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Inspire a Smile Today! ITP 251Make a Difference Day Project13 September 2010

+Introduction

Project Purpose Brighten the day of all Germanna students

and faculty

Project Summary Car flyers with inspirational quotes Flyers distributed on every car Advertise Germanna Fest 2010

Project Scope Fredericksburg Campus

+Project Team

Daniel Wadsworth (Initiator)

Daniel Sarpe

Kevin Odlum

+Inspire a Smile TodaySWOT Analysis

+Project Feasibility

Operational FeasibilityEnlisting the support of both Germanna

Student Services and the Security OfficeNo formal training is required

Technical FeasiblityLabor intensive, but no training requiredGraphics are easily created

+Project Feasibility (Cont.)

Economic FeasibilityVery low cost ($0.05 per flyer)Donated laborDonated printing

Schedule FeasibilityKickoff day – Oct 5, 20104 days prior to Germanna Fest on Oct 9,

2010

+Project Risks

GCC Student Services decides not to support the project

Not able to develop sufficient number of inspirational slogans

Not able to purchase enough paper to meet the flyer demand

Clean up efforts could require a significant amount of effort

Not able to develop and/or track meaningful project success metrics

+Project ScheduleElement Element Description

Required Resources Status 6-10 Sept 13-17 Sept 20-24 Sept

27 Sept - 1 Oct 5-Oct 11-15 Oct

1 Inspire a Smile Today Flyer Development

1.1 Design Pamphlet Logo Germanna Fest Logo

1.2 Develop Inspirational Slogans

1.3Speak with Student Services about adding content to flyer

1.4 Design flyer layout 1.5 Purchase colored paper 1.6 Print the Inspire a Smile Today flyer Colored Paper 2 Permissions

2.1Obtain permission for flyer distribution from GCC Student Services

2.2Obtain permission for flyer distribution from GCC Security office

3 Flyer Distribution 3.1 Determine optimum time(s) for flyer distribution

3.2Determine the required number of flyers to meet the demand

3.3Establish the flyer distribution schedule for MDD to include personnel resources

3.4 Distribute the Flyers 4 Volunteers 4 Flyer Clean Up

4.1Determine the need for "clean up" following the distribution of flyers

4.2Establish the "clean up" schedule with required personnel resources

4.3 Conduct the project clean up 4 Volunteers 5 Measuring Project Success

5.1Develop metrics for measuring the success of the Inspire a Smile Today project

5.2Develop the process for measuring the success of the Inspire a Smile Today project

5.3Write a final report detailing the success of the Inspire a Smile Today project

+Time & Cost Projections

+Expected Benefits

Germanna StudentsBrightened day leading to more

productive work in school

Germanna FacultyBrightened day leading to more

productive and engaged teaching

Germanna Community CollegeGreater participation in Germanna Fest

celebration

+Recommendation

Fund and implement the project immediatelyLow costNo trainingExpected benefits far outweigh costs and

risks