Half way through the semester, it’s becoming apparent why
only the best Business students were chosen for Humber’s OCMC team. While
maintaining our practice schedule, we are balancing other classes, major
assignments and studying for midterms. The team is feeling the burn. But is it
worth it? You bet!
Back in the spring when we attended tryouts for the OCMC
teams in which we were interested, we had little idea of what to expect, other than
it was a prestigious honor to be selected to be a part of the team. We were
told that the best Marketing students from across the province would be
competing against each other, which is how Humber’s team was devised - with the
best from the school! We knew that the cost of this honor was the work we would
have to put into the team, but I don’t think we realized how much work it would
actual take. It seems like the Quiz Bowl team may be feeling the brunt of this
work because of all of the concept understanding we have to memorize on top of
studying for our numerous midterms - but of course this is a biased opinion.
Our coaches are giving us an outstanding amount of knowledge
and experience, and we are now getting a taste for what the other teams are up
to.
Nancy Ryan, the outstanding coach of the Quiz Bowl team,
gave the rest of the students of Humber’s OCMC team a taste of the “Quiz Bowl
Life” this week by challenging the students to participate in a “Lightning
Round”. It was a completely different vibe then our private practices because
after every question was answered correctly, the team cheered. This was a great
way to showcase how much work the Quiz Bowl team puts in.
Nancy Ryan in the midst of
the Quiz Bowl Lightning Round with other members of the OCMC team!
Anthony Saraco, our Job
Interview representative (more info on the Job Interview challenge here http://ocmc.ca/events/job-interview/),
also gave us a taste of what his challenge was like and asked the team for
input on his resume. As well, Shawn Manahan gave the team some insight on what
the Sales Presentation challenge was
all about (again, more info on the Sales Presentation challenge here http://ocmc.ca/events/sales-presentation/).
Over the next few weeks, the case study challenges will be presenting a case
analysis with a panel of judges every practice, to get them in the right mindset
of how the competition will feel.
With the constant practicing and constructive feed back from
both coaches and team members, the students of Humber’s OCMC team will surely
be the best at this year’s competition.
