April 10-12, 2019
Twin Cities Collegiate Sales Team Championship-April 10-12 at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
This is a six-person team competition held at the TCF Stadium at the University of Minnesota.
Event highlights:
Each university will bring six students to compete.
Each student will be guaranteed a minimum of three 3 role plays at the competition.
In each round, the top 5 scores out of 6 will count to be the team's score.
The competition will be based on two role plays, provided by two separate corporations.
The first role play will be used for Rounds 1 & 2.
The second role play for Rounds 3 & 4.
The first two rounds will be qualifying (seeding) rounds.
The top 4 schools will go into the Championship Bracket and the bottom 4 schools will go into the Consolation Bracket.
Round 3 will be the semi finals for both the Championship & Consolation Brackets, and will feature "head to head" competition between two schools.
Round 4 will be for the two remaining teams in each bracket to play for the Championship & the Consolation Winner.
Team members of the 1st & 2nd place teams in the Championship Bracket and the 1st place team in the Consolation Bracket will receive crystal & cash awards.
The coach of the Championship Team will receive a trophy to take back to their university and also get the name on the permanent trophy that will remain in the Center for Sales Leadership + Education (CSL) at the University of Minnesota.
16 Universities – 96 Student Competitors
WEDNESDAY 4/10:
Teams Arrives (Shuttles Provided from Airport
Registration at Graduate Hotel
2:30 to 5:30:Round 1 Role Plays – TCF Bank Stadium Suites
5:30 to 7:30: Career Fair – Memorial Hall McNamara Alumni Center
7:30 to 9:30: Welcome Reception – Johnson Great Room McNamara Alumni Center
THURSDAY 4/11:
7:00 to 10:00: Breakfast - Graduate Hotel
8:00 to 11:00: Round 2 Role Plays– TCF Bank Stadium Suites
Lunch
1:00 to 4:00: Round 3 Role Plays – TCF Bank Stadium Suites
Seminars TBD
6:30 to 9:30: Dinner/Mixer- Mall of America
Buses leave hotel at 5:45
Dinner Cadillac Ranch
Nickelodeon Universe Amusement Park
Flyover America Adventure
FRIDAY 4/12:
7:00 to 10:00 Breakfast– Graduate Hotel
8:00 to 11:00: Round 4 Role Plays – Center for Sales Leadership + Education (CSLE)
8:00 to 11:00 : Viewing of Finals-Discovery Nexus (adjacent to CSLE)
11:30 to 1:00 : Awards Luncheon– Graduate Hotel
Teams Depart for Home Shuttles provided from hotel to airport
TCF Bank Stadium: Sixteen (16) of the Luxury Suites at TCF Bank Stadium will be transformed into role play studios (offices) for Rounds 1 through 3 of the competition. Sixteen (16) adjacent Luxury Suites will house our judges’ rooms. There are lounge areas on the suite level that will be used for student registration & waiting areas. The suites create a unique venue for the competition, with great views of Minneapolis. The stadium is located across the street from the McNamara Alumni Center.