The Business team handles all awards, grants, and coordinates events among the community. Including but not limited to F.I.R.S.T. Lego League competitions, and community outreach programs. This Department is not engineering based. It is artistic, business and marketing based, defying the stereotypical thought of a robotics team. We utilize all aspects of business itself, using many occupations to further us as a team, not just engineering. We would love for you to be a part of our wonderful team.

Head of Business

Manages the entire PR team,  applies for grants to help fund the team, oversees all of PR, creates Business Plan, as well as write essays for awards.

Communications Director

In charge of the team's social media accounts, website management, team relations, and requirement of new members.

Chief Financial Officer

Creates a formal budget plan for the team, creates a sustainability plan alongside a risk analysis report on finances, as well as finds potential sponsors.

Business Team

Helps the team apply for grants to gain more money for the team. Helps the head of PR with awards and essays.

Department To Do List

  • Chief Communication Officer
    • Edit Website
    • Weekly newsletter
    • Revisit our communications (email/remind)
    • Start working on recruitment video
    • Work on ways to connect with other teams
    • Work on #SisterTeam project
    • Build relationship with JMS
  • Chief Financial Officer
    • Start searching for possible sponsors
    • Arrange meet ups with possible sponsors
    • Make a proposal tailored to individual businesses
    • Create a budgeting system
    • Brainstorm fundraising ideas to present to team
    • Start Planning SMASH BASH
  • Overall
    • Write a proposal for Board of Education for funding of FTC and FLL throughout Jenks
    • Find summer camps
    • Start coordinating with schools about FLL and FTC teams
    • Revise Standard Operating Procedure
    • Revise Strategic Action Plan
    • Outreach, Outreach, Outreach
    • Plan a new recruit boot camp for the start of school
    • FIRST summit

Here are some examples of our work!