Publicity Campaign

To take our August advertising one step further we now have created a "Supporters Club" for our publicity launch, and it could be coming your way. Our plan is to send out our newly created and very official badges (Thanks to Face Value Badges, another Young Enterprise Company, great quality and great service) to entrepreneurs of New Zealand. Check it out now on our Web site
www.opotikicol.school.nz/home/keitepai
Just remember "Kei Te Pai on the Marae"

Animation

Hey, Co-Production Manager Logan of Kei Te Pai here.

Last Friday I visited and talked to Lawrence Pook from Te Whare Wanaga O Awanuiarangi, he works there as a Media Tutor. He showed me, free of charge, on their Mac computers how to transport a movie document into Flash and a PowerPoint document play as a movie in Flash also how to set the size of the image so it is viewable on a TV screen and some other helpful tips that we could use on our DVD. So thanks to Lawrence for giving up his time to help us out it was much appreciated.

Meeting at 1XX

Hey, it is me, Samantha. Last Friday during JAM CatchUp Day, I went to 1XX in Whakatane to meet with Glenn Smith to discuss our advertisement. First of all we discussed the jingle which Alicia and I had written for the More FM competition. Unfortunately I did not have the copy which I had printed out earlier. Luckily, I knew it off by heart because I was to record the jingle that day. I sang it to Glenn Smith and he liked it. He said that it was "catchy" which is what we really wanted.

We also discussed when we would like the jingle to be played. Seeing as we have to wind up Kei Te Pai in October, mass sales would have to take place during August so I decided that it would be more appropriate to play the jingle during that month.

After that I was directed to the newsroom. I had to answer a few questions about Young Enterprise and our company then suddenly I was whisked off to the actual studio to talk to Richard live on air! I was soooooo nervous but he went through the questions first before the song ended. Suddenly we were live on air and he was bombarding me with the questions he had briefed me on earlier. Luckily I knew the right answers so I wasn't uming too much. Then out of the blue he asked me this question which seems so simple but at the time, it was so complex. "So Samantha, would you do this experience all over again?" I hesitated quite a bit then said "ahhhh maybe? oh definitely uhhh yeah I would". Luckily the interview was over within a blink of an eye.

After that, I dawdled towards the recording studio to record the jingle. Matt took me into the recording booth to obviously record the jingle. I went through it once to make sure the sound was good then when it came to actually recording it I choked (not literally) then I forgot the words. I tried it three times, and then when I noticed Matt was looking a bit annoyed I suddenly forgot the words. When I finally got it right the jingle was too long! However, I quickened the pace and got it together. Suddenly my visit to 1XX was over.

I would like to thank everyone at 1XX for being so cool. On behalf of Kei Te Pai, I would like to give a special thanks to Glenn Smith for his generosity for giving our company the advantage of what every Young Enterprise Company needs to do well ... free advertising!

Bayrock/1XX Advertising

Our Managing Director, Samantha Webb
emailed a few radio stations asking for quotes for advertising our company on-air. We received replies from BayRock and 1XX and, because they support the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme, they have been very generous and offered us a free campaign on either BayRock or 1XX to the value of $800. We are all really excited about recording our jingle, and we would like to take this opportunity for thank BayRock and 1XX.

New Zealand Business Week, Palmerston North

Hi, I'm Alicia Gleeson the Financial Director of Kei Te Pai.

I've recently returned to Opotiki after one week in Palmerston North taking part in the International New Zealand Business Week. It was a week full of exciting and educational lectures by promising icons of New Zealand Business. This mixed with team building, time consuming activities ie bowling and creating a competitive stall for the Trade Fair kept us busy from 6am till 11pm each day.

The week proved to be very interesting and informative, and had me mingling with strangers from all over New Zealand, who are now friends. I had to put into practice skills and techniques for a wide range of business attributes. In conclusion, it was a lot of fun, and I am already benefiting from the experience, gaining a small scholarship, heaps of new friends, and clearer opinions about future entrepreneurship. I would thoroughly recommend this for next year to anyone interested in a career in business.

More FM Advertising Competion Update

Congratulations to the YES Company ‘R U Ready’ from Otamatea High School in Northland. R U Ready has produced emergency back seat survival packs containing games, water bottles and much more. Fifty entries were received.

Our Submission for the More FM Advertising Competition

With support from the Lion Foundation
Young Enterprise Scheme
This is our YES Company (clap clap clap)
Kei Te Pai
If you need to know
What to do at a marae
Just give us a call (clap clap clap)
Kei Te Pai
If you don’t know how
To say hello, goodbye
Just give us a call (clap clap clap)
Kei Te Pai
If you want to impress
Your whanau and friends
Give us a call (clap clap clap)
Kei Te Pai
Get your DVD now by dialling….
315 7022 (ting from triangle)
That’s 315 7022
Kei Te Pai!

We preformed this jingle in front of the school once and the amount of people chanting it weeks after is amazing!

Global Enterprise Challenge 2007

Hey my name is Matthew Cairns from Opotiki College.

I am the Sales Director of Kei Te Pai and was chosen to represent the Eastern Bay of Plenty at the Global Enterprise Challenge. The Global Enterprise Challenge was held on 16-19 June at Massey University on the North Shore, Auckland. The Global Enterprise Challenge is like everything you do at school for Young Enterprise squashed into one day! While attending The Challenge I met loads of cool people and listened to very inspirational and motivational speakers such as Chris Dodds, and Dwayne Smith. I also listened to a speech made by the Leader of the National Party, John Key, and met the Chief Executive of Enterprise New Zealand Donna Dentice.

I believe that the Global Enterprise Challenge is seriously one of the best things that you can do while at high school, in terms of business. I highly recommend that if given the chance to attend future Global Enterprise Challenge's that you take up this very rewarding opportunity.