how to talk to these people. I learned from my service learning expert how to talk to these kinds of people and what technique can be used to persuade business people.

Fourth Interview Questions

1. what is most important in running  profitable persian cookie company?
2. where do the best ingredients come from?
3. how do you bring in your goods?
4. how do you keep your costumers happy?
5. how do you advertise your goods?
6. what kind of promotion deals did you have to start with?
7. with the economy being the way it is how do you keep a set price?
8. what do you do if you cant get a certain product?
9. who is your main target for this product?
10. whats the biggest problem you may encounter?
11. how do you keep up with the competitors?
12. where do you get the machines to make the cookies?
13. how much does it take to start a business like this?
14. what do you do if a customer is not happy with the product?
15. how do you expand a company like this?
16. what do you do if a certain cookie is not selling?
17.what do you do with the products that don't sell?
18.what big companies do you work with?
19.  how do you get the attention of the american population?
20. whats the most popular cookie and why?

Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

1. For our company I plan to start a business deal with Costco to sell our foods in there stores
2. This will hit the 30 hour mark because to get a business deal with a company like Costco there are a lot of little legal things that we have to fix and do.
3. This relates to my EQ because you must always advance your business and this is a way to expand our company.

Independant component 1

1. log- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AprOWaNiM_XRdEx6VWZBSU5xVTBlMXRSYXBqRWttdVE#gid=0
2. LiteralI-  A) Ashkan Hosseinzadeh, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
B) BBsweet factory is starting a line of all vegan foods my job was to create a websit so that everyone will be able to purchase our goods online.
interpretive - All over the world anybody who wants to buy our product can simply order what they would like online and i would get a email with the order and i would put the order in and have it sent to there doorset.
Applied- this has helpped me with my EQ Greatly. This is a perfect example of what is most important in running a profitable business. An online website is an esstial key to makeing your business boom

Presentation two rough draft

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Idi1_DHfPEzEPguzi6yZDkwO3MzrzyPjgjsYyXPI4r0/edit

presentation

(1) What is answer 1 to your EQ? Be specific in your answer and write it like a thesis statement.
(2) What possible evidence do you have to support this answer?

• Evidence = facts, examples

(3) What source(s) did you find this evidence and/or answer?


1. My answer to my EQ is a good ingrediant.
2. I have evidence from my first interview with majid barmaki
3.My source was my first interview

Service Learning

1. For my service learning I am working with Majid Barmaki at the BBSweet Factory.
2. Majid Barmaki- 714-388-8239
3. packaged cookies, make cookies and ect...
4. I have preformed over 50 hours already

Third Interview Questions

1. Whats most inmportant in running a profitable persian cookie business?
2. what type of marketing stratagies do you use?
3. how do you get the attention of the american population?
4. How much profit do you make at the start?
5. what does it take to start a business?
6. where do the best ingrediants come form?
7. how do you you import goods oversees?
8. how do you ship your product internationaly?
9.whats the most popular type of cookie you sell?
10. how do you make sure you deliver the best product?