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Team Gentleman Florist:

Elizabeth Simpkins, Lucas Dyer, Jessica Frimpong

EXECUTIVE TEAM

REFLECTION

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Client Overview

  • Owner: Matt Eshnaur
  • The Gentleman Florist is a veteran-owned retail/e-commerce business
  • His goal is to provide flower arrangements
  • Subscriptions are also provided for monthly deliveries of arrangements

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Client Engagement:

  • Not as strong at beginning
  • Communication via email
  • Weekly responses
  • List of questions ahead of time

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Successes

Challenges

  • Good collaboration in-person
  • Weekly communication
  • Plans made before presentations
  • Last-minute additions/fixes
  • Unequal workload division

Successes & Challenges of Our Team:

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Process Improvement

  • Planned sections to complete
  • More communication
  • Meeting with client halfway through
  • Inclusion of more resources for client

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  • Communication via Group Chat
  • Shared projects via google drive
  • Met and discussed outside of class time

Team Dynamics

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  • Achieving clarity on what this job can be like
  • Using frameworks and applying them to risks
  • Working with a real business

Highlights:

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Guest Speakers

Dr Baki: Design Thinking

Genevieve Marquardt: CISA

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Recommendations for Future Teams

  • Practice the presentation beforehand
  • Set strict and clear guidelines when you are in your groups
  • Time management
  • Communication plans/schedule with client

Practice Makes Perfect!

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  • Better preparation for Valor Top 10 out in the community day
  • Clear requirements for assignments
  • However, this was an AMAZING experience!

Course Feedback:

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THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY!