Discussion – May 10

Marko and I met yesterday and had a lot to talk about!

His internship at La Carolina Lodge is coming up soon and his homework was to come up with questions about how the month was going to go. He will need to set up a meeting so that he can have the discussion with Alejandro. Some of the questions that he has are:

1. What will my day look like when I am there? What will my daily duties entail?
2. Will I work with the animals or with the plants?
3. Should I read or learn about anything before I arrive to be better prepared for the experience and add value sooner?
4. How many days a week will I work?
5. Can I have visitors while I am there?
6. Things that I would like to do are work with animals and understand how to raise them and care for them. I would also like to be a tour guide on the horse tours to help with the kids and teaching the guests about the farm and the area it is in. I can help use my English skills to support these tours.
7. Are there any cultural differences that I should be aware of and how to manage those differences?

We discussed the Guatemala trip dates, purpose and schedule. Here is the document with the logistics and schedule.

And then I taught him what stakeholders are. We went through the different stakeholders – internal and external and discussed them in terms of some different companies – Disney, United and the soccer complex that is in his area. That is as far as we got yesterday.

Next week we will complete his personal stakeholder analysis and start thinking about a mission statement that includes his goals.

Lots to do and it is very exciting!