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100

How many members were on last year’s executive team in comparison to this year?

21 last year vs 23 this year => + 1 co-chair + 1 operations

100

What does I.C.B.C. stand for

Inter-Collegiate Business Competition

100

List all the portfolios and determine the portfolios responsible for managing relationships with external, non-Queen’s stakeholders (There are 12)

External/Outreach: [UL], [Sponsorship], [J&A], [External Events], [Cases]

Non-External: [QCC & Debate], [Digital Strategy], [Internal Events], [Marketing and publications], [Finance], [Senior Advisor], [Co-Chair], [Operations]

100

What is the Preliminary Round Format

10 minute video submission + 5 pages of exhibits

100

What was the Digital Strategy stream originally known as?

Management Information Systems

200

When was I.C.B.C. founded and by whom? (Must get both)

1978, Geoff Arnoldi

200

What is our slogan?

CANADA’S LARGEST, OLDEST, AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS UNDERGRADUATE CASE COMPETITION

200

Who obtains cases and judges for Q.C.C.?

Q.C.C. & Debate Coordinators

200

How long are final weekend presentations and judges feedback

The 15-minute presentation, 5 minutes of feedback

200

Why are you proud to be on I.C.B.C.? (must say with chest and love.)

You will only get these points if you said it with your heart;)

300

How many streams were in the first ICBC and what streams were they?

3 streams; Business Policy, Debate, a computer-simulated business game

300

How many streams of competition are there and what are they?

Accounting + Finance, HR + Ethics, Marketing, Business Policy, Digital Strategy, (Debate)

300

What is a team host vs room host?

Room host monitors the presentation rooms, and team hosts gets assigned a school team to help

300

Describe the two streams of competition for Q.C.C.

Maroon - first-years or new case competition competitors, Gold - 2nd years+ or experienced competitors

300

Can the same school compete in multiple streams at the same time

Yes

400

What were the oldest and the newest streams of competition?

Business Policy (oldest) & Digital Strategy (newest)

400

What are our 3 main events and when are they held (general months are accepted; bonus 100 points for exact dates)

Q.C.C. (End of September, September 23), Preliminary Round (Beginning to Mid October), Final Weekend (Mid-January, Jan 12-14)

400

Which portfolio do you reach out to for schedules and to know where you need to be at what point in the day?

Operations

400

How many teammates participate in each competing team at Final Weekend

2, business policy is 3

400

Roughly how many schools typically enter preliminary rounds?

35+

500

What initiative was recently implemented by People & Culture (now known as events) at I.C.B.C. Final Weekend last year, that we plan on making an annually-returning event?

Local business scavenger hunt

500

How many International Invitational teams are there, what stream are they for, and how many total teams does this give the aforementioned stream?

2 international invitational teams, business policy stream, bp has a total of 8 teams after including the international invitational teams

500

Which portfolio do you reach out to in order to communicate things to competitors during the competition? Linktree, Mass email message, Microsoft teams, General problems

  • Linktree - DS

  • Mass message through email - UL 

  • Microsoft Teams (informal comms) - yourself lmao 

  • Problems - Co-chairs 

500

At what times do you give warnings to competitors throughout their presentation?

ten (10) minutes, five (5) minutes, two (2) minutes, one (1) minute, thirty (30) seconds, and ten (10) seconds.

500

What are I.C.B.C.’s main value drivers? (How are we different from other case competitions)

  • Original cases (meaning we have faculty write them for us)

  • Representing Smith on a global scale

  • 8 Streams

  • Prestige + Calibre