Monday, April 27, 2009

AmCham Business Orientation Program (BOP) 2009




BOP 2009 Sponsors


BOP 2009 received generous support from Asian Hospital and Medical Center, MeadJohnson Nutrition (Bristol-Myers), CalEnergy, CB Richard Ellis, Citibank, Chevron, Convergys, Ford Philippines, Goodyear, Genpact Philippines, International SOS, John Clements Consultants, Peregrine, Philip Morris, SunPower Manufacturing, TOEIC Hopkins International, and Renaissance Makati City Hotel.


BOP has also received generous in-kind support from Quantum Hotels and Resorts (residence of provincial students) Coca Cola Bottlers Philippines – (for beverages & prizes/ gifts), DataOne Asia, PLDT Business Solutions, Jollibee Foods Corporation, Tokyo Tokyo Inc., Golden Arches Development Corp.-McDonalds (meal Stubs), Procter & Gamble and SC Johnsons (Company Products).


This year the program extended to include a wider range of universities, and include students from Baguio (University of Baguio, St. Louis University), Pampanga (Holy Angel University), Metro Manila (Centro Escolar University, Collegio de San Juan de Letran, De La Salle University, Far Eastern University, University of Asia and the Pacific, University of the East, University of the Philippines), Cebu (University of Cebu and University of the Philippines), Dumaguete (Siliman University), Mindanao (UP-Davao and Ateneo de Zamboanga ), and ARMM (Mindanao State University-Marawi City).


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Student Selection

Increased area coverage-- 28 students from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao:
NCR 11
North Luzon 7
Visayas 4
Mindanao 6
Total 28

Females 16
Males 12

Total Number of Applicants -- 67
Post Exam/ Assessment -- 43
Post Interview -- 41
BOP Final Numbers -- 28

KEY Elements/ Deliverables

Cocktail Night (with TJ Manotoc)
11 Company Visits
5 Breakfast with the CEOs
4 Resource Speakers
Meet and Greet US Ambassador Kenney
1 Business Project (Harvard Business Review)
AmCham General Membership Luncheon Meeting with Gina Lopez (ABS CBN)
Awards Dinner
Media Participation/ Press Coverage
TOEIC (Test of English as International Communication)