The Dirty Bake Sale Dozen

1. What is the project supposed to achieve?
The project is meant to achieve a successful increase in revenue for Visions Film Festival & Conference. We are meant to market ourselves to the campus through selling baked goods. It not only gives us the opportunity to make money but also gives us the chance to advertise and get our name out there early for the festival in general.

2. Who is this supposed to reach?
Our target would have to be anyone traveling on the UNCW campus. Specifically it would be UNCW students, faculty, as well as Wilmington residents who walk by our tables. We are attempting to reach people interested in donating to the festival as well as people interested in attending.

3. What are the deliverables of the project?
Most specifically it would be the baked goods at the sale itself. We would also have sign up sheets for volunteers possibly as well as information about the festival itself. So things that aren't physical products would be our knowledge of the festival and simply delivering an image of what the festival will be by interacting with people who stop at the tables.

4. The budget?
There is no budget. All goods will be donated by members of the class as well as the donation of time to help man the tables. So the profit really comes out of what we sell and goes directly to Visions6 as a whole.

5. How long will the project take?
The planning stages have already begun. The event itself is happening on February the 10th from 10am to 4pm.

6. What skills are needed?
The primary skill needed is good baking! We want good product as well as creative product. Good people skills would be another skill necessary to a successful bake sale, and just good salesmanship. We want to sell the baked goods as well as Visions6 itself. Taking advantage of the holiday is a strong thing as well as consistency in helping make the event a success.

7. What resources are needed?
We need food! We specifically will need deserts and other baked goods that we can use for sale at the event itself. We will need people as well! The mandatory volunteers as who will man the tables and make the event happen. There will be various Valentine's decorations as well as just items that will adorn the tables to make the theme fit as well as make it all look good.

8. Who is working on the job?
James is spearheading the event overall. He will primarily plan, follow-through, as well as execute the event on the day it happens. He will secure the locations, work through all the red tape, as well as make sure the scheduling all comes together. In the end, it is his project though he will need the help of his department and class when necessary.

9. What is the schedule?
The planning stages for the schedule are the beginning of the semester. Each week I have planned to get closer to the event through reserving tables, notifiing Aramark, and then actually scheduling people to man tables and bring decorations/baked goods. The event is planned to happen on the week of Valentine's Day. The date is February 10th and there are two locations for the event. The first is in front of Randall Library and the second is in front of Cameron Hall. The times will be from 10am to 4pm which includes time to set up as well as clean up after.

10. What are the risks?
One of the primary risks of the event starts with the food that we cook. Aramark has strict standards for what we are meant to bake and we have to ensure that we cater to all sorts of eating habits be it nut or gluten free diets. Also there is the risk of rain on the day of the event which could lower the success of the event considering less people will naturally walk by. There is the chance we may not be successful in making the amount of money we are meant to make. We may lose our reservations for the tables that we have set for the day of the event. It just means to stay on top of the schedule set forth for the event overall.

11. How will I communicate with my team?
The primary way to communicate is through the weekly meetings we hold. That is the point where we can work through the weekly progress of the event as well as giving time to work through any challenges that have come up. Outside of that, there is social media primarily through Facebook. We also have class time to communicate before and after which ensures we have plenty of chances to keep up with everything up to the day of the event.

12. How will I determine if the project is successful?
The main way to determine success is through the money we make. Through past years, there has been an established average of what the bake sales have brought in so it helps us gauge how well we might have done. We can also see the success long term by people coming back to our other events. The word of mouth of the things we bake and the compliments we may get. Also we can determine success through seeing the same faces at the festival itself.

Week 2: The Fun Has Begun

This week things have picked up quite a bit. Galaxy Quest was in full effect this week and it seemed to be running smoothly. We as a group realized that the timing was honestly against us considering the fact that we had a holiday on Monday. It just meant that they had a lot less time and that there were few places that they could actually go in order to find the clues that they needed. After talking about it from what I saw were were planning on starting the event at the Cinemixer instead of having the end of it correspond to the Cinemixer. I felt as though the event was effective either way and that it honestly can be something to help break the ice of the crowd that comes into Visions in the spring. Either way, it gives us another possible event to use each year. Within the department I continued working on planning for the Valentine's Bake Sale. I did a presentation on Tuesday and clued everyone into the date as well as the sign up sheets that go with the event. Now it just means that I need to get in touch with reservations so that I can ensure that we get the locations that we want.

Week 1: It Begins Anew

After a short break away, Visions6 has returned again and it is time to get back to business. This week was more or less a chance to get reacclimated to being in the Visions atmosphere. After class, most of the week had been spent preparing for Galaxy Quest. I found time to go through and laminate the clues for the event and made sure that we had the order right. Friday we got the clues together and wanted to put them out but sadly enough we put them in the wrong order and had to go back and order them correctly. I also met with Development and we went over the introductory things for the semester and tried to pinpoint what we were going to do for the semester. Aside from that I started planning things for the bake sale and primarily made sure that I had the date correct as well as making sure that it fit into the schedule for the Valentine's party as well.