Hello Achievers and Advisors,

*There was an error in our mailing system and this email was not sent out as scheduled on Friday. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.*

Please see below for this week's reminders:
  • Company Program Trade Show - REGISTER NOW
  • Company Program Awards
  • World of Choices: Empowering Young Women
Company Program Trade Show - REGISTER NOW

Date: Wednesday, March 16
Time: 5 to 7 p.m. on Zoom

Agenda:
  • 5 to 5:30 p.m. | Keynote Speaker, Fabricio Naranjo, from our Trade Show Sponsor, RSM Canada
  • 5:30 to 7 p.m. | Live sales pitches reviewed by judges 

Why Attend?
  • This is your chance to showcase your company to our guests which include our judges, corporate partners, JA staff/board and the general public - it's also a potential sales opportunity!
  • You will also have an opportunity to visit other teams and meet your fellow peers in the program.
  • This event is organized to support you and to give you an opportunity to share your work with a larger audience. Please take advantage and register!

Reminder:
  • 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. Students do not have to stay the entire time as long as you have representatives at your booth - you can determine a schedule/rotation that works best for your team.
  • 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 16-25)​

Trade Show awards will be announced at ventureON in May.

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

*15 Team Challenge Points will be awarded to each team that has 3 or more students registered for Trade Show*
Company Program Awards

Details on the Company Program Awards were sent out earlier this week. If you missed the email, you can review the information including the FAQs here:
World of Choices: Empowering Young Women

An invite to our World of Choices: Empowering Young Women taking place next Thursday, March 10th was sent out earlier this week. If you missed the email, you can review the information here:

To register, please visit: https://empoweringyoungwomen.vfairs.com/

FOR REFERENCE
Upcoming Deadlines

For the full CP Calendar, please bookmark this page:

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, March 25 - Battle of the Ads Commercial Due
For more information, visit:

Thursday, March 31 - JA Canada National Scholarships Due
You can review the list of scholarships and application requirements here:

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

Friday, April 8 - Final Company Program Submissions
  • Fixed Costs #2 / Profits Tax Due 
  • Final Attendance List Due (Dropbox Link will be shared)
  • Shareholders Report Due (Dropbox Link will be shared)
  • Yearbook Due (Online Form will be shared in the coming weeks)

Friday, April 14 - Advisor Recognition
  • Advisor Recognition Video
  • Advisor Awards Due
CP Social Hour Recording

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:

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.
JA Canada Campus

The weekly instructions and materials can be viewed on the JA Canada Campus: https://www.jacampus.org/

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Weekly Emails

A copy of all weekly emails can be found here:
Quick Links

JA Central Ontario Logo files can be found here
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding any of the information provided above, please do not hesitate to email me.

Thank you!

Lucia Ly (she/her)
Manager, Company Program | JA Central Ontario
T: 437.703.2375| E: lly@jacentralontario.org
 
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