Day 25. Part 2. June 19, 2007.
After a quick lunch, the Accelerator teams re-grouped to get ready for the Lexus presentations this afternoon. At 1:30 PM, it was show-time. Lexus brought 6 judges, including both Regional and National marketing / advertising managers.
At 3:00 PM, the Lexus team deliberated and selected the wining team. Rankings were: 1st Place: Team 1, 2nd Place: Team 4, 3rd Place: Team 5, 4th Place: Team 3; and 5th Place: Team 2. Members of the winning team are: Travis Bernard, Ahsaki Black, Mark Bowling (Team Leader), Meadows Carpenter, Dave Mayer, Natalia Moreno, Amy O'Brien and Davey Oetting.
After the Lexus presentations, Kimberly Pace lead the Accelerator teams in a feedback session on presentation skills. At 5:30, the teams began their rehearsals for TPAC presentations.
At 6:30 PM, 2 winning teams were treated to dinner by the companies providing the projects. The Lexus winning team (team Patrick) dined at Morton's Steakhouse with the Lexus managment team. The Gresham Smith & Partners winning team (team Kristin) dined at the Germantown Cafe with the GS&P management team.
The rest of us stayed to finalize presentations for TPAC tomorrow...
