The other weekend I had the opportunity to travel to Indiana University for the National Team Selling Competition sponsored by Altria. Along with the 14 students in my Advance Sales Class and our professor, we created two teams to compete. We ended up winning 4th and 5th place out of the 21 schools participating in the competition.
The week prior to the competition, we spent prepping; anticipating possible questions and practicing with role-plays. After making it through a 5:30 am wake-up call, flights and having 16 people crammed into a 15 person van (which was more like a 12 person van) for an hour, we safely arrived at our hotel. The first night consisted of a networking dinner and guess who I came across?....My 4th grade teacher’s son who I went to high school with. He attends the University of Washington - Small World!
Discussing strategies....
Can sometimes be exhausting!
Friday was competition day. Our goal was to help the natural foods store “Wildly Fresh” develop a packaging, sampling, and social media plan for our all natural “Nature’s Junction” popcorn. In the morning we had a 15 minute call with their VP of Operations and in the afternoon we had a 20 minute call with the VP of Operations and the VP of Compliance. The challenge was adapting to the specific needs of the company that they threw at us during the call. We all enjoyed working together as a team and truly bonded over our hours of prep.
Spencer was pumped about the many fun things to do in Bloomington, IN!
Trying to make a style statement with brown shoes and blue socks....
Mother Bear's Pizza...voted 9th best in the nation and it really was!
While the competition did take up a lot of our time, we were still able to explore the University and town which were absolutely BEAUTIFUL in the fall. We all jokingly said that we would come to IU in a heartbeat based off of the campus alone. But don’t worry, once a Baylor Bear, always a Baylor Bear.
Found the Kappa House and even got to go inside.
And some frat that had the words to our Baylor Kappa Rap on their steps.
While I was at the Kappa House, the boys thought it would be the perfect opportunity to meet some Indiana sorority girls....what they didn't realize is how a herd of them in suits is quite intimidating!
The beautiful campus!
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