Month Two of the program was Project and Team Management - and as such we were instructed to locate a local NPO (Non - profit organization) and find a way that we as a group could utilize our skills effectively to assist this NPO at no cost to themselves (i.e. we weren't getting paid for doing this help, but who's going to charge an NPO, it's called charity for a reason people.).
My group decided to assist the local art school called Crealde School of Art which is a small campus located off of Aloma Boulevard that provides low cost art classes to any member of the community interested in learning a new skill from digital photography and image editing to traditional painting and drawing. All the classes offered by this wonderful school and further information about the actual school can be located at this link which I highly recommend - if I had more free time and a bit of extra cash I would have taken a few drawing classes to help relax!
The project we decided upon was to take the existing fundraiser the school has every year by attempting to maximize the number of attendants, increase the money coming in to the school, and decrease the total cost of the event. The presentation we assembled is placed below - however, the overall plan was to move the event to a larger location to allow more people to attend, utilize volunteer labor to increase the marketing material distributed, and to help reduce costs by developing some partnerships with local businesses to help provide catering and other vending needs.
We planned on cultivating a relationship with Full Sail to help with the Venue needs, and partnering with Boston Market to provide quality catering at a more than affordable price. The utilization of local bands willing to help sponsor the school also drastically reduced the costs of this event. The end result of this plan was a savings of over $4,750 to the school. I don't know if the plan was actually used but it was delivered to them and I honestly do wish the best for this school - it is a gem of creativity in Winter Park's crown jewels.
Again, the slides prepared are located below:
