Monday, March 30, 2009
Questions, Part 1- Julia Rowland
1. What was your favorite part of Music on the Mountain? - The diversity of the music and the esposure to all the different businesses and organizations dedicated to the green economy.
2. What was your least favorite part or part that needed most improvement of my event? - The coordination of the volunteers was probably the weakeast, though with the number of volunteers present, it was still impressive.
3. In comparison to other events, specifically music festivals, how did it shape up? - Top-notch! I was extremely impressed with how everything turned out, how the bands all played on schedule, the quality of the music and sound, and the turnout. Absolutely amazing.
4. As someone who both supported and watched the event grow, was it more or less impressive than you initially thought it would be? - More impressive.
5. If there is one area for improvement, where would it be? - Probably Marketing
6. Have you ever started your own business? If so, were they all successful, both personally and profit based? - Yes, I have started a for-profit business in conjunction with a partner. That business was successful. I have also started a non-profit, which was personally gratifying, but I left the organization before it could really mature. It did not succeed once I left.
7. What importance do you see in teaching and encouraging entrepreneurship to young kids, such as high school and college age kids? Where do you see it in terms of structured education? - Entrepreneurship spans all disciplines. I feel that everyone, regardless of their interests and passions, need to have some sort of business knowledge, even if they don't ever own their own business. Entrepreneurship encourages creativity & knowledge, and the earlier these traits can be taught and fostered, especially at a young age, the better for our future economy. I believe students at all ages (K - 12 and college) need to be exposed to entrepreneurship in some form or another.
8. Have you ever been told not to do something; whether it was a business plan or a simple project, and how did you react? Did you do it anyway? - It's how I've lived my life :-). Those of us who take a risk and learn from our mistakes are likely to grow from them in a positive manner. I personally believe you need to fail to learn how to succeed and overcome obstacles.
9. What’s more important; a secure future or a following your dreams (don’t give in to the cheesiness of the question, tell me what you really believe) - I truly feel that following your dreams will ultimately be the most rewarding, and most likely lead to security. My philosophy has always been "it's all about passion". You have to have passion in order to drive you to succeed.
1. What was your favorite part of Music on the Mountain? - The diversity of the music and the esposure to all the different businesses and organizations dedicated to the green economy.
2. What was your least favorite part or part that needed most improvement of my event? - The coordination of the volunteers was probably the weakeast, though with the number of volunteers present, it was still impressive.
3. In comparison to other events, specifically music festivals, how did it shape up? - Top-notch! I was extremely impressed with how everything turned out, how the bands all played on schedule, the quality of the music and sound, and the turnout. Absolutely amazing.
4. As someone who both supported and watched the event grow, was it more or less impressive than you initially thought it would be? - More impressive.
5. If there is one area for improvement, where would it be? - Probably Marketing
6. Have you ever started your own business? If so, were they all successful, both personally and profit based? - Yes, I have started a for-profit business in conjunction with a partner. That business was successful. I have also started a non-profit, which was personally gratifying, but I left the organization before it could really mature. It did not succeed once I left.
7. What importance do you see in teaching and encouraging entrepreneurship to young kids, such as high school and college age kids? Where do you see it in terms of structured education? - Entrepreneurship spans all disciplines. I feel that everyone, regardless of their interests and passions, need to have some sort of business knowledge, even if they don't ever own their own business. Entrepreneurship encourages creativity & knowledge, and the earlier these traits can be taught and fostered, especially at a young age, the better for our future economy. I believe students at all ages (K - 12 and college) need to be exposed to entrepreneurship in some form or another.
8. Have you ever been told not to do something; whether it was a business plan or a simple project, and how did you react? Did you do it anyway? - It's how I've lived my life :-). Those of us who take a risk and learn from our mistakes are likely to grow from them in a positive manner. I personally believe you need to fail to learn how to succeed and overcome obstacles.
9. What’s more important; a secure future or a following your dreams (don’t give in to the cheesiness of the question, tell me what you really believe) - I truly feel that following your dreams will ultimately be the most rewarding, and most likely lead to security. My philosophy has always been "it's all about passion". You have to have passion in order to drive you to succeed.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Introduction and opening paragraph of my paper...
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure”.
While working at a camp years ago, I was asked to lead a Sunday Service, a loose interpretation similar to some religious service headlined with a fifteen minute “lesson”. My lesson was simple; to embrace the unknown. In every situation-- the familiar, the redundant, the most uncomfortable or most risky-- I encouraged hundreds of bright eyed and eager teenagers to embrace the unknown. Looking back, even with my obscure personal accountants, I question if my message was too difficult to follow. I also question if I even understand the message I so desperately backed. Though, over the years time has presented situations which I’ve been forced to find the answer. I understand now that embracing the unknown is to try and lead a life pursuing virtues which I consider righteous and worth pursuit.
While working at a camp years ago, I was asked to lead a Sunday Service, a loose interpretation similar to some religious service headlined with a fifteen minute “lesson”. My lesson was simple; to embrace the unknown. In every situation-- the familiar, the redundant, the most uncomfortable or most risky-- I encouraged hundreds of bright eyed and eager teenagers to embrace the unknown. Looking back, even with my obscure personal accountants, I question if my message was too difficult to follow. I also question if I even understand the message I so desperately backed. Though, over the years time has presented situations which I’ve been forced to find the answer. I understand now that embracing the unknown is to try and lead a life pursuing virtues which I consider righteous and worth pursuit.
“I listen to the wind of my soul, where I’ll end up only God really knows” Cat Stevens
Paper Outline
I. Introduction
a. Personally background and my opinions on business, the environment, education
b. Outline the rest of the paper
II. Entrepreneurship- it’s importance and role in my life—Why I’ve chosen to do what I want to do, rather than what people are supposed to do
1. Discontent w/ authority
2. Discontent and why I think there is a need to restructure the educational system, especially college
3. The desire to embrace the unknown
4. Environmental aspect and concern
III. Yellow Dog Entertainment, LLC
a. Music on the Mountain 2008
i. Logistical breakdown of numbers- After Action Report
ii. Economic Impact
1. Graphs/ Charts/
iii. Planning process (sponsors, bands, town involvement/reactions)
iv. Environmental integration
1. Non profits, clean event,
2. the word “green”
v. Emotional, physical, and spiritual demands
a. INTEGRATION OF 2 CASE STUDIES (Burning Man/ Merle Fest)
i. Summarization of events
ii. Similarities/ Contrasts
iii. Personal opinion
b. Music on the Mountain 2009
i. Changes- reasons for those changes
c. Other events
i. Capital City Fest
ii. Charleston Festival
iii. Boulder Festival
d. Artist representation
i. Successes, struggles, first experience w/ management
Paper Outline
I. Introduction
a. Personally background and my opinions on business, the environment, education
b. Outline the rest of the paper
II. Entrepreneurship- it’s importance and role in my life—Why I’ve chosen to do what I want to do, rather than what people are supposed to do
1. Discontent w/ authority
2. Discontent and why I think there is a need to restructure the educational system, especially college
3. The desire to embrace the unknown
4. Environmental aspect and concern
III. Yellow Dog Entertainment, LLC
a. Music on the Mountain 2008
i. Logistical breakdown of numbers- After Action Report
ii. Economic Impact
1. Graphs/ Charts/
iii. Planning process (sponsors, bands, town involvement/reactions)
iv. Environmental integration
1. Non profits, clean event,
2. the word “green”
v. Emotional, physical, and spiritual demands
a. INTEGRATION OF 2 CASE STUDIES (Burning Man/ Merle Fest)
i. Summarization of events
ii. Similarities/ Contrasts
iii. Personal opinion
b. Music on the Mountain 2009
i. Changes- reasons for those changes
c. Other events
i. Capital City Fest
ii. Charleston Festival
iii. Boulder Festival
d. Artist representation
i. Successes, struggles, first experience w/ management
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Senoir Project Part 1
Text Referenced:
1. Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
2. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
3. Let My People Go Surfing- The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, Yvon Chouinard
4. Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey
Quotes:
“ The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything…At long last he was encumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security…” ITW
“ No man ever followed his genius till it misled him…If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal, -- that is your success”. ITW
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure”. ITW
“ I am here not only to evade for a while the clamor and filth and confusion of the cultural apparatus but also to confront, immediately and directly if it's possible, the bare bones of existence, the elemental and fundamental, the bedrock which sustains us”. DS
“Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that it’s none of the above. Fundamentally, businesses are responsible to their resource base. Without a healthy environment there are no shareholders, no employees, no customers and no business”. LMPGS
“Patagonia doesn’t usually advertise in the Wall Street Journal, attend job fairs, or hire corporate headhunters to find new employees. We prefer instead to seek out people through an informal network of friends, colleagues, and business associates”. LMPGS
So we gave each employee a personal trash can for recyclable paper and made everyone responsible for disposing of his or her wet garbage in separate containers scattered throughout the offices. Soon after, we started recycling all paper, with everyone responsible for his/her own recycling as well. The result is a company wide recycling effort that also saves the company money….
“Another employee recommended eliminating the Styrofoam and paper cups used in our cafeteria and at the water fountains. Employees started using their own cups, and guests are handed porcelain cups for their coffee. This saves another eight hundred dollars a year. These amounts may not seem like much, but the important point is that each time we tried to do the right thing for the environment, regardless of the cost to us, we ended up saving money….” LMPGS
Interactive Questions
- I’m asking 3 people…(Julia Rowland, Assistant Director of the Entrepreneurship Center, Jeff Collins, Entrepreneurs and owner of Peabody’s Wine and Beer, and Chuck Smith, Director of the Sustainable Development Center at ASU)… list of questions regarding my past event, Music on the Mountain, entrepreneurship and its role in school, and personal background regarding community events. Below are the questions:
1. What was your favorite part of my event, Music on the Mountain?
2. What was your least favorite part or part that needed most improvement of my event?
3. In comparison to other events, specifically music festivals, how did it shape up?
4. As someone who both supported and watched the event grow, was it more or less impressive than you initially thought it would be?
5. If there is one area for improvement, where would it be?
6. Have you ever started your own business? If so, were they all successful, both personally and profit based?
7. What importance do you see in teaching and encouraging entrepreneurship to young kids, such as high school and college age kids? Where do you see it in terms of structured education?
8. Have you ever been told not to do something; whether it was a business plan or a simple project, and how did you react? Did you do it anyway?
9. What’s more important; a secure future or a following your dreams (don’t give in to the cheesiness of the question, tell me what you really believe)
1. Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
2. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
3. Let My People Go Surfing- The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, Yvon Chouinard
4. Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey
Quotes:
“ The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything…At long last he was encumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security…” ITW
“ No man ever followed his genius till it misled him…If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal, -- that is your success”. ITW
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure”. ITW
“ I am here not only to evade for a while the clamor and filth and confusion of the cultural apparatus but also to confront, immediately and directly if it's possible, the bare bones of existence, the elemental and fundamental, the bedrock which sustains us”. DS
“Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that it’s none of the above. Fundamentally, businesses are responsible to their resource base. Without a healthy environment there are no shareholders, no employees, no customers and no business”. LMPGS
“Patagonia doesn’t usually advertise in the Wall Street Journal, attend job fairs, or hire corporate headhunters to find new employees. We prefer instead to seek out people through an informal network of friends, colleagues, and business associates”. LMPGS
So we gave each employee a personal trash can for recyclable paper and made everyone responsible for disposing of his or her wet garbage in separate containers scattered throughout the offices. Soon after, we started recycling all paper, with everyone responsible for his/her own recycling as well. The result is a company wide recycling effort that also saves the company money….
“Another employee recommended eliminating the Styrofoam and paper cups used in our cafeteria and at the water fountains. Employees started using their own cups, and guests are handed porcelain cups for their coffee. This saves another eight hundred dollars a year. These amounts may not seem like much, but the important point is that each time we tried to do the right thing for the environment, regardless of the cost to us, we ended up saving money….” LMPGS
Interactive Questions
- I’m asking 3 people…(Julia Rowland, Assistant Director of the Entrepreneurship Center, Jeff Collins, Entrepreneurs and owner of Peabody’s Wine and Beer, and Chuck Smith, Director of the Sustainable Development Center at ASU)… list of questions regarding my past event, Music on the Mountain, entrepreneurship and its role in school, and personal background regarding community events. Below are the questions:
1. What was your favorite part of my event, Music on the Mountain?
2. What was your least favorite part or part that needed most improvement of my event?
3. In comparison to other events, specifically music festivals, how did it shape up?
4. As someone who both supported and watched the event grow, was it more or less impressive than you initially thought it would be?
5. If there is one area for improvement, where would it be?
6. Have you ever started your own business? If so, were they all successful, both personally and profit based?
7. What importance do you see in teaching and encouraging entrepreneurship to young kids, such as high school and college age kids? Where do you see it in terms of structured education?
8. Have you ever been told not to do something; whether it was a business plan or a simple project, and how did you react? Did you do it anyway?
9. What’s more important; a secure future or a following your dreams (don’t give in to the cheesiness of the question, tell me what you really believe)
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