The Virtual Enterprise Program

at New Dorp High School

Mrs. Deirdre DeAngelis, Principal
Mr. Paul Presti, Coordinator

*The color change of

our logo for this month
is to show our support
for breast cancer
awareness

Volume VI,
Issue II

Hard At Pg.1
Work
Advertising Pg.2
Futures

California Pg.3
Trade Fair

Celeb. of the Pg.4

Month New Dorp‟s Virtual Enterprise Management and
VEMI Pg. 5
Insurance team is working hard to prepare for the
Services Regional Business Plan Competition on December 13.
Calendar Pg.6 Auditing is currently assisting Accounting with our
firm‟s Income Statement and Cash Flow Analysis.
The Marketing Department has completed our Target
Market and SWOT Analysis. Human Resources has
finished the Company Description, the Employee
Manual, and our Key Personnel List. The Research
and Development Department is currently putting the
finishing touches on the Industry Analysis while Sales
is finishing our Projected Income Statement.
The VEMI presentation team is also hard at
work. They are currently ironing out the details of
their presentation such as presenting order and
sartorial color scheme.
By Roy Dieudonne

In September, the New
Dorp High School Virtual
Enterprise Management &
Insurance team entered the
Advertising Futures
Competition. The main idea
was to create the best
advertisement of a certain
theme with the help of real
advertising agencies. This
year‟s theme was to show
and persuade underage
teens against posting
pictures of themselves in
provocative ways on social
networking websites such
as Facebook and Myspace.
The Virtual Enterprise firm
at New Dorp created a
frightening
ad of a teenager in
darkness with the caption,“
You could be writing your
own horror story.” The
meaning was to basically
demonstrate to teenage girls
what you‟re doing when
you go on your favorite
social networking website.
Pg. 2
Pictured Left to Right: Mohamed Safa, Erum
Zubair, Klea Papuli, Alena Te, Senat Abazi
The firm traveled to meet up with the
advertising agency Global Hue and
brainstormed ideas with the agency to
determine an advertisement that the
target market would relate to. Our
Advertising Futures team created the
entire advertisement; from creating the
slogan, to actually taking a picture for
the background; speeches to present to
the judges, and executing the final
product. At the competition itself, teams
went to a podium and presented their
advertisement; how the picture and
slogan related to the meaning of the
brief, the brainstorm process, and how
they arrived at the final consensus.
Although our team did not place, this
competition gave our firm considerable
experience in advertising.
By: Jose Haley
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The 2010 California

tradefair will take place on
December 3rd. This year, the
VE Management team is
proud to once again be part
of the California trade fair.
Our team is looking foward
to this opportunity to
promoting and marketing
VEMI in Bakersfield,
California. Representing
VEMI will be Director of
Bakersfield, California
Operations, Nicholas
Veneir. “This is a very The California Trade Fair itself
exciting experience for me is a great experience, and the
as well as the whole team. fact that the trip to California
We are really looking will be partially subsidized
forward to it!” said Nick. makes it a perfect scenario to
explore a different location.
This will be a good way to see
what it is like to be on a
business trip. We are very
confident that Nick will lead us
to success as he has come
through in similar situations.

By Jose Haley and Roy Dieudonne

Nick Venier

Mr. Fred Limeri
For the month of October, our
Celebrity of the Month is Mr.
Fred Limeri, an insurance
broker and the owner of the
insurance firm, The Limeri
Insurance Agency. Mr. Limeri
has been in the insurance
business for 37 years and has
gained a considerable amount
of experience and a strong
reputation in this difficult field.
We asked Mr. Limeri a few
questions to find out more
about the insurance business,
and to try to improve upon
ours.
Pg. 4
Q. What exactly does an insurance broker do?
A. “We sell insurance, but we don‟t work for
any single insurance company.”
Q. How did you come to work in the insurance
industry?
A.“ I started to work in this business 37 years
ago. A friend of mine introduced me into this
business and gave me an opportunity.”
Q. How does our current economic situation
affect your practice?
A. “The current economic situation mostly
affects the building industry. People are not
buying houses as much, therefore, all the
housing objects, like furniture, are also in
crisis.”
Q. What are some difficulties that you went
through in your experience in the insurance
industry?
A.“The difficulties always come at the
beginning. The „Building Process‟ takes time
to build a high reputation. The longer you‟re
in the business, the more money you should be
making.”
Q. What do you think about our program?
A.“The Virtual Enterptise program is great. I
have been involved in this program for 5 years
and I see how students get more and more
advanced every year.”
Q. Is there any advice that you would like to
give VEMI?
A.“Stay dedicated to your program. Listen to
instructions and help other people to succeed.
And pass your knowledge to others so they can
get help to become successful.
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Homeowners Travel
Insurance Insurance
Premium: Premium:$75
$1,100 (Per Trip)

Workers
Disability
Compensation
Insurance
Insurance
Premium:
Premium:$1,400
Males- $35
(Per Employee)
Females- $55

General Malpractice
Liability Insurance
Insurance Premium:
Premium:$500 Dependent On Risk
Of Incident

Term Life Errors and

Insurance Omissions
Premium: Insurance
Dependent On Premium:$1,500
Age And Health
Of Policy Holder
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November 2– Election Day November 11– Veterans Day

November 5– Guy Fawkes Day November 25– Thanksgiving