fredag den 2. december 2011

Pitching to the companies

On the third Wednesday, we the teachers finally got to put on our costumes and fool around.
The different companies and their products were laid out as spred sheets, and the pupils were asked to get an overview of which ones to go for.
Before the lesson, we had prepared ourselves by making a prioritised list of which websites we liked the best. Thus, the pupils with the best website got to pick customers and assignments first, then the second best,and so on.
The first customer pitch was at 10.45, which gave the pupils two lessons to prepare the pitches. It was up to themselves whether they wanted to pitch one or two assignments.
The customer I played was a hippie from an NGO called Sex and Society. We wanted a campain which informed youngsters about the sexually transmitted disease clamydia. There wasn't a lot of money in the assignment, but the kids found it really fun. It was pitched by two advertisement agencies.
The first agency had done a really sloppy pitch. They had no budget, and couldn't give me a price. The pitch itself was entirely verbal. I ended up asking them to get back to me once they had a price.
The second agency had made drawings and suggestions for posters and flyers. They had a concept with a condom fighting a disgusting monster.
Even though the second bureau turned out to be more pricey, I liked their concept better, and so ended up giving them the assignment.

Around the school, other teachers were giving it as different customers: A manager for a goth band, the representative of a big soft drinks corporation, a salesman from a washing machine company, etc.

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