On Friday the 29th of September we received a talk from dell about IT received a talk was called it was called IT is not just for geeks the talk. The talk was very interesting and was run by a woman named Marie and another guy called aiden. They worked for dell and told us all about the company and their products.
Then they told us about all the countries they have travelled to and that they can work anywhere as long as they have their laptop. The talk gave a good insight into the I.T sector of a company and all the different roles and careers there was in this sector.
Mini company talk
One Tuesday we had a Mini Company talk a woman who came in from the Wicklow County Enterprise Board to help us develop,think up with ideas and explain what the mini company project is her name was Serena Bryan. She showed us a PowerPoint on the past winner and there simple ideas and the criteria that you have to have to win. She also gave us a task that was to come up with as many ideas as that could using a paperclip this was a great exercise as it showed us how easy it was to come up with creative ideas and how many possible ideas there is. Some groups had 20+ ideas. I founded this exercise and talk very helpful to my mini company.