Blog 18 - Answer 2

Don't do this. Actually talk to each other. 

                                                          

• 1.  What is your EQ?
• How can a restaurant manager ensure a profit while maintaining customer satisfaction?
• 2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
• In order for a restaurant manager ensure profit while maintaining customer satisfaction, a manager needs to learn how to take control over the restaurant and be a leader. 
• 3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
• In order for a restaurant manager to ensure a profit while maintaining customer satisfaction they need to know how to communicate because when you communicate you get a better understanding of what your customer wants. 
• 4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
• Communication is important because it's an everyday thing we apply, but in business it's important to communicate because it allows us to share information between one another making sure the customer gets everything they want.
• You don't just want to communicate with your customers, but you want to make sure you communicate with everyone in order for more people to know about your business.
• Communication is also advertisement, and advertisement is important if you want new customers to give you profit. 
• 5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
• "Importance of Good Communication in Business" by Kristie Lorette 
• 6.  What other source supports your answer?
• "The Importance of Communication in Business" by April Klazema 
• 7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.
• When you communicate your thoughts between you and your customers or staff you build more of a bond with them because you are giving them an opportunity to get all their thoughts across and have a better relationship. Communication could probably be a priority key to having success in the restaurant/business industry. 

Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

Successful Interview 3.

• 1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  
• I learned that in order to have a successful business, you don't JUST need customer satisfaction, but you should also learn how to work as a team and know how to have good communication between one another. You can't have a restaurant running how it should if you cant get along with your staff. 
• 2.  How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?
• I believe it has changed. Maybe not by a lot, but I feel more comfortable asking "harder questions", but I also believe that my mentoring has a lot to do with feeling more comfortable because I feel I learned how to communicate within my mentoring(caterings or with staff members). I adapted communication skills and that is needed in life. 

Blog 16 - Independent Component 2 Approval

IC #2.. I am ready for you. 

• 1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
• What I plan to do is be able to attend more caterings with my mentor in order for me to learn more how to work as a team, how to communicate. For the actual Independent Component 2 I plan on organizing and running another social gathering or a "party". In order to do that I need to make sure I get everyone's opinion on food, location, etc. I will be in charge of making sure everything is running smoothly and everyone has what they need. 
• 2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
• I plan on going to mentor ship as usual, attend different caterings and allowing myself to get more communication skills. I will record all my outings on my google docs and will/can check in with my teacher and give them any new ideas or suggestions I come up with in order to help better my project. 
• 3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
• It will help me explore my topic more because management is all about working as a team and exceeding customer satisfaction. If I am able to plan another gathering "party", I will be able to see how many people i please and if I am able to please a few people at a party I will learn how to keep many customers happy in order for any business to succeed. 
• 4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.
• You got it. 

(P.S. any other idea will be noted, thank you)

Lesson 2 Reflection

Done with Lesson 2

                      

                           

• What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
• I am proud that people got engaged by my hook. But not only that, they participated well when told to. I felt I had good control over the classroom and I had their attention. Like, they weren't "bored" you can say.
•  What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?
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•    Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
• Because I feel I met all the "P standards". I presented, did my activity, and engaged the audience, but i also did more research that showed in my presentation because I did over 20  min. I also believed I was well prepared by thoroughly explaining what I had to say

• 3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
• Having a power point. It worked well because I had something to refer back to and allowed me to give everyone else more accurate information. Time was also another factor. I was able to meet time and go above the 20 expected
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  4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
• Practiced more to try to get rid of all the "likes, and umms" I used.
• 5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
• I believe my second answer can be prices. You have to make sure you price everything at a reasonable amount because if you over price your food, your customers can simply find somewhere else to go eat the same thing.

Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a) I, Leslie Torres, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 33 hours of work.
• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.    
• My mentor Ms.Bernal is the one who guided me through my IC#1 by taking me to caterings, allowing me to help with her Christmas celebration and allowing me to work around the restaurant. 
• (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
• Updated Hours 
• (d) Explain what you completed.    
• I was able to complete the task of organizing our house Christmas Party with the help of my mentor. 
• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
  
• You might not think throwing a party is difficult, but when you get involved in "Party planning" you see it can be a hassle. I had to keep everyone's opinion open to try and please as many people as I could have. It is very important you go out and learn how to communicate with others, and that is exactly what I did.  (Pics below) I didn't personally take any pictures at our House Party, but I have pictures of events I was able to attend.
• APPLIED
  My independent component helped me understand my topic better because while mentoring I learned customer satisfaction is going to get you where you need to be and because I was able to experience that I learned that if I wanted to continue down this path all I have to do is have a controlled staff in order to gain customers. My independent component was all about communication as well as satisfying everyone, and in the food industry you need to make sure you are communicating with everyone in order for your consumer to be happy and refer you to others. I communicated with everyone by asking them what the thought would be a better main dish to bring in and what type of desserts they would prefer. By appreciating everyone's thoughts it is sure that more people will enjoy the outcome of any given scenario

A catering a attended to that helped me with my IC#1

                                                         A catering I attended leading into my IC                                                               

                                                                   

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This is another piece of evidence regarding my IC#1

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