JA Company Program | Week 14 | Updates & Reminders

Hello Achievers and Advisors,

*Please note that this weekly update is being sent to both Achievers and Advisors in the program - please ensure you are all reviewing these updates and reminders!*

Deadline Reminder:

Trade Show & Social Media Form Reminder - DUE TODAY

Event Registration:

Company Program Trade Show - REGISTER NOW
Skilled Trades & Technology Career Webinar - February 28

Shopify Reminder:

Activating Shopify Payments - if you are launching soon and require payments activated, please read this reminder

Updates from last week to review again:

CP Social Hour - Recording
Battle of the Ads - Recording, Commercial Contest & Survey
Upcoming Deadlines

Company Program Trade Show & Social Media Form

DUE TODAY!

Social Media & Trade Show Form

Deadline: Friday, February 18

*10 Team Challenge Pts* for submitting Social Media & Trade Show Form

To help us prepare for Trade Show and to promote your student teams, please complete the Social Media & Trade Show form.

Please complete the form here.

As part of the submission, students are asked to provide a sales pitch video. Please review the sales pitch requirements here (including page 8 for guidelines).

Company Program Trade Show - REGISTER NOW

Date: Wednesday, March 16

Time: 5 to 7 p.m. on Zoom

Virtual Event Summary: The Company Program Trade Show provides an opportunity for students participating in Company Program to network with peers, showcase their companies and compete for the best sales pitch!

Featuring:

Keynote Speaker
Live Sales Pitches reviewed by judges
Opportunity for guests/judges to visit each team at their virtual booths
Opportunity for students/advisors to visit each team at their virtual booths
All students and advisors are welcome!
You are also welcome to invite friends and family to Trade Show

Requirements:

Each team must have a minimum of 2 students representing their team at their virtual booth at all times. Extra team members can visit other teams, if there are two students at your booth.
Each team must prepare a 2-5 minute pitch for the judges (can include a PPT).
Estimated judging window will be provided closer to the event.

Awards:

Judge’s Choice | Judges to visit booths (March 16) | Top 3 winners - Judged based on product description, unique selling proposition, call to action & presentation (communication)
Achievers’ Choice | JA teams vote to determine winner (March 16)
People’s Choice | Public votes online on pitch videos (March 17-25)

Trade Show awards will be announced at ventureON in May.

Please register for Trade Show here.

Feel free to share this link with your friends and family too!

Skilled Trades & Technology Career Webinar

JA Central Ontario is excited to invite you to our upcoming JA Company Program - Skilled Trades & Technology Career Webinar! This webinar features industry experts within both the skilled trades and technology sectors. The speakers will discuss their careers, experience, and journey within these fields. Students will have the opportunity to engage with the speakers and ask questions.

Date: Monday, February 28

Time: 4 to 5 p.m.

You'll hear from:

Quoc Truong, Licensed Sprinkler Fitter, Business Representative, Hammer Heads Manager
Shaista Jaffer Owner, All Seasons Indian Catering
Nicole Court, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Aecon
Vivek Singal, UX Designer, Flexiti Financial

Please register by February 23 here.

Shopify - Reminder on Payments

To all the teams using Shopify, a reminder that in order to set up Shopify Payments, you must share your bank details with JA to add to the account (this has to be done through us).

We will need your banking information including:

Transit Number (5 digits)
Institution Number (3 digits)
Account Number (7 digits)

To avoid delays, please double check these numbers before sending.

We can also add a manual payment option and then provide details for customers to e-transfer their payment to an email. If you want to add this option, please let us know. To learn more about how it works, please go to: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/payments/manual-payments/email-money-transfers

For e-transfer payments, you have two options below. Sample wording provided here for your reference.

1. Set up with a Q&A

Please follow these instructions to make an electronic payment.
Send E-transfer to: (email address)
Utilize the following: Security Question + Answer (case and space sensitive)
In the message section please include your order number.

2. Set up with automatic deposit:

Please follow the instructions to make an automatic deposit electronic payment.
Send E-Transfer to: (email address)
In the message section, please include your order number
Please note that your order will be processed upon payment.

To activate payments, please email me at lly@jacentralontario.org or Stephanie at skipfer@jacentralontario.org

CP Social Hour Recording

Thanks everyone who attended our CP Social Hour!

At the social, we provided a few updates on CP Awards, Trade Show and more.

You can review these updates here.

Battle of the Ads Recording & Commercial Contest Details

RECORDING

If you missed the workshop, you can review the recording here.

You can review the slides here.

SURVEY

If you attended the workshop, please take a few minutes to share your feedback with us here.

CONTEST

Please review full contest details here:

https://www.jacocompanyprogram.ca/battle-of-the-ads-2022

Please note:

Your commercial must be 30 seconds to 1 minute long
Your commercial must include the correct JA Central Ontario logo

Deadline to submit your commercials: Friday, March 25

We will be reviewing the attendance list and will be awarding teams that had 2 or more students who joined for the full event 10 team challenge points.

Upcoming Deadlines

For the full CP Calendar, please bookmark this page:

https://www.jacocompanyprogram.ca/calendar

All deadlines are due at 11:59 PM on the dates listed below.

Submissions can be made by an advisor or by a student - please communicate with your team to determine who will submit on behalf of the team.

Friday, February 18 - Social Media & Trade Show Form Due

*10 Team Challenge Pts* for Social Media & Trade Show Form

Submit your form here

Friday, March 25 - Battle of the Ads Commercial Due

For more information, visit:

https://www.jacocompanyprogram.ca/battle-of-the-ads-2022

Thursday, March 31 - JA Canada National Scholarships Due

You can review the list of scholarships and application requirements here:

https://jacanada.org/awards-and-scholarships/

Friday, April 1 - JA Central Ontario Company Program Awards Due

You can review the nomination process and a summary of the award categories here: https://www.jacocompanyprogram.ca/awards

FOR REFERENCE

Quote of the Week

“Peace is only possible when youth in all countries and regions have economic empowerment. JA Worldwide is honored to receive this nomination and will continue our work to enable all young people to have the skillset and mindset to build thriving communities. Our primary hope for solving the world’s most complex problems rests in the young people of today who will be the leaders of tomorrow.”

-Asheesh Advani, CEO of JA Worldwide

Did you hear that JA Worldwide (the global organization representing all JA chapters) has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? Read more here: https://www.jaworldwide.org/news/ja-worldwide-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize

Whether you are an achiever or an advisor, thank you for being an important part of this journey with us!