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May 19, 2015
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Meetup #56: Tech Under 20
• 7:00 pm Welcome• 7:05 pm Announcements• 7:15 pm Speakers:
Tech Under 20• 8:15 pm G2KYM’s• 8:30 pm Mark Your Calendar• 8:45 pm Networking
Agenda
Announcements
Founders and Funders DinnerJune 18th, 2014Ron Joyce Centre McMaster University Degroote School of Business – Burlington, Ontario.
Keynote
Tech Under 20
• Jessy K. - Grade 12The Business Specialist High Skills Major Program, Entrepreneurship & Technology
• Mark S. - Grade 11Specialist High Skills Major Focusing My Education on ICT
• Sam R. - Grade 12Resume Goo: From Class Project to Online Business
• Mark S.Python's Pit 1st Place Project: Cyclo-Charger
• Ella R. - Grade 11Competitive Robotics & My Future in Engineering
Speakers
#techundertwenty
FINDIN
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THROUGH B
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J ESSY K
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GRADE 10 BUSINESS CLASS
BUSINESS SHSM
• SHSM: Specialist High Skills Major program
• Two business-related courses in grade 11 & 12
• Certifications
• Cooperative Education
PYTHON’S PIT 2013
MAKE YOUR PITCH
DECA’S INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE
PYTHON’S PIT 2014
PYTHON’S PIT 2014
NEXT YEAR…
ICT SHSM @Craig KielburgerASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
Specialist High Skills MajorInformation and Communications Technology
Information Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
SHSM @ CKSS
Arts & CultureBusinessJustice, Community Safety & Emergency ServicesConstructionEnergy ProgramEnvironmentHealth & WellnessHospitality & TourismSocial Justice Info Comm TechnologyHorticulture & Landscaping Manufacturing or OYAP/SHSMTransportationSports Performance
http://schooltocareer.ca
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
Career area focus inall four pathways . .
CollegeApprenticeship
WorkplaceUniversity
Core Subjects:
Math
English
Computer Studies (Programming)
Computer Technology (Engineering)
Business or Physics
Coop (work experience)
Optional Subjects:
Technological Design
Communications Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
Work experience.
Industry training and certification...
CISCO Discovery and IT Essentials.
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
“Reach Ahead” opportunities.“Contextualized Learning”
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
“Reach Ahead” opportunities.“Contextualized Learning”
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
“Reach Ahead” opportunities.“Contextualized Learning”
ICT SHSM @ CKSSASSIST - Able Students Supporting Information Sector Technology
http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~druivenm/SHSM
Resume GooEntrepreneurship Project to Online Business
Sam Rasmussen
About Me
• Grade 12 SHSM student• Will be attending university for graphic design in
September • Interested in graphic design and special effects• VEX Animation Challenge 2nd place, Halton Skills
1st place• Currently working on developing my first
business: Resume Goo• Taking an entrepreneurship course to take first
steps
What We’ll Cover
• Learning About Entrepreneurship• Make Your Pitch 2014• Testing the Market• What is Resume Goo?• Resume Goo Pre-Alpha Walkthrough• The Core Concept• What’s Next
Learning About Entrepreneurship
• Develop skills for creation of venture plan
• Multiple projects to apply skills– Market Research Survey– SWOT Analysis– Income & Balance
Statements
• Lead-up to venture plan performance task
Make Your Pitch 2014• Created video for Make Your Pitch 2014
competition– Listed features– Created script and recorded VO– Blocked in “scenes”
• Text• Graphics• Layout
– Blocked in movement– Applied VO
• Watch the video: http://goo.gl/OqdkdL
Testing the Market• Market Research Survey
– First exploration of the market
– 10+ question survey– Sent to friends and peers– Looked at price points,
features, etc.– Assisted future business
model development
Testing the Market
• In the Street Project– 2nd largest assignment– Create a one-time/long-
term business– Mini-venture plan– Collected further info on
target market– Sold $13 in goo– 9 sign-ups for Resume
Goo beta
Testing the Market
• What was offered?– $10 resume proofreading and design
package– $3 goo pots
• Price was changed to better appeal to market
– Free raffle for 1-year Resume Goo Plus Membership
What is Resume Goo Now?
What’s the Problem?
• Looking for work is a full time job– Creating a resume– Keeping it up to date– Modifying it to suit each job application– Creating a new cover letter for each position– PLUS, resume and cover letter versions can be
easily lost or overwritten
Is There A Better Way To…
• To create a master resume and cover letter?
• Easily keep them up to date?• Save and share versions for each
application?
What If You Could…
• Easily share it online• Customize the look and feel• And add:
– A video profile– Photo and video galleries– FAQs about you– Case studies, problem solving, valuable
contributions• Make it downloadable
What If You Could…
• Have a designer customize it for you• Get proofreading done before you
make it live• Add a professionally produced video
profile
The next innovation in online resume creation
Resume Goo Walkthrough
• Currently still in development• We’ll be taking a look at:
– Signing up– Creating a Resume– Editing a Resume
What’s Next
• Recruit alpha testers• Complete alpha testing• Update application for public beta
launch
Thank You
To sign up for the beta, visit
www.resumegoo.com
VEX ROBOTICSTeam 5225A: The πlons
The Team
The Game
12’ 12’
The Robot
x
y
P(50, 50)
t = 71
x = 50
y = 50
Θ = 45° x
y
P(50, 50)
The Software
t = 71
x = 50
y = 50
t2 = x2 + y2
t = √(2 * 502)t = 71
Θ = 45°
Full Speed = 71
The Software
t2 = x2 + y2
t = √(2 * 502)t = 71
Full Speed = 71
45° 0%
45° 0%45° 0%
45° 0%
0° -100%
90° 100%
90° 100%
The Software
VEX Skyrise
DISCUSSION
How can Silicon Halton help the next generation of tech guru’s and entrepreneurs?
– Develop new ways to excite and engage young tech entrepreneurs.
– Mentor next generation creative thinkers, problem solvers and tech business leaders.
– Provide opportunities for Halton Techs Under 20 to gain real world experience with top-notch tech organizations close to home.
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TU20Next
DevelopmentMentorship
Opportunities
#G2KYM(Get to Know Your Member)
Human Centered Design
Ethnographic ResearchCommunity Engagement
Collaborative DesignPrototyping & Testing
Communication ToolkitProject-Maker Kit
Vinutha ShanmukharadhyaDesign & Innovation Consultant
www.vintaindesign.com Twitter: @vintain
Customer Knowledge – Offline and online
Contact Visits Surveys Contests Interests Purchases Social Media
Personalization Engine
Contacts List Conversion/Scoring
Segmentation Messages Management
Multi-channel
Broadcast
Content Database
Helping companies collect and manage contact information, and use it to send powerful marketing messages that drive sales www.dialoginsight.com
John MarinSmart Marketing [email protected] 647 497 5979 x 307Cell 416 722 9335
Your Smart Marketing Catalyst & C28 solution
#IoB
Ask 10 beekeepers how to do something, and you’ll get 12 different answers
Mark Your Calendars
Website Accessibility• July 8, 2014• Silicon Halton Meetup #57• Andrea Dubravsky -
ADWebcom• The Marquee – Sheridan
College
Open Floor
#IoT
#IoB
1,500,000
Ask 10 beekeepers how to do something, and you’ll get 12
different answers.
If you can’t measure it, youcan’t improve it.
Biggest Challenges