Congratulations to Austin Owens (1st Place), Corbin Larsen (2nd Place), and Michael Elrod (3rd Place) in our Crowd Pitch Competition!

The proud winners!

American Idol style voting for the winners

If you were able to attend, please comment below with your favorite idea pitch that you heard. Do you feel that someone else should have won?  Why do you think so?  Do you have a better idea?  Come and participate in the Idea Pitch Competition!

On May 15th and 16th there was a group of CEO members that were invited to represent BYU-Idaho at a prestigious state-wide competition in Boise, Idaho.  This event was a lot of fun for those in attendance and a great way to build professional business relationships.  For more information about the competition click here.

Here are a couple of highlights during our excursion!

Awesome representative team

Living the good life!

What is the Crowd Pitch?

    CEO holding an event to increase the awareness of our Idea Pitch Competition coming up on October 11th, 2012.  This event is open to all students and we encourage anyone who will be competing in the Idea Pitch Finals to compete. The idea of the Crowd Pitch competition is to give individuals and opportunity to practice and get a better idea of what to expect at the main event later this month. 

How do I win?

    The winners will be determined by the crowd. We will be using the latest technology that allows people from the room to text their votes at the end of the event. We will display the contestants names on a projector and watch as their votes are entered. (similar to American Idol)

How can I get more involved in CEO? 

    It's a fun way to get more people involved and excited about the competitions coming up! We will be sending out invitations to CEO members to sign up to compete.  Any one else who is interested email CEO at Byui.ceo09@gmail.com

Coming up this next week we have our mandatory meeting in order to be qualified to compete in the Idea Pitch Competition.  This Meeting will be on Thursday October 4th at 2PM in SMITH 240.  At this meeting we will be reviewing what an idea pitch is and what is required to compete.

Then on November 15th at 2PM in SMITH 440 we will be having the competition. This is going to be a lot of fun!! You can either compete or come and see what other people's ideas are.  Both these events are open to all majors and you do NOT need to be a member of CEO.

The prizes are as follows for the top 5 winners:

1st Place- iPad 3

2nd Place- iPod Nano

3rd Place- iPod Shuffle

4th Place- iPod Shuffle

5th Place- iPod Shuffle

*Also these top 5 winners receive $350 subsidized travel to Chicago to compete in the National Idea Pitch Competition!!! 

E-mail Questions to: byui.ceo09@gmail.com

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We wanted to thank Joseph Grenny for taking the time out of his busy schedule to speak to the students of Brigham Young University-Idaho. Your message was uplifting and inspiring to all those who heard it and it means so much to each of us to have the privilege of listening to your counsel. So again, THANK YOU for everything!!

With that, we would like to encourage those who are interested in learning more to check out the following resources:

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Take their change anything assessment here or just learn more about their research.
You can also learn more about Joseph Grenny here.

Thank you again Brother Grenny! It was an honor to have you speak to our students. We look forward to having you again sometime.

© Joseph Grenny 

Joseph Grenny is Co-Author of Four-time New York Times Bestsellers: Influencer, Crucial Conversations, Crucial Confrontations, and The Power to Change Anything. Brother Grenny will be addressing the student body at BYU-Idaho at 2pm on Nov 3, 2011. 

An expert in topics ranging from influence and leadership, to organizational change and effectiveness. Please join us for this wonderful event and opportunity to hear from a leading expert in his field! This will be a live satellite broadcast. Click here to RSVP.