Project Title: EdTech Dilemma – Financial Analysis & Recommendations

Distance Learning Systems

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Project Title EdTech Dilemma – Financial Analysis & Recommendations
Project Topics Customer Service & Account Management Growth Strategy Marketing Product Design & Development Sales & Business Development
Skills & Expertise
Project Synopsis: Challenge/Opportunity
Identify and evaluate opportunities and make recommendations for business expansion within the industry.

Project Synopsis: Activities/Actions Required
Growth Strategy:
• Examine the company’s growth plan. How can the business be best positioned for success? What are the greatest opportunities and/or challenges? Take into account their growth plan and existing traction.
• When preparing for the future of the business, what are some key concerns and areas of focus the host company should address?
• How is the company’s brand perceived by customers?
• From a product and service perspective, how well does the company meet customer needs? Are their customers satisfied with their purchases?


Sales and Business Development:
• Prepare a comprehensive list of industry stakeholders and competitors that offer similar products and/or services. Make comparisons between your host company and its competitors in the following areas: pricing, features, services, regionality, customer demographics, etc.
• How does the company’s pricing compare to competitors? Would you modify the pricing structure? If so, how?
• Are there alternative ways to sell that the company hasn’t considered? Would they be more effective? What data do you have to support your reasoning?
• When it comes to the sales plan, how would you prioritize the sales team’s time and resources?
• Rather than providing financial aid, the company finances its own programs with an average payment of about $200 per month (non-deferred). 
Project Synopsis: Expected Results
How might we promote the affordability of this program to offset the non-deferred student loan financing program?
We would consider this project a success if provided clear, supported ideas to increase enrollments. We are looking to grow our enrollments by over 300%

Project Timeline

Distance Learning Systems - EdTech Dilemma – Financial Analysis & Recommendations
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Mon, 08/29/22
12:00 AM UTC
Kickoff Evaluation Due
Required Evaluation
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Description:
Complete Evaluation (Temperature check)
Tue, 08/30/22
12:00 AM UTC
Program Kickoff
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Event Description:
The kickoff session will start at 5:30 PM, 8-30-2022, Tuesday.  To join the meeting, please click the meeting link or https://meet.google.com/dph-dsra-ouc. 
Tue, 09/13/22
12:00 AM UTC
Q&A Webinar with Laura Knight, DLSI Manager
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Tue, 09/13/22
12:00 AM UTC
Temperature Check #1
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Thu, 10/13/22
12:00 AM UTC
Temperature Check #2
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Thu, 10/20/22
12:00 AM UTC
Submit Rough Draft
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Rough draft of your final milestone will be reviewed by Laura
Tue, 10/25/22
12:00 AM UTC
Rough Draft Presentations
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5:30 PM | 90 Minutes | Meeting Link
Thu, 11/17/22
12:00 AM UTC
Final Deliverables
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Upload your final presentation today.
Client will review before your presentations.
You will present to client 11/29
Thu, 11/17/22
12:00 AM UTC
Temperature Check #3
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Tue, 11/29/22
12:00 AM UTC
Final Presentations
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5:30 PM | 90 Minutes | Meeting Link
Fri, 12/09/22
12:00 AM UTC
Final Self-Assessment
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Fri, 12/09/22
12:00 AM UTC
Program Complete
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Fri, 12/09/22
12:00 AM UTC
Final Peer Evaluation
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